what a strange feeling - it's half past 4 in the morning, and we just got in from playing in southampton tonight, and last night we played london. both gigs were great - we should have a few live reco...

furniture., originally uploaded by i am krisan.After a long period of silence, and a variety of troubled times, we are almost ready to return to the wide world. Almost.We've started to record the seco...

Following the news gets depressing after a while - I heard Radio 2 asking today if the events of the last few days were proof of the failiure of capitalism, and I'd never have thought that possible. I...

Hey kids, been a big while. We have a gig in October. We'll be playing at the Concrete and Glass Festival in Shoreditch on the 2nd.Album's coming along nicely - today we spent 2 hours trying to captur...

1942-2008Check out his cover of 'Walk On By', possibly my favourite cover and watch Escape from New York. JP X

30/08/06 It's always the way. You wait and wait for Ragged Words to give an album a one star review and then two come along at once. It's Primal Scream's woefully overly elaborate Riot City Blues that's irked our...

Primal Scream- Riot City Blues Columbia Release Date: 05/06/06 Ragged Rating: * (1/5) In A Ragged Word:...

Voxtrot, Sunny Day Sets Fire White Heat at Madame Jo Jo’s, London 15/08/06...

25/08/06 It's a tale of two very different singer songwriters today. On the one hand we have the rather wonderful Stephen Jowett, our latest unsigned and unappreciated artist. On the other, less popular, hand we have M Ward, the...

M Ward- Post War Merge Release Date: 22/08/06 Ragged Rating: * (1/5) In A Ragged Word: Exasperating...

20/08/06 Apologies for your Ragged delays, re-desgning is taking its toll. Big catch up day today. The last three singles of the week have been added. Way back from The Kooks (yes, that's right The Kooks), to Fear Of...

GoodBooks- Turn It Back Columbia Release Date: 14/08/06...

Fear Of Flying- Routemaster Young & Lost Club Release Date: 07/08/06...

The Kooks- She Moves In Her Own Way EMI Release Date: 31/07/06...

14/08/06 It was a disgracefully long time ago that Ragged Words dropped by the Memphis Industry offices for a chat with the Jacobs' brothers. Finally the fruits and gags of that chat are now available in the Indie-ustry interview...

The Sleepy Jackson- Personality (One Was A Spider, One Was A Bird) Astralwerks Release Date: 25/07/06 Ragged Rating: **** 4/5 In A Ragged Word: Huge...

Midlake- The Trials of Van Occupanther Bella Union Release Date: 25/07/06 Ragged Rating: 4/5 In A Ragged Word: Otherworldly...

Memphis Industries followed up a successful Go Team inspired 2005 with eight releases in 2006. From The 'soon to be massive' Pipettes, to the 'why the fuck aren't they massive' Absentee, Memphis have proven once again that they are the...

09/08/06 It was with great sadness that we heard of Love's Arthur Lee's passing last week. Having seen a sixty year old Lee make a triumphant return to the stage two years ago, his end seems to have come...