Let The Machine Decide (live)

Another round of Sony Walkman picked tracks today. Not the first four that came up, I have to say, but because the first two songs by different artists were live tracks, I thought I’d follow that particular line of enquiry. So, to start with, ‘Devil’s Roof’ by Throwing Muses. There’s plenty of official live material…

Artefacts

One thing that has surprised me about eMusic is just how many of the LPs that I’ve downloaded that I’ve gone on to buy. So far it’s 8 out of 21 and I suspect that number will increase closer to a half shortly. Yes, I’m the sort of guy that still likes to own the…

Not Recommended

I don’t generally use this platform to slag anyone off, I’d much rather promote the stuff I do like, but this post is one of the rare exceptions. If a subscription to eMusic has resulted in me discovering some great music, inevitably the converse is also true. Recently I’ve had the misfortune to listen to…

History Repeating

A second outing for a couple of the most popular songs of the last couple of months. Wah! Heat’s ‘Seven Minutes To Midnight’ was the most popular song in December (with the exception of That Petrol Emotion’s ‘It’s A Good Thing’ which itself was a repeat.) I confess to being torn between picking ‘Seven Minutes…

Growing Old (But I’ll Deny I’m Growing Up)

This slot was ear-marked for a review of Thursday’s night’s De Rosa performance at the Is This Music? Show at the 13th Note. I’ve no reason to think that it would have been anything other than magnificent but, in the end, I didn’t go. I spent all day persuading myself that I was up for…

Don’t Step Off The Pavement

Ed over at 17 Seconds has been posting a lot of Peel stuff recently and once of these tracks reminded me of a 12″ single I own. ‘This Is Motortown’ by the Very Things came out in, I think 1986 or 1987 and I like it a lot but, as so often is the case,…