Adas

I haven't seen him but he's at Offset so I'll check him out!

The only releases I really noticed from them were the XX Teens single and the Tiny Masters Of Today 7". I think an Errorplains single is overdue too...?

Home to XX Teens and stuff...

It's on Germs Of Youth - http://www.myspace.com/germsofyouth

They've released Comet Gain, Black Black, Your Twenties, Finally Punk, Dag For Dag, Electrocute, Exlovers...

I love The Loves!!

They'd stop the club half-way through and I'd lose me hard-earned, but this is amazing! EIOH are very exciting :-)

I think the 'way' of writing in the last few years, both in print and online, has changed towards the pretentious. I mean, there's a huge difference between going off on a tangent, as the writers in NME's 80s heyday were wont to do, and attempting to use obscure words and phrases for the sake of it. A large part is that for the last few years we simply have a lot more choice over where we read about music since the internet enabled anyone with an opinion to express it and publish it for the world to view. We all have a large, trusted bookmark folder full of trusted and like-minded music sites and blogs now, don't we?

Has free music killed journalism? I don't know. You still have to HEAR about it from somewhere, and when someone finds someone, or somewhere, they feel is close to their tastes, they're incredibly loyal to that source.

That talent and soul can be cheapened by, well, the J-word.