Archive for December, 2008

Have an Indie Christmas

Not content with giving forgotten Irish albums a new digital lease of life and releasing quality independent compilations through his online label Indiecater, Irish blogger MP3Hugger has turned his attention towards the Christmas market with the release of An Indiecater…

News Bytes: End of Year Polls, Christmas Cheat Sheets

  1. Christmas gift cheat sheets
    Bypass second guessing the clothes size of a loved one by getting them to fill in these vital stats cheat sheets beforehand.
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  2. Music Videos of the year
    Indie media giants Pitchfork pick their top 40…

Band of Blogs: Eminem, Alela Diane, Halogen, mashups

  1. The Return of Marshall?
    A new Eminem song leaked a few months back and with an approximate release announced for a new album entitled Relapse in early 2009, another Dr. Dre produced track called ‘Number One’ has found its way…

Sites of the Week

  1. Today FM
    Major kudos to Today FM who have redesigned their website from the headache-inducing yellow site to a tasteful, modern and extremely useful resource hub.
    todayfm.com
  2. The Onion TV
    Not content with being the best satirical news source, The…

Videos of The Week: X-Factor, Kermit does LCD, Jay-Z, Kanye West

  1. Scary X-Factor reactions
    Another reason you shouldn’t let your kids watch X-Factor…
  2. Old lady loses the run of herself
    In this audition for a banned advert, an old enthusiastic granny let’s her active imagination take over…
  3. Kermit the Frog covers…

The Web Sheriff paid a visit..

Animal Collective are about to release the much-anticipated ninth album Merriweather Post Pavilion in January and the hype around the release has reached fever pitch on the web. As is near unavoidable these days, a song called ‘Brother Sport’ from the…

News Bytes

  1. WE7
    The brainchild of Peter Gabriel We7.com offers free streams and some downloads of tracks from a large major-label assisted catalogue. The only catch is you have to listen to a short ad before each song. “People hate ads but…

Band of Blogs: DJ Mehdi, Little Boots, The Knux, Director

  1. DJ Mehdi remixes
    The nicest DJ in the world is getting a lot of attention for his Pocket Piano EP which features one of the remixes of the year by Joakim.
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  2. Little Boots
    Already a huge hit online, Victoria Hesketh…