The amazing Florence & The Machine are back with yet another single from Lungs. This time it’s her cover of Candi Staton rave fav ‘You Got The Love’. It feels like a natural fit for Welch, given its soulful beginnings. It’s a surprisingly faithful rendition, though some of the dated 90sisms of the original have [...]

Mark and I have both shared our thoughts on the new Echo & The Bunnymen material. We both liked what we heard, though I think Mark had a clearer picture having both heard the new album and having seen the band perform some of the material live. At any rate, this is a release to [...]

Another week has passed, and the Reader Poll continues to surprise. The XX have taken the lead over Phoenix this week, with La Roux holding steady at 3rd. Dirty Projectors have jumped one place to 4th, and White Lies had a major surge, managing to zip right passed Florence & The Machine, Bat For Lashes [...]

I’m one of those strange people who saw Twilight and neither fell in love with its well-worn vampire mythology nor hated it so passionately that I felt it would become my life’s work to make fun of the kiddies that did. I simply thought it was okay. It seemed like a somewhat clinical blend of [...]