We Are Susceptible To Advertising And That Does Not Concern Us
Either compilation album ads are getting better or we're becoming more easily pleased, but barely a post-9pm Channel 4 ad break goes by without us shouting THIS ALBUM LOOKS FUCKING…
The Briefing
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Exciting packaging for unsurprising CD
We felt a little whoosh of excitement when we opened the envelope with this in it. It's some sort of anniversary of George Michael's 'Faith' being released so they are releasing…
Ludicrous Press Release Opening Paragraphs Of Our Times, pt 736
Obviously it pulls things back around in its final sentence by bringing in the single title, record label and release date, but Christ alive that's not exactly the sort of…
Another thing about Soundgirl
It's all happening (there's not much happening) in the world of Soundgirl. HAPPENING THING ONE We now have a photograph of the band without that rubbish 'on tour with Pixie Lott…
Notes on Skandal
We were just having a clearout of CDs over the weekend and found this release by Skandal, which came out last month. [youtube]u8vL9U7AZF0[/youtube] 'Everyday' is clearly a fairly unremarkable tune but…
The Jonas Jerberg mix of Shontelle's 'Impossible' is NOT AWFUL
We would have done this as a Song Of The Day if we hadn't already done Shontelle's 'Impossible' as a Song Of The Day a few months ago, so instead…
We almost certainly have a new favourite girlgroup and they are definitely called SoundGirl
"Meet Nicole, Olivia and Izzy – the new girls on the block." That is what it says in the biog for Mercury's new girlband, SoundGirl. "All hailing from London town, Izzy…
It's the astonishing new Alexandra Burke 'Don't Let Me etc' video
Disappointingly, given the mid-80s TV ad 'soundscape' of the song itself the video for 'Don't Let Me Start Without You' doesn't discuss fruit drinks enjoyed in the Congo. Nor does…
The Late Review: Various Artists — 'Street Dance'
Released: Nine weeks ago Best song: Tinie Tempah — 'Pass Out' Worst song: We'll get to that in a minute We had this on in the car over the weekend in the…
And this is the second.
Amazing. (You can still listen again to Kathy Burke's Desert Island Discs — it was the best one since Barry Manilow's .)