A drunken conversation over a tasty curry last Friday has spurred me onto thinking about recording some new material for my band. For the last five years Deathbru has been neatly folded away as I’ve been doing proper adult things like buying a house, preparing for marriage and dealing with life in general.
Harry Deans, Jon [...]

A inspiring icon dies. The music world is a lonelier place. You will be missed.

I’m massively envious of those lucky mancs who witnessed Ian Brown play a load of classic Stone Roses numbers in his recent set in his hometown. NME reports that not only did he resurrect roses b-sides like ‘Where Angels play’, moreover he also invited ex-bassist Mani on stage for a manly hug and Oasis’ Noel [...]

In just seven years Ian Brown has managed to double the output he managed to release under the Stone Roses banner in ten. Granted none of his solo offerings have been as easily accessible and ‘poppy’ as his former band but he has nevertheless produced four musically unique and diverse long-players as well as a [...]

The Mercury Music prize nominations reveal a great selection of albums from the last year. Most are already in my collection and it’d be hard to choose beween things like Dear Catastrophe Waitress and Franz Ferdinand to be honest. The obligatory Mercury Music sampler CD will be a pretty enjoyable listen this year!
This year’s nominations:

Basement [...]

If you like your music tinged with kaleidocopic late-60s UK psychedelia then be sure to check out Southampton-based band The Jupiter Few. Their BBC hosted web-page has full length audio streams of two of their tracks. Particularly interesting is the Astronomy-Domine influenced Jugglers and Clowns. That’s not to say that they’re totally floyd-esque. Far from [...]

Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason is writing a book called Inside Out - A Personal History of Pink Floyd on his time with the band. He’s the only member of the band who kept cuttings, set lists and is largely credited as the bands ‘official biographer’. However, he’s only just got around to pulling all [...]

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The deleted items have been obtained. Reviews will follow eventually.

Delays - Faded seaside glamour
Divine Comedy - Absent friends
Charlatans - Up at the lake
Morrissey - You are the quarry
The Streets - A Grand don’t come for free
Various - Kill Bill Vol.2
Various Superbad

With prices like £139 for a Goodmans DAB digital car radio/CD player from Argos, it’s surely only a matter of time before I begin to receive XFM in my car. Anybody got a car DAB set yet? How’s the reception? Comments are open.

NME and Uncut magazine are looking for a ‘Web savvy music fan’ to run their music websites. What a fantastic and challenging role it would be!
The ad is here:Wanted - Online Music Editor - NME.COM