My obsessive interest in music has only influenced my girlfriend slightly. She like The Hives, and she like The Strokes... the problem is, however, that all my favourite bands aren't accessible through …

Man. I am in love with that Vanessa Carlton song. It almost brings tears to my eyes. I hope the songs on her album are just as good as that song. I also like the Fountains Of Wayne song. It's my favori …

pretty much like my last tape, but whatever... (the beat happening song is our secret)

my GET UP, GET OUT, GET ON THE TUBE, GET WORKING mix. a lively bunch of guitar driven uptempo tracks. starts and ends with suitably epic guitar solos. i usually go for either introspective or eclectic  …

Made for a friend who never really heard any indie rock, and was more into weezer type sounding stuff.

Pull up a chair, music to watch the stereo to.

One for Kieran. A lot more indie stuff on this one. The title is how Kieran eloquently summed up our home town of Cwmbran, "all it has is kids and roundabouts".

For Craig. He likes Nu Metal and stuff, I'm gradually weening him onto some emo stuff but I keep telling him that most of the stuff he listens to (Puddle Of Mudd and the like) are just ripping off earl …

Going to Robbie this one. Almost all emo stuff, which according to the NME is now trendy. Well thank fuck for that, I'd hate to think I've been listening to it for this long and not been cool. Must rem …