Soundbytes: Michelle Dhillon's blog
Reckless adventures in music media

I’ve not posted for ages but there are good reasons/excuses – rockhaq is coming ever-closer to completion so I’ve had a fair bit to sort for it, I had to prepare a talk I was asked to give to journos at Nottingham Trent University’s Centre for Broadcasting & Journalism, the snow put paid to some of the work I [...]

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There’s been a fair bit going on of late so it’s best put together in a weekly roundup I reckon. First off, and maybe some might think it’s out of place, but Gary Barlow seems to be wanting to take on the might of Simon Cowell! According to various news sources, Barlow approached ITV with [...]

Ian Brown in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkabhan (2004)

So what did Christmas day bring you? For me, it was the startling realisation that Ian Brown really doesn’t have any excuse NOT to be involved in the much-anticipated Stone Roses reunion next year. There I was, plonked in front of the 50″ widescreen, far too full and thinking about going for a long walk, [...]

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So, everyone knows about last week’s Blur reunion now, but I bet you didn’t know that Damon and Graham were finally brought together by the awesome power of CAKE! Yes, read it and weep. There were no hordes of groupies, gazillions of pounds, insane rider requests or copious quantities of heroin involved; just good, old [...]

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Have just uploaded some killer tunes – check it! Chromeo are a kinda hiphop/black Daft Punk, Friendly Fires should have made it big this year but…