Christmas can be such a difficult time. With all of the bright lights and festive spirits, there is often an undertone of sadness as we re...

It’s no secret that I liked Marvel’s latest blockbuster Guardians of the Galaxy – I’m off out tonight for my second viewing. Apart from t...

I’m always interested in the anatomy of a song. What is the exact process between hearing a track for the first time and it becoming one o...

How gorgeous is this woman? This is Swiss singer/songwriter Scilla Siekmann who has the dubious honour of reaching the top 10 on the Eurov...

And the prize for the most bizarre song / video of the week goes to "Icebear" by Petite Meller featuring Yiddish pop singer Joe ...

Damn, if any song deserves an official music video, then it is “White Blank Page” by Mumford & Sons.  I cannot stop listening to this ...

Wow. There are some concerts that will go down in history as iconic moments in musical history and surely The Cure's appearance at Bes...

I had the strangest feeling this week that I might never listen to another English speaking band again.  It was the week that I finally got...

I received some terribly tragic news today.  Mali Woods and her fiancé, producer Moe Johnson committed suicide on the 16th of November.  M...

Last week was all about New Young Pony Club. I've always liked them but as I pumped up my iPod on Friday afternoon, after a particula...

I really wish this video was better quality.  “Johnny Calls the Chemist” is an iconic track by South African band Falling Mirror.  You’ll ...

  Well, that didn't take long at all. Just over two weeks since the end of the sixth season of Doctor Who (or the 32nd season to be...

I’m really trying not to like Strike Back: Project Dawn as much as I do, on account of its misogyny and glaring political inaccuracies bu...

Um, wow.  Talk about a discovery.  I happen to be slightly mad about Ryan Gosling.  In the sense that I’d be likely to pack up my entire l...

Being Human , season 3, "The Longest Day".  Things have started to go very wrong for Mitchell and Nina has realised what typ...

  I’ve just spent the past week listening to nothing but Pink Floyd.  I fell in love with Pink Floyd in 1979 when, at the tender age of ...

It is crazy to think that I have loved this track for over 25 years now.  Where does the time go??  I fell in love with this song during m...

Dexy’s Midnight Runners might be best known for their massive hit “Come on Eileen” but “Geno” is by far my favourite tracks of theirs.  “G...

The best discovery I made this month has definitely been Chase & Status.  I looked them up because they were playing at Wireless Festi...

Sometimes, music moves me to such an extent that I try to sit back and imagine what life was like before I discovered a certain album or b...