A new mix for your download delight - jam packed full of my favourite tunes from the dancefloor, including some very cool rerubs of some huge tunes. Its bass heavy, funky as hell and guaranteed to get your head nodding, 65 minutes long and ideal for your Ipod, the gym, the car or even a hot sweaty party.

Full track listing and download when you click here!

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Flying back 5000 miles to arrive just 5 hours before a gig is not always to be advised, but when its your chance to sit in the front row of the balcony to see Ian Brown playing - it has to be done - jet lag or not. I was wide awake by the time he took to the stage at 9.10 for one of the most storming sets I have ever seen, delivering loads of classics, along with a smattering from the new CD he managed to get the crowd pumped and show us all what a working class hero really sounds like. Awesome night out - still buzzing two days later - read my full review (and setlist) here.

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David Ford - a careful and well influenced British singer-songwriter follows up tour stints with Ray Lamontagne and Starsailor and his 2005 album ‘I sincerely apologise for all the trouble I’ve caused’, with this new set of songs. Accessible, but still with a dark lyrical edge its a great progression and seems destined to push Ford into the limelight. Check out my review here.

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In Rainbows is the new album from Radiohead, with its unusual payment terms (whatever you think it is worth) it made news headlines before its surprise release, but what is the actual MUSIC like. Any Radiohead release is a significant event in music, so does it live up to its hype? Read my review here - and let me know your thoughts if you have downloaded the album.

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I had high expectations of The Editors live at Brixton Academy on October 9th, and I wasn’t disappointed. Tom Smiths terrific voice led the line well and the band delivered a superbly tight performance to drive a great set. Great tunes from both albums and some new material in the mix. Read on for my full review of the Editors and support bands.

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‘This fool can die now’ is the third album from Scout Niblett - a UK singer songwriter who has decamped to Portland, Oregon to work with such luminaries as Steve Albini and Will Oldham - challenging, sublime and impossibly talented, this is the stuff that future legends are made of. Check out my full review here.

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How many more of these do we need to see before someone decides to bring them home…

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New banksy piece apparently painted on Sunday night in bristol - click here to see it on flickr - its a great piece…

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African archbishop believes that European made condoms are especially infected with the HIV virus…”to kill Africa off”…seriously!

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‘Distance and Time’ is the follow up to ‘Biscuits for Breakfast’ from Fink on NinjaTunes records - introspective and slightly melancholy with excellent production pedigree from Andy Barlow (Lamb) - due to be huge, fuelled by use of one track in the new Mastercard commercial. Should you be listening? Find out with my review…

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