Guardian Music — From football to focus groups, a new wave of pop democracy is sweeping the web, says Chris SalmonEarlier this year, Irish web-based label Indiecater appealed for 32 artists to help make a compilation featuring an original song for each nation at the... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Infrason said... Power Pop surfing with the Barracudas / Les Barracudas inventent le métro-surf : BARRACUDAS - SUBWAY SURFIN' (1979) http://infrasons.blogspot.com Thanks / Merci / Trugarez music499 said... Pet Shop Boys - Release Stars - Heart Bjo... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Sir Charlie Palmer said... The Original Rumble Plus 22 Other Storming Guitar Instrumentals - Link Wray Peel Session 110 – The Mekons 16.09.85 http://sircharliepalmer.blogspot.com Fermo said... Lee Ritenour & Dave Grusin - Harlequin (1985) Genre:... more info

Nialler9 — Florrie is a 21 year old drummer, singer and pop star in waiting from the UK. She played in the Xenomania house band and played drums on bona-fide pop hits by Girls Aloud, Pet Shop Boys and Alesha Dixon. This year, she recorded some stuff with Fred F... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Thomas said... This Week's Top 5 Most Played Songs! 1. School of Seven Bells - Babelonia 2. Toro Y Moi - Leave Everywhere 3. Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls 4. Dirty Three & Cat Power - Great Waves 5. OMD - Sister Marie Says (demo) http://www.thefront... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Gumshoe said... New Top-10 and Album of the Week #19 ... what could it be? Plus a surprise MP3; what could it be? Bobby B? MayB. Listen. Learn. http://gumshoegrove.com Mr Tear said... Classic UK reggae from 1985. Great for a sunny summer's day: Ma... more info

Guardian Music — (Fiction)The Canadian electronic duo Crystal Castles first attracted attention with their jarring juxtapositions: noise butting hard against what was called nu-rave at the time they emerged. The opening pairing of their second album suggests they mea... more info

Guardian Music — You don't have to be famous to get nominated for an Ivor Novello award. It's about whether anybody thinks the work is any goodBeing a writer as well as a producer, I always think that, just as a great script might not always turn into a great film, a... more info

Guardian Music — This nice Jewish girl has landed a £1.25m contract with Universal. Not bad for someone who was discovered while working in a launderetteHometown: London.The lineup: Lucinda Belle (voice, piano, harp) plus assorted musicians.The background: Lucinda B... more info

Pop Justice — In the not that distant past, just before the music industry ran out of money, even crap record labels used to throw huge sums of money at parties. One such party took place on election night in 1997, when Telstar spent a lot of money on a HUGE pissu... more info