angshu commented on Leona Lewis: Almost As Competent As David Coverdale, at 11:07 PM on Aug 25 Right. more »

angshu commented on So It's Come To This: Behold, Music Reviews With A 160-Character Limit, at 10:55 PM on Aug 25 How come there's no "Their best since Exile on Main St."? more »

angshu commented on Nine Inch Nails To Give Away 200,000 CDs Of "The Slip"... For Money, at 1:51 PM on Jun 18 Clevertrousers -- Ammo is so 2007. I have a life-size replica of Tarkus in the yard to take on the apocalypse single-handed. I have a big yard. more »

angshu commented on Nine Inch Nails To Give Away 200,000 CDs Of "The Slip"... For Money, at 12:01 PM on Jun 18 Thinking about it further, it seems to me that while times are better than ever for the inspired hobbyist, it's the dark ages for anybody who has aspirations of being a professional full-time musician. There are two things in this regard. 1/ Inspired hobbyists are the best thing to have happened to music. more »

angshu commented on Nine Inch Nails To Give Away 200,000 CDs Of "The Slip"... For Money, at 11:47 AM on Jun 18 So, as I understand it, this is what will happen to the biz. 1/ As reproduction costs are (next to) nothing and everybody has the technology to copy and pass on music, the prices will drop to (nearly) zero. more »

angshu commented on Squeeze Get A Big, Two-Dimensional Thumbs-Up, at 2:50 PM on Jun 8 Bless. more »

angshu commented on Is Anyone Really Surprised By The "Wikipedia Trumps MySpace For Band Info" Story?, at 5:50 AM on Mar 25 Billboard correctly points out that Wikipedia doesn't allow artists and their "managers" to get their propaganda out on the 'net. Which is excellent as far as I'm concerned, because the last thing I'm interested in when I'm trying to find out about someone is why their mates think their album is the best thing since Exile on Main St. And Firefox's Wikipedia search bar is a boon. more »

angshu commented on Bob Lefsetz Is Feeling Defensive (And Maybe Old), at 5:43 AM on Mar 25 Of course, he's still stuck spewing bile at the mainstream while Everybody Knows that the mainstream hasn't been where it's at for a very, very long time now. more »

angshu commented on Even After His Divorce Settlement, Paul McCartney Has More Money Than Everyone Who Reads Music Blogs Put Together, at 1:59 PM on Mar 24 Pre-nups aren't legal in England, tho', are they? more »

angshu commented on Longtime Beatles associate, at 1:57 PM on Mar 24 RIP. more »

angshu commented on Lock Up Your Daughters: The Pussycat Dolls Are Coming Back, at 1:37 PM on Mar 24 I suppose I can live with interchangeable flaunted bodies if it really comes to that. I still think more people should listen to Holy Fuck. more »

angshu commented on George Michael Will Not Be Shaking His Booty During His American Tour, at 1:07 PM on Mar 24 I've been told Make It Big makes for really good coasters. Is there any truth in this? more »

angshu commented on MySpace's digital-music joint, at 1:05 PM on Mar 24 MySpace is now The Man. By placing themselves opposite the trend of new music slowly becoming free of all charge and by trying out dodgy tricks like offering free downloads via a text messaging scheme, they've now clearly demonstrated that they're thinking like the dinosaurs. Pity, because they had the network, the contacts and the word-of-mouth credibility to try something really contrarian at this point, to lead the way for some really arse backwards approach to distributing music taking into account that charging for songs can't ever be a valid business model because it is impossible to control scarcity. They have aligned themselves with something that I personally hope to see dead, but, more importantly, a kind of business practice that'll most likely not survive the internet, not unless they turn the internet into a dictatorship - I'd hate that, but I wouldn't discount it. This could have been something new, exciting and progressive. more »

angshu commented on "American Idol" Prepares To Make Us All Feel Old, at 12:56 PM on Mar 24 And I suppose none of these lads and lasses remember Talk Talk, hm? Hell, I'd even be happy with some Pet Shop Boys! I'm easily pleased, me. more »

angshu commented on While looking for blog posts, at 12:52 PM on Mar 24 The Holy Fuck record is fantastic. I played it as I went to sleep last night and had seriously weird dreams. It must be good! more »

angshu commented on George Michael Will Not Be Shaking His Booty During His American Tour, at 12:50 PM on Mar 24 Hadn't he made a big fuss about "retiring" from all this because a star couldn't make an honest living in the business any more? more »

angshu commented on No. 28: Natasha Khan Does Not Want You To Be Her Baby, at 12:48 PM on Mar 24 I think it's one of the very best things to have come out recently. It's hard for me to describe this album - it's too introverted, too shy to really compete with all the other noises in the room when you play it in the daytime. It expands over the 'phones in the dark, tho', into something colourful, detailed and large, as if you've been let into Khan's own dreamworld, one which is as illogical and insubstantial as all dreamworlds are, but as hauntingly beautiful as the best dreams sometimes get. Which is to say, it ought to be too precious by half but is actually quite the pretty pop gem. And yes, Sad Eyes is a thing of beauty. more »

angshu commented on Goldfrapp Leaves Us Cold (And Lost In The Rock-Critic Woods), at 12:43 PM on Mar 24 I reckon the rest of the album's a good deal better than this particular slice of boredom. more »