Animal Collective , Grizzly Bear and Dirty Projectors all released breakthrough albums that brought the bands to wider attention. Read More
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I write the Cyberclinic column for The Independent and lots of other stuff. Read More
The Cocteau Twins had been apart for seven years, the mystique they had attained during their lifetime gradually growing and their influence spreading, when the announcement came that they were to reform. Read More
A fantastic Funsters evening of entertainment, music, comedy and fun on November 14th at the swish Alfa Romeo showroom in Parsons Green scooped a magnificent £35,000+ for local children's hospice charity CHASE. Read More
Two of this week's best singles are available for free on the internet. Read More
"I'm here for your entertainment," sings — or rather screams — Adam Lambert in the title track of his first CD. Read More
In the comment section of last week's White Label Wednesday column on ABC, Ted lamented that I didn't beat mix the songs together. Read More
It's the second week of artists whose names begin with the letter S, as we continue to look at songs that charted no higher than #41 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the 1980s. Read More
Co-produced by Rough Trade's Geoff Travis and Red Krayloa legend Mayo Thompson, and commercially available for the first time in a decade, the album sounds as fresh and inept and charmingly cheap as so many demystifying DIY post-punk records from 1979 do: clumpy, clattery drums; fitful, rattling guitar; jutting, stubby bass; the utter absence of reverb or production polish. Read More
Scritti Politti is the primary vehicle for Welsh singer/songwriter Green Gartside. Few figures in pop music can claim Read the full Scritti Politti bio.