Better late than never, here are my ten favourite tracks from this week:
The Broken Family Band’s vocals have tinges of Bowie in the way they pronounce “We could drink booze or Tea” and have the good humour to rhyme it with “Eat cake on your Settee”. It’s the combination of this great way with a rhyme and the invitingly chilled Rock sound that makes

Ryan(StopMe): I’ve been feeling dreadful for most of the weekend but luckily I’ve had plenty of awesome music to cheer me up. Here are the ten best things I’ve been listening to:
Ben Kweller’s latest …

When he’s not documenting the joy and pain of football for Setanta Sports (video above) Scroobius Pip’s busy organising a bi-weekly FREE spoken word and acoustic music night at Pure Groove Records.
You can grab the …

Visit Record Store Day website for list of all the shops taking part, and who’s playing
9.45AM – A large queue forms outside Rough Trade East much to the bemusement of passersby. By 10 as it …

Once underneath I noticed a sign about bats but my attention was more taken by a band playing right by the waters edge. Clambering over a railing for a better view it quickly dawned on me why they sounded so familiar. Catching The Miserable Rich live as the sun set under the bridge was a lovely tranquil way to end my trip, and as they finished playing the bats began to emerge flooding out into the night sky.

Ryan (StopMe): This week, as far as printed material goes, I can highly recommend two titles I’m currently reading; Frank Miller’s ‘Batman: Year One’ (It’s got a great deal more subtlety than I’d expected) and …

Kanye West / South Park – “Gay Fish” (MP3)
When South Park parodies Kanye West you know you’re good for double the laughs. Watch the “Fish Sticks” episode above then enjoy Kanye’s RESPONSE ON HIS BLOG….
SOUTH …

Time for the latest instalment in my recent series of posts “Things that happened weeks ago“.
Having declared Friday SXSW’s unofficial “Stalk a band” day I headed off to a Holiday Inn to get those vital …

Ryan(StopeMe): I’m spending this weekend building a new faster Computer with hard-drives big enough to store all my music (Well probably anyway!). While not doing that, I’ve found the time to bring you another …