The Vinyl Villain — It was back in the summer when my boss at work tossed over a copy of the NME which featured a band called The Drums on the cover. He thought I might be interested in reading about them as they were a bunch of young American musicians (easily of an a... more info

DrownedInSound — Last weekend's Bowlie 2 weekender at Butlin's in Minehead was quite fantastic. One of the undoubted highlights was Edwyn Collins' performance on Centre Stage on Saturday afternoon, with Teenage Fanclub as his backing band. A couple of other co-stars ... more info

Stereogum — “Do It Again,” a track from Scottish songwriter Edwyn Collins’ seventh solo album Losing Sleep, features Franz Ferdinand dudes Alex Kapranos (+ mustache) and Nick McCarthy. Its Kieran Evans-directed video does, too. Losing Sleep is out via Hea... more info

Rollo & Grady — MOJO Magazine – Top Albums of 2010 1 John Grant – Queen of Denmark 2 Arcade Fire – The Suburbs 3 MGMT – Congratulations 4 Edwyn Collins – Losing Sleep 5 The Black Keys – Brothers 6 Paul Weller – Wakes Up The Nation 7 Midlake – The Cou... more info

Rollo & Grady — NME Magazine :: Top 75 Albums of 2010 75 The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster – Blood & Fire 74 Sufjan Stevens – The Age Of Adz 73 Interpol – Interpol 72 Male Bonding – Nothing Hurts 71 Field Music – Field Music (Measure) 70 Broken Social ... more info

Guardian Music — Label admits letter ordering Deerhunter and Atlas Sound musician to remove material from his website was sent in errorSony Music has admitted that songs posted online by Bradford Cox were "mistakenly removed", after the label ordered the Deerhunter a... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis DOWNLOAD: Orange Juice - Felicity (MP3) In what I hope (but don't promise) to be a regular feature, I'm gonna recommend a couple notable new reissues. What with the holiday season it full swing, either of these... more info

Guardian Music — Comebacks are ten-a-penny these days, and not always guaranteed to be entirely dignified affairs – but some have been the bearers of genuinely exciting new musicThe comeback ain't what it used to be. A phrase first coined in the jazz age, used by F... more info

Scotsman.com — EDWYN COLLINS ORAN MOR AUDITORIUM, GLASGOW **** more info

The Vinyl Villain — As homecoming gigs go, this was as triumphant as it gets.A sell-out crowd at the Arches in the trendy West End of Glasgow roared their approval just after 9pm as Edwyn Collins, assisted by his wonderful wife Grace Maxwell, climbed a short flight of ... more info