The Vinyl Villain — The decade that was the 80s is one that divides opinion on whether it was a good era for music. On the one hand, there were some really appalling things inflicted upon us.....Jive Bunny, Shakin Stevens, Joe Dolce, The Birdie Song, Cliff Richard bein... more info

Core News — “SynopsisDJ and producer Ben Watt returns for the second edition of his 6 Mix residency, exploring the world of leftfield dance and electronic music present and future. The head of pioneering deep house label and club night Buzzin’ Fly, Ben was f... more info

XLR8R — House music enthusiasts and record collectors alike should pay close attention to this one. Buzzin' Fly label head and one half of the English duo Everything But the Girl, Ben Watt, is selling off his incredibly vast record collection in order t... more info

The Vinyl Villain — Lasting almost 7 minutes, today's song is the longest track The Smiths ever recorded:-mp3 : The Smiths - Barbarism Begins At Home One of the most danceable numbers they ever made, the track owes just as much to the bassline of Andy Rourke as it does... more info

The Vinyl Villain — Sorry about the terrible pun which came to me as I was putting together last Saturday's piece about The Smiths.There's loads can be said about Ben Watt - the laziest and easiest thing I can do is refer you to this wiki page.But returning somewhat to... more info

Guardian Music — They wrote sad songs, survived serious illness and fell out of love with pop. Now Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt are backIf all you knew of Tracey Thorn was her music, you might think she had spent the last 30 years being squeezed through the emotional wr... more info

Pitchfork — Artist: Michael MayerAlbum: Immer 3Release Date: June 8Label: Kompakt Tracklist: 01 Cortney Tidwell: "Don't Let Stars Keep Us Tangled Up (Ewan Pearson's All This Has Happened Before Version)"02 Closer Musik: "Departures"03 Ben Watt: "Guinea Pig Voca... more info

The Vinyl Villain — Today sees a lot of people return back to work after the festive break. I'm lucky enough to have one more day of lounging around - although in my defence I should point out that my break was interrupted by the need to pay an emergency visit to my of... more info

XLR8R — London's venerable Buzzin' Fly label might have lost a premium club night when The End closed in January, but label founder and DJ-producer Ben Watt has kept things with the label moving at an astonishing pace. read more more info

Guardian Music — Last week was all about the loving relationship between man and animal. This week, we want you to suggest songs that feature a conversation between two or more charactersFirstly, to whoever placed the theme tune to Top Cat on last week's collaborativ... more info