Song of the day - 91: Cornershop

I'm sure this album came out two or three years ago in the UK.

Letters from Rosie, 6

Received another excellent, thought-provoking email from Rosie, partway inspired by my recent Tall Tales And True post.

Defending The Indefensible - 16: The Rolling Stones

The concept of music criticism-as-dialogue works a lot better over this exchange of views about The Rolling Stones on Facebook than (say) the one about The Doors, for several reasons.

NME's new editor

The NME has a new editor.

Brisbane Sounds 2009

OK. Been meaning to get round to this for a while. Last time I encountered one of these, it served as a welcome introduction to the city we're still living in (much to our continued surprise).