Category Archives: Streaming audio
Listening habits: March 2012
So, my grand plan to update this blog with occasionally round-ups of tracks I’ve been enjoying has faltered slightly. Not that I haven’t been enjoying any new music lately (far from it), but, you know, I’ve been busy. I think … Continue reading
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
