May 12th, 2004
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.
April 27th, 2004
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
March 1st, 2004
Watching VH2 this weekend I was suprised to see people who used to hang out at some of my old haunts in Southampton. I present to you The Delays. Q magazine also has a write up in this months issue.
February 27th, 2004
NME reports that the new Charlatans album ‘Up at the lake’ has finally been recorded. “It’s a very stripped down sound,” explained bassist Martin Blunt. “The songs are very haunting and stick with you. Back in December during some of the nights when we were in full recording it did remind me of ‘Lost Highway’ […]
February 25th, 2004
What’s your favouite station to listen to whilst playing Grand Thefo Auto: Vice City? I find myself listening more and more to one that churns out the cheesy 80s power ballads. But it’s the same few tracks over and over which leads me to skip to the metal station to hear Judas Priest rip through […]
February 25th, 2004
I was blissfully unaware of the fantastic Grey album – a mix of Jay Z’s “Black Album” and The Beatles’ “White Album”. EMI are doing their nut over it but on first listen it’s really a really cutting edge piece of art.
February 20th, 2004
I was going to review Air’s new CD “Talkie Walkie” but I’m afraid it’s unplayable on any of my CD players. They seem to have incorporated some copy protection software that renders it unplayable in anything but the most basic of CD players. I can’t find any info on this from the band’s site and […]
February 20th, 2004
The news that Mark Radcliffe is moving to BBC Radio 2 will come as little surprise to those who’ve been aware of the steady increase in the quality of the programming on Radio 2 as opposed to the dumbing down occurring on Radio 1. It’ll be interesting to see if Radcliffe reverts to his glory […]
February 13th, 2004
Super Furry Animals are releasing an new LP of remixes of tracks from their last album, Phantom Power. They’re also going on tour in the uK again (yippee!) Source: NME.com.
February 11th, 2004
As incredible as it might sound, my 20GB Creative Jukebox Zen is now full. I now need to decide what to do. It’s gonna be a case of archiving off tens of albums onto my pc hard disk or numerous CDs. This is crazy, too much music for a little guy like me to carry […]