Astrology Corner with Mysterious Dan

Anxious over your alignments? Concerned about the state of the stars? No we’re not talking about Britney Spears’s latest fuck ups. Zany zodiacist Mysterious Dan puts our celestial minds at ease with his first Astrology spot. Your future is in our hands…
Few may very well care less for the movements in our solar system of [...]

Join the pirates, or walk the plank (Part I)

 
With the advent of Radiohead’s ‘In Rainbows’ taking the world by storm, Linden Farrer investigates how internet downloads are being rapidly favoured by artists over CDs, and what it means for the music industry in this multi-part series.
Not so many years ago, people saved up for weeks so that they could buy the vinyl record [...]

WELL BLOW ME DOWN – it’s the Blow Jobs Interview!

What can people expect from us in the future? Very little… But what there will be, will be a bit crap.

Fiery Furnaces – The Widow City (2007, Thrill Jockey)

The run-up to a new Fiery Furnaces release tends to generate the kind of speculation that reads: “blah blah- their poppiest one yet”, “yak yak- no more shodding things up every three and a half bars”, “yappity-yak… a record you can sit all the way through without needing an alka-seltzer and a little lie down [...]

Radiohead announce launch of ’secret’ LP in ten days

At midnight, and with little prior warning, Radiohead.com announced that the band are to release their new album ‘In Rainbows’ on the 10th October 2007.
The album will be available in two formats – download or discbox. The discbox will comprise 2 x heavy duty vinyl versions of the album along with a CD version featuring [...]