The Vinyl Villain — I mentioned the other week that I had been lucky enough to get along to the Halloween edition of nationalpopleague, the club night run by John Blain Hunt, the lead singer with the fabulous Butcher Boy.A number of people came along to the night in fa... more info

The Vinyl Villain — Yup...I'm in there. Left hand side. Grey t-shirt. Baldier than I like to think I am. Way fatter than I'd like to be. But at 47, I can still get up on a dance floor with the best of them.The occasion was the latest Nationalpopleague event, compered b... more info

The Vinyl Villain — ....that the supremely talented lot above are supposed to be going back into the studio very soon to begin work on what will be their third LP. I know I'm not alone in tingling with anticipation for the results.mp3 : Butcher Boy - I Could Be In Love... more info

The Vinyl Villain — Being a blog that is largely of the retro variety, I'm not all that fussed about publishing a rundown of what I reckon to have been the best songs/albums of the year/decade. Yes, I do admit to making a few suggestions last month of stuff that you mi... more info

The Vinyl Villain — My favourite discovery of 2009. And all thanks to it being a small world in which I guy that I play golf with once a week is mates with a musician who is promoting a Glasgow appearance by a band from Finland who are coming over to the UK for a few da... more info

The Vinyl Villain — So far I've suggested you ask Santa for the Butcher Boy LP and the Magazine DVD as they have been my record and gig/comeback of 2009.Today, I'd rather that you didn't wait to ask Santa for this particular record - instead I'd ask you to get down to y... more info

The Vinyl Villain — The memoroes of Valentine's Day 2009 will remain with me always. It was the day when I finally got to see Magazine play live. It was a gig in their home town. A couple of days later they played in Glasgow, and again I was lucky to be in the audience.... more info

The Vinyl Villain — Now that we're into the month of November I thought that I'd use some of the postings over the next few weeks to make a few suggestions as to what might look good on lists written up for Santa Claus.I should point out that what will follow is by no ... more info