You know how occasionally you hear a sample stops you dead in your tracks, leaves you asking, “Why did nobody ever think of using that song before?” That’s how I... Read More February 23, 2007

The rumors that were gathering steam these last few weeks have now turned official. The Jam have reformed. Without Paul Weller. A year ago, founding Jam drummer Rick Buckler formed... Read More February 19, 2007

In most small cities across America, the opening of a new franchised coffee bar would be greeted by caffeine-stifled yawns of over-familiarity. But then most small cities across America aren’t... Read More February 13, 2007

Dexys Midnight Runners…a band known on these shores for one song only: “Come on Eileen”, a staple of pub-night and wedding-party piss-ups and so entrenched in the ubiquitous retro-80 muzak... Read More February 9, 2007