Universal love for Trojan Records
July 19, 2010 – 4:04 pm | 10 Comments

When the largest recording conglomerate in the world, Universal swallowed legendary reggae imprint Trojan back in 2007, many feared it would be forgotten by its mighty new owner.
Now three years on Universal appear to be …

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That Was The Month That Was
April 5, 2008 – 12:25 pm | No Comment
That Was The Month That Was

Last month marked three years since musiclikedirt.com first stumbled into the world of musical blogging. So self congratulations to myself for keeping going that long, or alternatively self flagellation for not “getting a life” in …

Holy F**k Nude
April 1, 2008 – 1:42 pm | No Comment
Holy F**k Nude

Holy F**k featured in this months podcast (mixed with a little Spank Rock), they’re out on tour right now, and to stoke the fires of hype a little more, XL just sent out a crafty …

I got a free fishtank, its delightful
March 22, 2008 – 1:16 am | No Comment
I got a free fishtank, its delightful

God I’ve been banging on about Gonzales and Akira The Don alot lately, but forgive me one more post featuring both of them and then with luck I’ll have got it out of my system …

Stay Fresh
March 12, 2008 – 8:23 pm | No Comment
Stay Fresh

Putting the dull into dulcet, my tones are back guesting on the Blog Fresh Radio show this week.  I took the chance to plug the exclusive Stuart James remix of The Crimea featured here last month.
Listen to …

That Was The Month That Was
March 6, 2008 – 6:05 pm | No Comment
That Was The Month That Was

Two months in and still some people refuse to let 2007 die! Smashing my own record for the tardy posting of “year end best of’s” my brother declared his judgement on the year in late …

F-F-F-Freshhhh
February 22, 2008 – 12:44 am | 4 Comments
F-F-F-Freshhhh

Blog Fresh Radio is a weekly show that interviews obsessive music bloggers from around the world, getting them to talk about and spin their current hottest tune.
From their first show onwards they’ve been flatteringly asking …

Loop A Loop
February 18, 2008 – 12:27 am | No Comment
Loop A Loop

EXCLUSIVE CRIMEA MP3 SINGLE
Back in November an email from Davey MacManus, lead singer of The Crimea popped into my inbox offering the chance to host an exclusive version of their new single “Loop A Loop“.
As …

Mr. Jaws
February 12, 2008 – 12:30 am | 6 Comments
Mr. Jaws

Roy Scheider, who died today (Jan 11) should of course be honoured for far more than just his most famous role as the nervy police chief Brody. His ad libbed line “We’re gonna need a …

Beats and Pieces
February 10, 2008 – 12:45 pm | No Comment
Beats and Pieces

Who are the most important figures in Reggae history? Perry, Marley, Dodd, to that list you can add the unlikely name of Sister Mary Ignatius “Iggy” Davies.
For over 60 years she ran the musical programme …