100+ Songs of the Noughties - A Mixtape Adventure
This is a playlist of my songs of the Noughties, as a prelude to DiS' end-of-decade coverage in 2010 (we're 10 years old, so it's 10 years of DiS, as well as the decade, etc) and just thought, seeing as every other magazine editor is throwing out their best of the decade stuff now, this might serve as an alternative reminder of some other stuff that came out and hopefully reveal a few things

The Best Tracks of 2009... Or rather, my favourites, your favourites and this year-end listopocalyps
Somewhere, not far from this blog, lists are being made and totals are being totted up. They're being double-checked and ratified...  It's coming to that moleskin Almanac time of year again. A time when everything has to be wrapped in a ribbon and buried in a capsule of time to ensure the world of music can take stock and move on. The overlooked all year, will remain overlooked (unless the

Live is not THAT alive?! A few gut reactions and general observations ...RE: The graph the record in
RE: Do music artists fare better in a world with illegal file-sharing? I think this is a great graph but a very flawed piece of evidence. A few gut reactions and general observations...  1. Festivals Are Bad... I'm pretty sure the rise of festivals means a hugely disproportionate rise of "revenue" (this is not profit) to the industry. The problem with this is that rather than

The trouble with super-fans/social media and music...
"In a world in which musicians are encouraged, if not forced, to cater exclusively to their most passionate followers, likewise a world in which music fans listen exclusively to music most passionately loved, we lose this important but overlooked capacity to connect. The world shrinks. Something about being human is lost.""I suspect many musicians will be unhappy when they find that time and

To all PRs, Labels, Bands, etc... who POST us CDs and things...
In case you did not get this email and still have incorrect information for us!URGENT: Please remove "1 Junction Mews" and "1 Chilworth Mews" from your database.HelloApologies for the mass email and that this is fifth time I've contacted some of you but I really-really need you to update your contact database for DrownedinSound, theQuietus, theLipster and Thrash Hits and remove the (above)