The Vinyl Villain — Everyone I knew in the mid 80s.....and I mean everyone......adored Rattlesnakes, the debut LP from Lloyd Cole & The Commotions.  It's a record packed with great tunes that you can latch on to immediately while lyrically its as fine an album as any.... more info

The Vinyl Villain — Back in April this year the world of Scottish music lost one it’s unsung heroes to cancer.David Band, who designed record sleeves for Altered Images, Aztec Camera and Spandau Ballet died aged 51.All of the early singles by Altered Images including ... more info

Guardian Music — YouTube is already fundamental to online music, but now it's expanding its official content and moving into live streamingAt last year's BT Digital Music Awards, YouTube beat Spotify, Last.fm, MySpace, SoundCloud and BBC 6 Music to the publicly-voted... more info

Altsounds — On 14th - 17th July in the sumptuous surrounds of the Suffolk countryside, the welcoming daisy-adorned gates will open for the 6th edition of the magical and fantastical Latitude Festival. With four bespoke arenas dedicated to music, Latitude offe... more info

The Vinyl Villain — It really is only the fact that so many of you leave comments behind saying you enjoy this particular series that keeps it going. It really is a weekly task that is proving bad for my state of mind.Every week I end up going for a singer or band for ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — matori_deda_strale said... MUDDY WATERS – The London Muddy Waters Session (1971) CHER – Stars (1975) DEACON BLUE – Singles (2006) IKE & TINA TURNER – Feel Good (1972) LLOYD COLE – Antidepressant (2006) NAPOLEON XIV – The Second Coming (19... more info

The Vinyl Villain — Sometimes, the 12" mix or version of a song ends up ruining it. Like here:-mp3 : Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - My Bag (Dancing Mix)The first single lifted from the 1987 LP Mainstream, the single stalled at a surprisingly low #46 in the UK singles ch... more info

The Vinyl Villain — I love going to gigs.There will be a posting over Xmas/New Year which will boast about how many different Glasgow venues I've paid into to see bands over the years - there were a few new ones added this past 12 months as well.But sometimes, for very ... more info

The Vinyl Villain — So far, the series has featured what could be accurately described as classic acts – The Jam, The Police, Orange Juice, Joy Division, Lloyd Cole & The Commotions, Magazine and Talking Heads none of whom have released a new LP in years. Not so with... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Ted Barron said... The Hound on Kristian Hoffman's Fop @ the Boogie Woogie Flu Kristian Hoffman The Hound The Mumps James White Lance Loud http://boogiewoogieflu.blogspot.com G O D said... G O D said... COME WISH SLUGGISHA A HAPPY SECOND BIRTHDAY!!... more info