World's biggest catch-up

It would appear I've posted nothing on here that's been published since the beginning of August, which is pretty shoddy blogging. I'll remedy that by a massive batch of links rather than a tortuous reproduction of all the articles. So, take a deep breath:

No Ripcord

• Album review: Jessie Ware - Devotion
• The Singles Bar: 20th August 2012
• The Singles Bar: 27th August 2012
• Bestival 2012 preview
• The Singles Bar: 3rd September 2012
• Interview: Emily Barker
• The Singles Bar: 17th September 2012
• Column: Why Amanda Palmer should pay her band
• Album review - The xx - Coexist
• The Singles Bar: 1st October 2012
• The Singles Bar: 8th October 2012
• Interview: Mary Epworth
• The Singles Bar: 15th October 2012
• The Singles Bar: 5th November 2012
• The Singles Bar: 19th November 2012
• Album review: Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
• The Singles Bar: 26th November 2012
• Interview: Craig Charles
• The Singles Bar: 3rd December 2012
• The Singles Bar: 17th December 2012

The Vagenda

• Column: Meninism - where are all the dudes?

NME

• Column: Lyrics you wouldn't get away with now

Clash

• Album review: Toddla T - Watch Me Dance (agitated by Ross Orton and Pipes)
• Album review: Jessie Ware - Devotion
• Album review: Teengirl Fantasy - Tracer
• Album review: Bat For Lashes - The Haunted Man
• Album review: Prins Thomas - Prins Thomas II
• Column: Protest music - top of the class?
• Album review: Paul Kalkbrenner - Guten Tag

New Statesman

• Column: Is the world of rap finally entering the 21st Century?

And if you've read all them, you're a braver person than I. Give yourself a biscuit.

Self-promotion

This blog's been a little neglected of late. So, for a round-up, here's what I've had published on the Clash Magazine and NME websites over the last couple of weeks.

Clash

• My review of the most recent Simian Mobile Disco album, Unpatterns: http://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/simian-mobile-disco-unpatterns
• A label profile of Ghost Box Records, including an interview with co-founder (and Belbury Poly main man) Jim Jupp: http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/label-profile-ghost-box

NME

• A report on how early 90s dance music is strongly influencing the sound of today: http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=1&title=title_519&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1
• An opinion piece on why mainstream pop stars shouldn't worry about indie credibility: http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=1&title=why_pop_shouldn_t_worry_about_authentici&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1

There, lovely.