Diary of Musical Thoughts

Is there a more underappreciated band in music today than the Raveonettes? "Denis"-era Blondie, JAMC's caustic racket, 60...

Eluvium, "Radio Ballet" 22/05/08, live in Heidelberg Noisy, slow-building centrepieces of Eluvium's set, such as "Under T...

Curve's fourth album, "Gift", was largely ignored on arrival. You could say that about a lot of albums that were released in ...

I had no idea what to expect from this album, and it's safe to say that nobody really did. Hollywood celebs dabbling in music has becom...

Philip Sherburne recently turned in a sobering edition of "The Month In Techno" that might serve as a major buzzkiller for anyone...

The lineup was hit or miss this year, and although the "hits" did include some of my favourite artists (Jarvis Cocker, Animal Coll...

My spidey-sense detects a lot of excitement about the new Mogwai album, stemming from the buzz around the new track "The Sun Smells Too...

It makes perfect sense that they'd release a stunningly lush DVD that serves as their love letter to their home country of Iceland, and ...

So the Jay-Z vs Noel Gallagher feud (it feels silly just typing that) came to an appropriate conclusion with Jay-Z's ironic cover (or wa...

I have recurring dreams/nightmares, but not the typical ones where you find yourself naked in public or back in school and writing a test th...