I had forgotten just how good this is:-mp3 : Marc Almond - The Idol (Part 1)The first three seconds start off as an homage to The Jean Genie, it soon turns into a sort of Stars on 45 tribute to the glam rock that I recall from the early 70s. Great gu... more info

....before the fabulous Fatima Mansions who I've featured a few times at TVV, there was Microdisney.Formed in the early 1980s in Cork, Ireland by Cathal Coughlan and Sean O'Hagan, my first memory of the band is the fact that released a record called... more info

I've already hinted at how just great a night this was with the quick review of support band SHe'S HiT that I posted last Saturday.Jacques the Kipper said something interesting about Sons & Daughters when I was speaking to him the day after the gig ... more info

Loads of bands got record deals in the middle of the Britpop assault on the charts in the mid 90s. Some would have got signed in any event, but many others ended up in recording studios because labels, scared of missing out on 'the next big thing' w... more info

Given that recent Sunday postings have run into trouble with the authorities, either through a dmca notice or someone getting in touch with my file provider and demanding a link to an mp3 be removed (I still can't get over something that was given a... more info

At lunchtime yesterday, an e-mail arrived letting me know that Sons & Daughters were playing a 'secret' gig at the tiny venue of the Captain's Rest in Glasgow. There were no advance tickets on sale..simply turn up at the door and pay your £7 on a fi... more info

Name any non-fan of The Smiths aged in their mid 40s to name one track by the band, and chances are they will say this:-mp3 : The Smiths - Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now Once again, Simon Goddard nails it. No other song by the band is more responsib... more info

For those of you familiar only with the sort of music that comprised the hit singles Soup Dragons enjoyed circa 1990, then the sort of music they made at the outset of their career might leave you pleasantly surprised.Formed in 1985 in Bellshill, (t... more info

I was never completely convinced by Kate Bush when she first emerged in January 1978. The early singles sold in their millions but as a mid-teens boy with a love for post-punk bands with all their loud guitars and even louder shouty lyrics, the tale... more info

There's a brilliant line about today's band Big In Japan."They were a supergroup with a difference - its members only became super after they left".It's a line found to a story about the band in a newspaper printed in their home city of Liverpool. A... more info