by Tim Lee
This week’s tracks are brought to you by an anagram of some of their titles: “O, you don’t spear Fiat now, twee Tories. They kill,…
by Tim Lee
It’s been quite a weekend. The Stone Roses returned home to play a muddy field in Stockport for three nights. Lauryn Hill is going to...
by Tim Lee
Seven tracks. Seven artists. More than seven minutes of music. Go. Cat Power – RuinRuin is, believe it or not, Chan Marshall’s first brand new...
by Tim Lee
People say schadenfreude like it’s a bad thing. But when Pendulum announce that they’re splitting up, you can prod the people and ask, really? Really?...
by Tim Lee
Its begun. Between bouts of torrential rain, the sun has cast its withering, ageing rays into our squinting, gurning faces; assorted folk have gradually exposed...
by Tim Lee
As you’ve no doubt seen, we love a themed column. So this week there was an obvious and predictable way that we could go. That...
by Tim Lee
The Great British Summer has just about wheezed into life. No doubt you’ve already scorched a silhouette of your sandal straps onto your beet-red feet,...
by Tim Lee
This week, there will be no introduction. None. We’d feel awful about keeping you from tasting the treats contained within this column. We’re loathe to...
by Tim Lee
Do you know what Grimes, Ben Folds Five, Animal Collective and Neneh Cherry have in common? Did the artwork for their last album give us...
by Tim Lee
If you go down to Brighton this weekend, you’re sure of a big surprise. If you go down to Brighton this weekend, you better go...
by Tim Lee
We weren’t taken hostage last week. Our office furniture was not thrown from the windows (a contingency we cleverly planned for by virtue of not...
by Tim Lee
This week Jessie Ware drives a car slowly, Graham Coxon’s solo output gives us pause for thought and the Scissor Sisters make gelding seem like...
by Tim Lee
21st April 2012 is Record Store Day. The fourth annual Record Store Day, to be exact; the day when all manner of exclusive new tracks,...
by Tim Lee
If we were to shoehorn the music industry into a clumsy Easter Bunny metaphor, we’d expound on how we’re sent Easter eggs every day of...
by Tim Lee
Our distinct lack of military training really showed this week. When track after track sprang up like training dummies in a war movie montage, our...
by Tim Lee
Integrity? In a politician? Don’t be daft. If you’re after integrity, don’t go looking for it there. Look for it here. We ain’t for sale....
by Tim Lee
We’re often told* that we’re an awful lot like The Boss. His keynote speech at SXSW this week – an eloquent, heartfelt and poetic love...
