Diary of Musical Thoughts

I thought this was a music-themed show? The music almost felt like afterthought on this episode. The first song appeared after sixteen min...

A few disclosures: I don't listen to a whole lot of hip-hop, and won't pretend to have any clue what might constitute a five-star hi...

Worst episode of the season thus far, unless you happen to be a huge Gwyneth Paltrow fan. Guest stars are nice, but did she have to feature...

Between 1993 and 1998, Autechre put together one of the greatest five-year runs in the history of recorded music. Other bands have made bett...

I didn't care for the storyline at all this week, but the music wasn't bad at all! "One Love". C- . I missed Puck, his a...

Mike Pickering and Graeme Park, Hacienda 26-02-1989 I found out about this mix only a couple of weeks ago via one of my news feeds, but it...

I haven't had a chance to watch this episode until now, but today is Halloween, so it feels totally appropriate. Audio recordings of the...

This new best-of will be released in a couple of weeks, hot on the heels of a mini-reunion of sorts for the band. Brett Anderson was interv...

This week's episode was a breath of fresh air, not least because it threw my usual grading system out of whack. Obviously not every per...

Sometimes a genre of music gets named for the city in which the scene is based. "Seattle", "Philadelphia", "Munich...