Category Archives: Streaming audio
Listening habits
There was a point at the start of January when I was genuinely worried that I might not like hearing new music any more. For a few days early on in the month nothing I heard excited me. Then suddenly … Continue reading
Amon Tobin DJ set
When I wrote about Amon Tobin for CMU’s Artists Of The Year rundown last year, it was in his guise as a producer. But Tobin is also a great DJ, as the recording of a set in Seattle in 2009 … Continue reading
Some stuff I’ve been listening to
Right, I’ve been neglecting this poor blog. It’s about time I started putting more stuff on it. And I have a plan to make that happen. I listen to a lot of new music, but I don’t always get to … Continue reading
Bloc Party v Bloc Party
Right, now I will grant you that this was not a story that really warranted almost 1200 words. However, it came time for me to write CMU’s Beef Of The Week column and this was the pop scuffle that most made … Continue reading
Best of CMU Approved 2011 Mixcloud mix
Earlier this month, I was asked to put together a mix for Mixcloud’s annual Celebration Of Curation. Amongst the other contributors are Mary Anne Hobbs, The Guardian, Channel 4, Xfm, Last.fm, Beatport and Domino Records. For my contribution, I put … Continue reading
Talkers talking
Do you like the music of Wild Beasts, but struggle with all that high-pitched squawking? Then Talkers could be the band for you. Someone on Twitter yesterday (I forgot who, sorry), was wondering why rock n roll spawned a genre … Continue reading
Kode9, Ninja Tune and more contribute songs for Japan
Artists including Kode9, Fink, Emika, Nightwave (aka 8Bitch) Daisuke Tanabe have donated tracks to a compilation released to raise money for the relief effort in Japan. In fact, so successful has the call to producers and labels for help been that … Continue reading
Three Trapped Tigers – Cramm
“The obvious starting point was pretty much one question: how do you play Aphex Twin live? And one answer: make it sound a bit like Lightning Bolt” – Tom Robertson, Three Trapped Tigers, April 2010 Download this track for free … Continue reading
Keep Shelly In Athens
I’m not quite sure how it took me so long to discover Keep Shelly In Athens, when everyone else seems to have done so long, long ago. Pretty sure it’s some kind of conspiracy. What’s that? Two emails about them … Continue reading
