Interesting article

The fact that I like the band iLiKETRAiNS hopefully hasn't clouded my judgement on this but check out this nice little article about the state of music today from an artist point of view.

The band took over the Artrocker website for the day and their lead singer Dave (who is a lovely, lovely man) wrote the above...

Live and direct.

Spent the weekend in Coventry filming DJs Ace and Vis annoying the caterers/barging into dressing rooms at 1Xtra Live. It's the first time the station have put on an event this size, and it seems to have been a massive success. The venue (Ricoh Arena) looked wicked and they got a properly A-list line-up including Akon, Chris Brown, Kelly Rowland, Lupe Fiasco and Estelle. Mavado dropped out a couple of weeks ago and was replaced by Wiley, which is sort of funny because he's notorious for not turning up to shows. You can see how surprised Ace & Vis are when they knock on his door in the video below.

The other "live" happening this week is Later...with Jools Holland, which will broadcast a live, half-hour show on Tuesday at 10.00pm and then the same half-hour, plus an additional pre-recorded half-hour on Fridays. Why? Arcane BBC scheduling protocol which means only repeats can be broadcast on late night tv. Odd. Still, it's fantastic news that the BBC has a truly live new music programme, however it's come about.

glastonbury crisis

from the front page of /music - "Emily Eavis: 'Mud Not Jay-Z To Blame For Fall In Glastonbury Numbers'".

Poor licence fee settlement forces BBC talent cutbacks.