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In its ongoing bid to have more sub-brands than any other media owner, Absolute Radio recently launched a new niche-station, this time one tailor-made for those of us currently experiencing the dizzying pangs that come with realising nostalgia isn’t just something that happens to your parents: Absolute 90s. And, as part of the ongoing celebrations [...]

On Friday Absolute Radio announced the result of its song of the decade vote: shockingly the top 10 doesn’t include the Arctic Monkeys, Strokes or White Stripes but does include two songs each by The Killers & Snow Patrol, a sign that whilst the station may be excellent, the average Absolute Radio listener gets most [...]

I was recently tagged on a Facbook meme which asks you to note which of the 100 Greatest Albums Ever, as decided by Rolling Stone, you own. Because I know a lot of people don’t like being tagged in these sort of things, I thought I’d bring it out on to the open web, and [...]

Not that long ago I put out a call for help to find more new music so that I could write a Best Of post for 2008. I felt like I hadn’t really listened to, or bought, that much new stuff. Quite a few people came up with suggestions and after downloading and listening to [...]

I’m in the process of sticking up for the 1990s, a much maligned decade (probably too recent to be cool yet). Here’s part two of the most underrated songs from the 90s.. Teenage Fanclub – Everything Flows: Bandwagonesque was the album that was going to make them stars, topping most Album of the Year charts [...]

I’ve barely had time to blog this summer, so thought that I’d just give you some of my favourite tracks of the last few months. Common – Drivin’ Me Wild (feat. Lily Allen) Ben Westbeech – So Good Today (feat. The Dap Kings): Ben’s best tune to date gets another airing to celebrate the anniversary [...]

The BBC series Soul Britannia and the accompanying set of concerts at The Barbican traced the growth of soul music in Britain… Massive Attack – Unfinished Sympathy Soul music has probably effected Britain more than any other country outside of the US or the Caribbean, which probably has a lot to do with our close [...]

The death of the Godfather of Soul, James Brown, made me think about all the great music he created and influenced. Here’s my pick of the ten best songs he had a hand in…. Jesus, he could dance… Talkin’ Loud & Sayin’ Nothing – James Brown: The song that gave Gilles Peterson the name for [...]

The best albums, singles, artists and gigs of 2006 – all decided by me…… I’ve been very busy recently so haven’t been able to spend any where near as much time as this on I would like. But that doesn’t mean I haven’t been listening to music – just not writing about it. So I’ve [...]

Let iTunes decide the soundtrack to your life – no really, why not?! OK, so I totally pinched this from julie at MOG, but I think it’s the sort of thing that you should share (and this stops me from cluttering everyone’s email inbox). If your life were a soundtrack, what would the music be? [...]