Annie Lennox, Paloma Faith, Kate Nash and VV Brown will perform at EQUALS Live on 11th March more info

You shouldn't really need an excuse to like Miley Cyrus's's's' "Party in the U.S.A", because it's a rather adorably catchy little twit. But let's face it, folk of a certain age, or people who have a misguided sense of their own coolosity, will never ... more info

Join me as we see how, within the space of one TDK D-90 - which covers, by the looks of it, late 1991 to early 1992 - one teenager's taste can veer from Mariah Carey to Senseless Things; from Julia Fordham (??) to The Prodigy; from Ride to Shanice. T... more info

I won't go into the whys and wherefores and wherefore art thous, but I found myself watching a film from 1985 called Rappin' recently. I would imagine it was one of the first films to try and incorporate hip-hop into its narrative, because it's utter... more info

If you're missing the doomtronic flourishes of The Knife or Ladytron, this Austra lot may appeal. more info

In a rare matching-up of mine and the music blogosphere’s music awareness, the weekend saw this collaboration between Deadmau5 and Neon Hitch – “I Can’t Behave Myself” – take up residence in the part of my brain marked “////AS GOOD AS B... more info

When a band with a name like Dinosaur Pile-Up – who make songs what go RRRR, and tend to lark about in music videos like the one at the end of this very post – comes along, you sort of want to skip over and arks them a bunch of slightly silly, sl... more info

I am a bit ashamed that this collaborance has seemingly passed me by, but better late than never I surpose. I’m sure I’m about the eleven killionth blowhole to opine that Hot Chip are the 21st century’s answer to New Order. Bedsit melancholy cr... more info

It’s always pleasing when a video lives up to the ridiculosity of the song it accompanies. So well done N*E*R*D, and Pharrell Williams in particular, for stepping up to “the plate” with “Hypnotize U”. As with every song that has ever featur... more info

Have you heard about Three’s Now Playing gigs? Don’t answer just yet. Wait until you have read this post, and then answer “yes I have, and I wish to enter your competition to win tickets to one of them, if you don’t mind too much.” Three ar... more info