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Back in the early 90s I remember writing a letter to NME (or it may have been Melody Maker, I can’t quite remember). I was annoyed at the amount of hype they were giving to a couple of new bands, undeservedly I felt. The bands in question were Suede & The Verve (or Verve as [...]

I’ve no doubt that most of you, being infinitely cooler than I am these days, will have been aware of Friendly Fires and their amazing single Jump In The Pool for aeons, but I’m still relatively new to their work. They were recommended to me when I asked for suggestions for likely albums of the [...]

One of the guys who works with me occasionally sends me music he thinks I might like. The most recent track he passed over is by a band called The Big Pink who include one of his mates. Apparently they’re already being tipped for the top which made me laugh a bit. I wasn’t laughing [...]

It only seems fitting that as The Olympics draw to a close I should be writing about someone who has added so much to our enjoyment of the games. I’m not talking about any of Britain’s medallists, although they’ve obviously helped. No, I’m talking about Damon Albarn, the man responsible, with his friend and artistic [...]

I’ve been having a bit of a play with blip (the musical Twitter) this evening and have continued an early 90s nostalgia trip that started on the train home tonight. Basically I’ve been listening to lots of bands that, rightly or wrongl, were categorised as shoe-gazers back in the day. My journey home was made [...]

One of the joys of having a shared iTunes in the office is not just that you discover new music, but also that you re-discover tracks that you had long forgotten about. One such track that just came back into my life courtesy of a colleague’s library is Winona by the Drop Nineteens, a slice [...]

Apart from loving the bizzare mix of cover versions that Radio 1 has produced, I’ve spent most of this Christmas getting in touch with my inner shoe-gazer: Lush have helped with this. Lush – Sweetness & Light Back in the early 90s, as most of the country (or that part of it under the age [...]

Midnight Movies make an incredible noise on all their songs – and Patient Eye is no exception… Midnight Movies are my new favourite band after I saw them supporting The Raveonettes last night. Some lovely people who I met at a conference in Seattle took me to see the band at an amazing restaurant/concert venue [...]