Note: In my version of the blogosphere, Char is Charlotte Martin and Chz (or Chaz) is Charlotte Hatherley. Let’s hope that The Charlottes don’t reform.

When I wrote my review of Charlotte Hatherley’s Grey Will Fade album, I reckoned that she didn’t need Ash. Sure enough in February 2006, she left Ash and is now a true solo artist and has her own record label (Little Sister Records) to prove it. Behave is the first single from her new album, The Deep Blue, and is out now on iTunes.

Even better, she has a website. Although I’m not to keen on the design – particularly in the outer reaches of the site – it does at least one thing correctly: blogs. I’ve ranted about bands needing decent websites far too frequently (okay, twice), and Charlotte’s has blog in which she and others post to – it’s actually the core of the website. One downside to this blog is that you need to register to view or post comments. But there’s a reason for registration: if you register, you can post blog entries too.

Now, isn’t that much better than MySpace?