Song of the day - 155: The Like

Obviously, I hate everything about this group, but the music and production and playing on this album (courtesy of Amy Winehouse's producer and backing band) is quite exemplary, and...

Lady Gaga acoustic

What's going on? Is it just me, or is this version occupying the precise middle ground between Amy Winehouse and Kate Nash?

Great trainwrecks of our time – 5: Amy Winehouse and Paul Weller

Now, listen up. I'm a massive fan of Amy Winehouse. I'm an (ahem) slightly less massive fan of Weller. I'm an even slightly less massive fan of Jools Holland and his bleedin' boogie-woogie orchestra. But really, whatever anyone's merits, this is plain embarrassing - the sort of bluesy rock jam that even The Racounteurs might think twice before launching into. I said 'might'.

The problem with free speech

This post is dedicated to those tireless champions of free speech on the Drowned In Sound message boards who see nothing wrong with using an offensive word or phrase as long as everyone else does.

Presumably, next week we'll see them using the word "nigger" everywhere - unless, of course, not enough people use that word as an insult anymore.

Everett True vs Little Joy

It's like listening to a Jeremy Jay album sung in (English and) Brazilian.

Nirvana vs Rick Astley mash-up

I'm not sure what I think of this.

new purchases – Mary Chain, Duffy, Monks (the verdict)

Ah jeez, my heart's not in this, maybe I should take a break for a couple of days, but I'm terrified of stopping...

new purchases - Mary Chain, Duffy, Monks

I made the following three purchases, for the following reasons, at Rocking Horse Records this morning.