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I can’t decide whether I love or hate Devlin’s cover version of The Jam’s classic track Town Called Malice. As anyone who knows me, or has ever seen my last.fm profile will know, I think Paul Weller is an absolute genius, and one of the best British musicians of the last 30 years. In fact [...]

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 [...]

So, when Absolute Radio announced their quest to find the best songs of the decade, I said that I found it hard to pick any. Well, I’ve changed my mind, thanks to some inter-office discussions (ending in this playlist) and listening to a lot of stuff from the last ten years. Like this. And so, [...]

I was going to call this post the best singles of 2008 but living as we do in the age of iTunes, I’m just not sure how relevant singles are these days. That said, I’ve tried to restrict my choices for the Best Songs of 2008 to tracks that weren’t only released on albums. However, [...]

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 know that I go on about Paul Weller a lot but I really can’t seem to get enough of the guy. There’s also the fact that we both grew up in Surrey – him in Woking, me about ten minutes down the road – and whilst both of us were desperate to escape the [...]

Every so often I get very strange cravings for music – I’ll suddenly feel the need to download tracks by artists I haven’t listened to for years, or groups that most people would never admit to liking. Like the time I suddenly decided that I needed more 80s blue-eyed soul in my life and went [...]

I’ve spent the weekend listening  to the music of just two British artists, each of whom I think have every right to be thought of as the best of the last 30 years and even to be considered with the greatest British musicians of the 20th Century, such as Lennon & McCartney, Bowie & Ray [...]

I’ve just been browsing round YouTube and stumbled on to this little beauty. Paul Weller, who I recently saw live, and Noel Gallagher, who I’ve rediscovered my love for, cover one of Weller’s greatest ever tunes, That’s Entertainment. Really there’s nothing more to be said – enjoy.