Together Alone is possibly my favorite album, certainly it's songs resonate with me unlike any other. The trouble is it's by Crowded House and so telling anyone who doesn't know the bands musical canon may well be....   more »

The lines between re-release, remix, cover or even mash-up are becoming increasingly blurred. Witness Florence & The Machines cover "You've Got The Love" a song for which the original version for most people is actually...   more »

Just noticed David Holmes has compiled a Celebrity Playlist on iTunes. Regardless that he's the only named DJ I would ...   more »

Robyn Hitchcock Dreams of Oslo, Synesthesia, Snow...   more »

A film about the real people behind the animated Gorillaz pop band is set for release later this year. There second album was a classic, and more serious   more »

Neat, the muziic player lets you play music from YouTube videos, without going to YouTube, you can search for songs, ...   more »

Previously mentioned live concert archive site Wolfgang's Vault has created a free iPhone/iTunes app that streams any of their extensive catalogue ...   more »

Someones had the time, and used that time, to rank every Beatle song and provide commentrary and YouTube links were possible. There's 185 in total, no covers so don't go looking ...   more »

From Microsoft's research department comes Songsmith, a desktop application that generates musical accompaniment to your voice, regardless of how good ...   more »

News today of Blur "re-forming", though in fact they never actually split up, but an essential part of the band ...   more »

Selling used records or CDs makes sense, but used MP3s isn't such an obvious idea. A new site, still in ...   more »

Amazon.co.uk launces DRM free music download service, cheaper than iTunes and with out Apple's restrictions...   more »

Tonight, one time only, and for the first time in 10 years Ben Folds Five re-unite to perform their last ...   more »

On Saturday the Southbank Centre presents special screenings of Weekender, the short film by Camden Indie/Baggy band Flowered Up. ...   more »

London Conversations is the new Best Of album from Saint Etienne.


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David Holmes did a short set at Rough Trade East yesterday. Eclectic really isn't the word, the only think I ...



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Just stumbled across Wolfgangs Vault - hundreds of free live concerts to stream across to your computer. Really like the fact they are...   more »

Short promotional video filmed at No One Died club..   more »

Did you watch the McCartney Liverpool Sound concert last night?...Spotted the 2nd drum kit... wondered if it was going to be Ringo...   more »

The MicroTrack II offers two channel stereo CD quality recording (up to 100 minutes) in a light weight hand held ...



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Joy Zipper are a singer songwriting duo (and partners in real life) from Long Island, New York who sound to me like a blissed out summer version of Sonic Youth, alternatively...


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Ian Watson, curator of the musically great How Does It Feel To Be Loved club night, is now writing about a new favourite ...   more »

Do like albums? Do you like art? Do you like album art? Sleevage.com is the place for you then my ...


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Mixing Up The Medicine is a free one day micro-festival - two floors, 10 bands, a quiz, tiller girl, barbecue, ...   more »

The Shadows might seem a little bit square, after all they were also Cliff Richards backing group, but their 1966 B-side...   more »

Cate Le Bon is playing 3 live tracks on Marc Riley's show on BBC Radio 6 tonight at 7pm...   more »

Mixing Up The Medicine is a free indoor micro-festival; two floors, 10 bands, a quiz and much much more - and you won't lose a shoe in the mud. It's put together by the people behind No One Died and Uptight, at The Enterprise pub in Chalk farm on May 25th...
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FlyKKiller are "latest underground hype-sensation to emerge from the annals of London". Dirty-electro sounding with rough edges, and are the wundergroup of...   more »

David Byrne's take on the options recording artists now have on distributing their music...   more »

Could notorious gangster rapper Fur Q be about to make a come back...   more »

Also known as the Lindsey Buckingham paradox...   more »

Three "news" items about Led Zeppelin on NME website - all from today..   more »

Glad it wasn't just me thinking the "fifth Beatle" tag was wearing thin after being passed to Neil Aspinall who died last week...   more »

As previously mentioned (Cassettes & The Art Of Mix Tape), mix tapes were my thing as a younger being. Muxtape.com is the modern equivalent for the web generation...   more »