Last night I was “busy” working on my computer, coding some things, writing some things, you know how it is. I wanted something to listen to and remebered Susannah’s mixtape she’d made. You should really spare a bit of…
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I know, today’s Tuesday, but I wanted to share this extract I’ve read of a new Karen Carpenter biography by Randy Schmidt. We all know the story and hearing it again doesn’t make it any easier, but this is…
This was by far the best thing about last nights BRIT awards……
Here’s something rather good. Imagine a cross between Billie Holliday, a 60s Motown girl group and the coolest kid you ever knew at school and throw in the wickedest north London accent and a toy guitar. Wow.…
This is jingly-jangly exotic guitar electronica which sounds just brilliant. Listen for yourself… The current single is what got me hooked, ‘Theme From Chalets’. To quote from their web site: [it] begins with a twitching guitar, a shark in…
I’ve just heard this on the radio and need to write it down somewhere or I’ll forget what it’s called… The Fratellis – Creeping Up The Back Stairs Such a cool tune! I love listening to 6Music – there’s…
I’m at work, listening to the (fabulous) Arctic Monkey’s on my iPod. Don’t you think there’s a touch of the >George Formby’s about the vocals?…
Music-wise, I am totally loving ‘Dare’ by the Gorillaz. Hearing Shaun Ryder (formerly of Happy Mondays… or are they still together?) doing guest vocals takes me right back to the mid-90s – sneaking bottles of vodka into raves which…
‘Rise’ by PiL – what a top tune! This may have to replace my previous number one song for singing out loud whenever I’m in an echoey room (which was ‘Brass In Pocket’ by The Pretenders). Even though I’m…