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
DrownedInSound — All in all, whilst it’s a thrill to revisit the past, in hindsight Arab Strap’s debut album is arguably the weakest record the band ever made, yet everything a first record ought to be; raw, full of ideas, nervously energetic to paper over any sh... more info
We All Want Someone To Shout For — Check out a previously unreleased song from Arab Strap called “Daughters of Darkness”. The song wasn’t on any Arab Strap album or re-issue, although it was on Scenes of a Sexual Nature. Is it a crime to admit I haven’t gotten around to checki... more info
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