last updated: November 12th 2009
IDEAS
Brash, Brilliant - it's Super Pop! - Revised version: Patrick Wolf, Guillemots, TV on the Radio, The Week That Was
Minimalism to the max - Why this article had to change
The Look of Love - Why image matters - Last Shadow Puppets, Editors, Berlin Philharmonic
Why a box set will never bring you what you seek
Phil Legard says I like Einstein on the Beach by Phillip Glass
What the death of gig posters in a small town says about the state of the music industry
ANALYSIS
Portishead 3: The album as a horror movie
What the title track of The Good The Bad and The Queen means
The return of the gatefold sleeve, or a new kind of romance?
LIVE REVIEWS
Now: Harsh Definitions - Leeds Festival 2009 new
Then: The Best Leeds Festival Review Ever - Flaming Lips, Pavement, Toploader, Pitchshifter and more
Such a beautiful child: Rufus Wainwright live review
Blurring the past - (new version 11/09) Damon's band reforms to no good effect new
Kissing in the corridor - Adam Curtis at the Manchester International Festival - by Mark Ellis
The Indie Alan Bennett and all the jazz - David Gedge, BBC Big Band, Vessels, Fuse
ATTACKING THE MEDIA
Loops in knots - an open letter to Loops magazine
Behold! Why Grazia is better than the NME
Mr Everett True brand MMR 'the enemy'
Banging your head against a brick wall - letters to the dead, Uncut, Mojo, and Q
OUR DOINGS
modern music review: stunts (silly moments, noble ideas, utter failures)
MMR presents: Pagan Wanderer Lu
INTERVIEWS
Sean O'Hagan of The High Llamas new
'Notes from the great unfinished Radiohead article'' Chalmers/Littlewood 09
read on - music review recommends: books
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