Spinning Around

News just in: I’ve reviewed Kylie Minogue’s eleventh album, Aphrodite, for The Quietus (http://thequietus.com/articles/04544-kylie-minogue-aphrodite-album-review). It’s not bad, but I’ve got much more to say about it than that, as I’m sure you’d guessed.

Also, in this month’s issue of The Word Magazine, you’ll find my 3,600-word opus on what it’s like to be a girl growing up in thrall to male pop idols, my interview with Richard Herring in Word To The Wise, and Joan Jett on her love of The Clash, self-help books and News 24. Other than that, I’ve been on Radio 2 with Johnnie Walker reviewing the Scissor Sisters, writing about records for the BBC, and doing lots of lovely research about the green spaces of London for the Create Festival just kicking off in the east of the city. Tonight, I’m off to host the Create Future Histories of Music debate in Wiltons Music Hall – doing my best impression of Marie Lloyd, naturally – where I’ll be looking after Bob Stanley, Green Gartside, Simon Bookish and Smiley from Shut Up And Dance. And then some gin, hopefully. Marvellous.