Keath turned me on to this great article over on The Onion’s A/V Club website, called The Hell of Being Prolific. It basically circles around this idea that many of the bands of our modern era seem to be more prolific in their output than that of bands in the past. I’m not totally sold [...]

As Keath likes to say: “I’ve been into music longer than there have been MP3s, which has left me with hundreds of compact discs gathering dust on a closet shelf. The time has come to clean them out – but which ones are worth keeping and which are best left to the Donation box? Let’s [...]

Sometimes you have to take a step into the unknown and dip your toe into the water. Much was the case for me last night. I guess LostProphets are pretty much the hot ticket over here in the UK with the new album Betrayed having hit the top of the album charts and a sell out [...]

Hot on the heels of my introducing post comes my album review. It’s not often an artist gets a two for the price of one from me. Bertie Blackman is well worth keeping in the front of your mind. The album is pretty close to the top of my pile of promo’s this month. Had [...]

I spent last night trying to take an objective, journalistic view on The Brits. Let’s remember, this award show grew from a music club advertised in the Sunday supplements. For the uninitiated, you signed up and they sent you an album of the month. Quite how this ended up as the yardstick or UK equivalent [...]

I believe I’ve mentioned it before, but I love Peter Gabriel. He has that slightly looney, Syd Barrett spirit to him, but also manages to be a functional member of society. Private, but he’s not locking himself up in his house or anything. Concerned about world affairs, but hasn’t yet thrown a shoe at any [...]

All the news last night & this morning seems to revolve around The Grammys – not that it’s surprising, of course. But it had slipped my mind it was even on. I’m more of an Oscars/Golden Globes man myself, despite my obvious obsession with music. I’m not one to piss and moan about award ceremonies [...]