Mark Dormand did one of those quiz things on Facebook, so I'm copying and pasting it, but based mine on my personal last.fm radio instead of my music library on my computer. So ner!

I don't get the point of these; most of the songs dont mean a thing, but some I started to think "oh, that makes sense" before I realised "this whole thing is a crock of shit." I just wasted some time in my life. I blame you Mark Dormand! Heh.

1. Put your music player on shuffle (iTunes, iPod, pebble, whatever :P)
2. For each question,…

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A few years ago, Ray Webster recommended that I listen to "Border Affair + Naked Child" by Lee Clayton and he handed me a copy of the CD. I took his advice, and upon first listening to the album wasn't too impressed - but then, the second time or third time I listened, something clicked. I remember being sat on the coach alone on my way to Leeds, looking out the window as the coach sped across the motorways, and found myself really enjoying the album.

Admittedly, it's not an album you can just 'pick up and play' but…

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I love Every Avenue. They may be pop, and sound like the older (and way cooler) American brother to Busted… or even a less mainstream and more excitable Fall Out Boy - but as we discovered with Over and Out, there's nothing wrong with that every once in a while.

I owe the discovery to music blog It Leaked (can anyone say 'pirate'? Arrgh!), but from being introduced to them, I've since purchased their EP, their debut Album, two t-shirts and a few stickers - so we can't say that illegally sharing music is always a…

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There isn't too much to say about this compilation; I bought it as part of Big Scary Monsters 'Class of 2007' package a few weeks back and meant to blog about it then - but never got around to it. Upon seeing the release, I didn't quite know what to expect but was pleasantly surprised; it features quite a varied range of music, which probably means there'd be something for everyone.

Attached below are two tracks from the compilation album that I think you might enjoy - and if you like what you hear you can sample the rest…

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After seeing Glasgow-based indie trio '1990s' on Piccadilly Records 'Best of 2007' list, I picked up a copy of the album for myself to see what all the fuss was about.

Whilst I can't say I've overly impressed, there are one or two tracks which I like - namely the two that are attached to this blog post. Give them a listen and see what you think. If you like what you hear, and want to hear more, you can grab the record from Piccadilly Records or Amazon UK.

Their album 'Cookies' was released in…

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I'm sure someone will hate me for saying this; but what if Busted were better looking, a little older, weren't commercially whored and could play the instruments they weild? Or maybe Simple Plan… but good? I think you'd get London-based four-peice punk-poppers Over And Out.

Signed to Punktastic Recordings, these guys have a sweet 6-track EP - 'Hard Times Late Nights' - out which I bought on release after stumbling across their MySpace - and I'm quite impressed with it.

Click here to read more and to download a free MP3.

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Back when the internet was younger and broadband wasn't widely available (I'm talking 1999/2000), I was downloading music from the likes of Napster on my 56k modem - this was when Napster was good - I had all this music at my fingertips and it was completely free! Granted, it could have taken over half an hour to download one track, but this was still amazing, albeit illegal.

However, there were also legal places to download free music from. One of my favourites to visit was peoplesound.com which encouraged upcoming artists to upload their tracks and build a…

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I feel like a big dirty whore posting this; but let's introduce those who don't know of a certain Sam Isaac into his acoustic indie-folk pop ways. Bright Eyes, The Spinto Band and Ed Harcourt are among Sam Isaac's influences with his friends making artwork, recording his music, directing music videos and carrying clipboards, whilst other friends (like Alcopop! and Big Scary Monsters) sell his CDs.

Why, it was only this week that Sam Isaac's debut single 'Sideways' dropped through my door from the folk at Alcopop!/BSM head-quarters in 7" format, accompanied by a CD Single,…

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Tonight I'm off to Manchester's Music Box to see Hammersmith-(London)-based indie pop band Tellison… but think more emo-indie than Arctic-Monkeys-indie.

For this outing, Tellison are actually playing support to Spitalfield - who have decided to call it a day once they've completed this tour.

Click here to read the rest of this post and get some free Tellison music.

Fo' Shizzle.

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Sunday night I went to see Kings of Leon play live at Manchester Central (previously known as the G-MEX) for the third time since 2003. I was on the guestlist (+1) for the event because I was set to review it for Entertainment Manchester.

In short; it was absolutely amazing. I don't think I've enjoyed a gig so much in a long while - and I've never stopped playing their albums since I've come home.

Click here to read the rest of this blog post, download some free Kings of Leon music and comment.