Been a while I know. You'll all be pleased to know that my smoke free life is going well - remarkably well in fact, nicotine patches really do work. So anyway, here's what's good:

1) Mick Collins from the Dirtbombs emailed me. I was scared that he was going to tell me to take his song down. Instead, he praised the blog, and told me to leave the song up "till the sun burns out". So here it is again, in zshared goodness. There might even be a new track from them soon...

MP3 The Dirtbombs - Do you see my love (for you growing) / YSI

2) It's In the City this weekend, meaning I'll be running around all over Manchester hoping to catch a glance of the next big thing. It'll be an extra special one this year too seeing as Wilson won't be with us. Catch me at the Record of the Day panel on Monday.

MP3 A Certain Ratio - A Way to Escape

3) The Justice remix of Klaxons "As Above, So Below" leaked this week, and it really is rather good. It's not durr-durr-durr bullshit of any kind, more a Daft Punk style house jam. Niiiice.

MP3 Klaxons - As Above, So Below (Justice Remix)

More later.