A few weeks ago I told you of the campaign led by Amnesty International to locate the whereabouts of some missing music journalists in Iran. The hunt is still going on but there was some good news recently. Behrang Tonekaboni, a journalist who was arrested alongside Kayvan Farzin at the Farhang va Ahang (an Iranian [...]

Posted on March 4th, 2010 by Max
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You must have by now heard of the news that the BBC is cutting down on costs and for this very reason will be cutting the one music radio station that it’s even possible to like in the UK – 6 Music. The alternative music station is, pending a review by the BBC Trust, going [...]

Posted on March 2nd, 2010 by Max
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Last week, the music blog community got a massive shock to its system. Without any warning at all, Blogger, which is a blogging platform that is owned by Google, closed down a number of very popular music blogs because of copyright infringements. Months and years of archived posts were wiped out in the space of [...]

Posted on February 19th, 2010 by Max
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DISCLAIMER: This was originally titled ‘Time to band the Brit Awards?’ but I changed it after a couple of people, probably rightfully, hinted it might be a bit harsh. Tonight marks the 30th Brit Awards, which will be held at Earls Court. It is set to feature, as usual, a promised array of star-studded performances [...]

Posted on February 16th, 2010 by Max
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Be warned: this is a ramble. The worst two words a music fan could hear are the words ‘indefinite hiatus’. It’s actually more awkward than anything. It indicates a band are still on speaking terms yet don’t want to do anything musically. Or are they on speaking terms? Or are they going to go off [...]

Posted on February 11th, 2010 by Max
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