Thank you for asking. Yes I *do* have a music-related blog, it's here - http://skirky.blogspot.com/ Tales from, not so much the seething front line of popular music, but a wardrobe somewhere in the back of the spare room of the overlooked maisonette of aspirational self-produced CD and pub band-dom.

I also always keep an eye on Martin Newell's blog. It rarely mentions music, but in case you were wondering what the erstwhile Cleaners from Venus frontman and Independent poet-in-residence is up to, it's an invaluable resource... http://martinnewell.stevedix.de

but I'm keeping it schtum othwise you lot will nick all of my ideas!

http://philspector.wordpress.com/
is warmly recommended

Hello Fraser,

I would recommend The Perfumed Garden

http://theperfumedgarden.blogspot.com/

which is always interesting, and Planet Mondo you've already got, so that's alright then. Oh ... ahem... and completely selfishly, I Am Not The Beatles, of course.

http://iamnotthebeatles.com/

Coming up soon - a few interviews with the nice people we have tracked down. First up, President very very soon :

http://www.iamnotthebeatles.com/?p=78

And let's face it, it doesn't get much more exciting than that.

All the best,

Ian TB

If I could add one, I Guess I'm Floating is one of my favourites, not least for its 'Thursdays and Covers' feature which usually throws up some unusual covers.

http://iguessimfloating.blogspot.com/

I look at these ones from time to time:

http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/

http://boogiewoogieflu.blogspot.com/

http://adeepershadeofsoul.blogspot.com/

http://thattruncheonthing.blogspot.com/

http://doctormooney.blogspot.com/

However, you could argue that The Hype Machine is all you need.

Only a few weeks old, culturecrammer somewhat commits blog suicide by refusing to fit into categories - it's a cross-genre arts review with a strong emphasis on music and film, in a style inspired by the Melody Maker hacks of the late 80s and early 90s (some of whom now write for Word!)

Flitting freely between ‘high’ and ‘low’ culture, it's a blog for voracious culture junkies and genre-bending eclecticists who enjoy their art smorgasbord-style, with lashings of original thought, high quality writing and most of all, passion.

See it here: http://culturecrammer.com

There are also number of high quality music blogs at Popmatters:
http://popmatters.com

Best,
Steve Rylance

but it's not really about music per se so I suppose it's irrelevant. Sorry. I was quite annoyed though.

Here’s some of my favourites:

http://33third.blogspot.com/ (Blog of the great 33 1/3 books)

http://www.blissout.blogspot.com/ (Simon Reynolds)

http://www.mikescottwaterboys.com/blogs.php (Mike Scott, Waterboys)

http://www.ishotamaninrenobook.blogspot.com/ (Graeme Thompson)

http://lastyearsgirl.pixlet.net/ (Scottish music scene)

And many more!