The Vinyl Villain — Another week in which your scribe gives himself sleepless nights trying to work out which five to select.The really good news this week is that Malcolm Middleton has consistently released his best songs as singles, and so they don't qualify for incl... more info
The Vinyl Villain — I recently embarked on a clean-up of the i-tunes on the hard-drive, trying to create a wee bit more space before it fills up. I didn't get very far as it took me hours to do the letter A....I was astonished to discover that I have 172 different Arab ... more info
The Vinyl Villain — In the beginning, there was Tigermilk, the legendary debut LP originally given a release of just 1000 copies in June 1996 on the Electric Honey label, run by students studying a Music Business Course at a Glasgow college.But there was earlier materi... more info
Guardian Music — The Sage, GatesheadBelle and Sebastian used to play so quietly that a rustling crisp packet could be louder than the band, perhaps because they wished to avoid the aural havoc that cranked-up rock PA systems could wreak on their painstaking creations... more info
Songs:Illinois — A lot of hipper blogs than this one have seemingly passed on the new record from Arab Strap founder Aidan John Moffat. The record is a mix of styles tied together by Aidan’s deep Scottish voice/accent and his, at times, strange sensibilities. The... more info
The Vinyl Villain — 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
DrownedInSound — This week's content mashed into the form of a Spotify playlist, featuring the likes of Orange Juice, Ghostface Killah, Mogwai, El Guincho, Arab Strap, Flying Lotus and Klaxons.
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DrownedInSound — “No one really writes honest, hateful love songs. The kids never hear it like they should hear it – they should know about the farting, the fighting and the fucking, the pain and the pleasure.”
That was Aidan Moffat in the 90's, the decade his... more info
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