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Manchester International Festival: hot, sweaty, dramatic fun 21 Jul 2013 | 02:15 pm
I spent most of this year pretending Manchester International Festival didn't exist. Blah blah blah, leave it to all the Macbeth-quoting theatre luvvies. And then I won tickets to The Machine (pictur...
Stream µ-Ziq's new album on an empty stomach 19 Jun 2013 | 04:10 am
I know. I should be blogging. The Punk. The Boards. The Panda. The Zombie. All the lovely names are releasing new stuff. Mike Paradinas, King of Planet Mu, is releasing his first album as µ-Ziq in si...
Electronic Sound magazine: the future is buttocks 20 May 2013 | 03:41 am
You may remember me contributing to Electronic Magazine for Future Publishing a while back. I probably ought to tell you where that led to. I'm now a columnist for Electronic Sound. The mag for Futur...
Review: Daft Punk's Random Access Memories 14 May 2013 | 03:58 pm
There are parts of Daft Punk's new album Random Access Memories I want to store in my RAM forever... but this is only part of the story. Let's get some context. For a band that has only released thre...
Rez changed my life 13 Apr 2013 | 11:22 pm
"Have you heard the new Skrillex? It's really banging to the roof, I can't wait to jack it up on my mp3 disc player." "I've heard it, yeah. I preferred his earlier stuff." "Oh screw you. Screw you a...
1993 changed my life: the beginning 27 Mar 2013 | 09:58 pm
Last year, or twenty recessions ago, I blogged about how I discovered Orbital up a tree. The moment still flutters hazily in my Blue Nun-numbed brain: one of those memories that may manifest itself as...
Every Guardian music 'crepuscular' reference since the start of 2010, probably 21 Mar 2013 | 06:36 am
Words are great, aren't they? With their cute little letters and dots and that? I have a constant paranoia that I tend to lean on certain words, especially writing about music. For example, I'm fond ...
This stint in Independent shall be 3 Mar 2013 | 03:09 am
I appeared in the Independent today, in the bit where they go on about music and stuff. They paper-retweeted my total fanboy response to Chvrches first headline tour. Assuming paper-retweeting is a th...
Skrillex drops one (video) 24 Feb 2013 | 04:30 pm
As Weebl puts it, "this is possibly the most effort ever put into something so childish ever." Further Fats: Skrillex is fourth in the BBC Sound Of "Zane Lowe" ------------------------- Fat Roland On...
Justin Timbercomment's "jheeeze wavy" bow tie versus FaltyDL 16 Feb 2013 | 08:33 pm
Some of the user comments on Justin Timberlake's boring new single Suit & Tie, some directed at the video, some directed at other users. All comments posted in the last few hours. i ruined your mom's...
