Every now and then my sister leaves me a cd and says you will like this. I normally listen to it that day or the next and more often then not she is right. I found this CD buried on my desk and listened to it as I drove to work and liked about half [...]

This is a band that has been recommended to me by everyone and is making all sorts of hip new music lists. In spite of that I really like The Battles new single, Atlas. This is unlikely to get any radio play and most of you will probably hate it, but I really like this [...]

Apparently the band I was recommending here doesn’t want anybody to show their video so I have deleted it. I apologize for trying to publicize them, I won’t make that mistake again.

Ok, this was an actual hit in the UK, reaching number 7 on the charts and Amy Winehouse is apparently a tabloid soap opera star with a reputation for drunkeness and general stupidity, but I really like this song. Normally I try not to feature songs that are getting real world air play, but this [...]

I am relatively new to The Divine Comedy but I have had one song rattling around my hard drive for months and I think it is brilliant piece of work. The song is a A Lady of a Certain Age and it does everything I ask for in a story song, it takes you to [...]

Neko Case has a great voice, it is very distinct and when she belts out a lyric you can’t help but listen. It helps that the lyrics are often interesting, good song selection really highlights her talent. Her latest album is Fox Confessor Brings The Flood and it was rightly near the top of many [...]

The Pipettes are a girl band with a harder edge than most UK girl bands seem to be going for now. They are nowhere near as intense as Betty Blowtorch, my favorite modern ‘girl’ band, I would rate them in the Go-Go’s category but I have to say as far as I am concerned, the [...]

Courtney Love has always seemed to be batshit crazy to me. Her media image is horrible, she comes off as a complete bitch and the worst sort of harridan in the appearances I have seen her in. That said, she has written the smartest thing I have ever read about how the music industry works. [...]

Phillip Bimstein’s Larkin Gifford’s Harmonica, J Luc Pitard dropped this one by the other day to try and I have listened to it about a dozen times since then. It is music with vocals worked in a similar way to Steve Reich’s Different Trains, modern ‘classical’ music as I understand it. Most modern classic leaves [...]

Belle and Sebastian are a big band among the trendy, but surprisingly are actually very, very good. Their latest album is The Life Pursuit and you will see it near the top of many best of the year lists. My favorite track is The Blues Are Still Blue sadly unavailable to sample anywhere I can [...]