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Remember when MTV was good? When it had some kind of relevance? No, we'll it has been some time. MTV not as good as it once was, it...

This season it seems like every week there's a so called 'non celebration'. It's become a football fashion, a kind of fad. L...

"So I was looking out the window and I saw a younger version of myself in the garden. Except the garden was overgrown with tall twiste...

Its impossible to say what my definite favourite song of all time is. Depends on the day, and only then I could only narrow it down to a rou...

There are many issues and conflicts in the world that after years and years are unresolved. Such as the Israel and Palestine conflict. But f...

So well done to Andy Murray for being the first Britain to win a grand slam since other countries started getting good at tennis. So after...

The early 90s, when American guitar bands discovered irony. And then post-irony, whatever that means. They mixed this with a self worth of ...

So after seven years of build up the Olympics games came and went. And guess what, it was a success. Did people get to work or was everyone ...

“Who wants a shot? You want one? Good. You? Everyone else having one? No, go on have one. Go on, just a little shot. Go on, stop being such ...

So at the end of the Bruce Springsteen concert in Hyde Park Sir Paul McCartney came onstage to have a bit of a sing song, only for the plug ...

The other day I was listening to an NPR podcast that had some bloke talking about a new book he’s wrote about The Doors. Do we really need...

Szczęsny has a howler. Pavlyuchenko ( or as my dad always miss pronounces his name at his time at Spurs Paddy-o-chonko ) scores Russia’s ...

In a previous blog post I mentioned how apart from a few exceptions I can’t stand songs that sing something like “na na na’s” or “la la la’...

I randomly came across an album on a blog that I blindly downloaded. I've done that many a time, with varying results. Though its not t...

Somewhere in the 90s I started listening to the Icelandic electronic outfit Gus Gus. Back then I had almost nothing to do with electronica t...

I saw a clip of the reformed S Club formally known as S Club 7. That was when there were seven in the group. The comeback is a limp three me...

Alt-country, americana, folk/country rock, call it what you like, but you know, that sort of thing used to be what I would mostly listen to....

I understand that Ed Hamell aka Hamell On Trial is going to record a new album. The last album of new compositions Songs For Parents Who Enj...

I read today that food and drink in the London Olympic venues is going to be expensive. Really, you don’t say. Of course it will be. That’s ...

I downloaded this song a couple of years ago from Last FM. There was no thought or reason why I chose to download a song from a band that I’...

Damon Albarn has a solo album out. Que broadsheet music writers swooning with descriptions like: prolific musical chameleon. This time he’s...

Been on a bit of a 90s music vibe over the past week. Mainly of the British variety. It has nothing to do with nostalgia. None of the “remem...

Every year I get drawn into watching The Apprentice. When the series starts I really can’t be bothered with it. Too many faces to learn and...

Yes another Neil Young cover. Its something about the mans songs that lend them so well to be interpreted by others. And Wooden Shjips inter...

An album that’s been on heavy rotation for the past month or so is In Dust by the Stockholm duo Roll The Dice. I don’t have a favourite alb...

I saw the film Titanic at the cinema. The way it dragged on I thought the boat would never sink. Of course the film was very unrealistic, I ...

The last Elbow album Build A Rocket Boys! didn’t make it onto any end of year lists that I came across. Sure there were many great albums r...

On catch up I just watched the Channel 4 ‘documentary’ When Keith Allen Meets Nick Griffin. I use the quotation marks because it was a docu...

I don’t intend to turn this into a football orientated blog, but this week my evenings have been dominated by some great games on the TV. B...

I was thinking, when is Mark Lanegan going to stop pissing about being a voice for hire and get on with doing another solo record? Yes I lik...

Fickle, it’s a word that I don’t like. The reason being is that for some reason I don’t like the way it sounds and the way it looks. There a...

If your looking for a up to date music news then this isn’t really the blog for you. You won’t find a sneak preview of the latest Vampire We...

I caught some of the BBC documentary Catholics. It was the first in a series and it started with priests. Due to declining numbers there ar...

First things first, the Mountain Man are none of the sort. They are three girls. You might already know that as their debut album Made The H...

The Jawhawks are touring Europe in march, its their first time over here in? I have no idea. But it’s a long time as Mark Olsen and Gary Lou...

Last Friday night I watched a bit of the programme Room 101. Never knew that frank skinner was presenting it now, that shows how long since...

Only Love Can Break Your Heart is probably the most well known song from the dance indie pop band Saint Etienne. That might not be true but...

I’m not a big fan of mash ups. You know take one song and mix it with another song that has the same tempo and preferably the same key and c...

I first become aware of The December Sound from a free sampler download compilation by Dead Bees Records. Though most of the songs were pre...

I’ve never been much of a gambler. When I say not much I mean I’ve put on a couple of bets and that’s it. Put money on a horse once and it d...

I hardly ever listen to an album from The Rapture from start to finish. Some bands you only need a couple of songs from them and that’s it. ...

Following a handful of self released ep’s, the Stockholm based quintet Let’s Say We Did released their self titled debut album at the back ...

A mate of mine used to drive around in his van with a collection of three tapes that he used to play over and over. One was a collection of ...

The Cowboy Junkies have recorded many covers throughout their career, and they interoperate the songs as good as any band out there. Whether...

When football and music come together its usually a very bad thing. Sometimes it can be good but that’s as rare as a Panda I’m thinking Wad...

There was a period in the nineties when bands from the United Kingdom would often sing “ Na na na na” or “La la la la" instead of a v...

Well now there’s a relatively new topic to rival that and its: “If you were on Dragons Den what would your idea be?” I’ve been asked what m...

Even though they formed and released an album before most of the other well known punk rock bands, Australia’s The Saints get overlooked as ...

“Amazing grace, how sweet the smile upon the face I never thought I'd see you again...especially here in this Greyhound station...on Chr...

With Steve Bruce out of the Sunderland job it looks like we have seen the last of the old school generation of football managers that retire...