The Devil Has The Best Tuna — The Oxygen ThievesFrom: Cape Town, South AfricaThe third, and presumably final, helping of bands called Oxygen Thieves. Today we're leaving the shores of blighty behind in our search for and head over to Sout Africa Cape Town's own fresh air robbers.... more info

The Vinyl Villain — My good friend Ed from over at 17 Seconds has an occasional but always exceptional series entitled Does There Have To Be A Reason?I really did feel like stealing his series name for this 1986 piece of plastic:-mp3 : Martin Stephenson & The Daintees -... more info

KEXP Seattle — Martin Stephenson and the Daintees are yet another addition to the long, long list of bands I never would have heard of were it not for trolling the KEXP vinyl stacks for interesting album-cover discussions. Stephenson is also another in the long lin... 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

The Vinyl Villain — Regular readers will not be surprised to see Martin Stephenson & The Daintees make an appearance in this series given how much praise I've heaped on them in postings of old.At their peak in the 80s/early 90s, the band released four LPs and after refo... more info

The Vinyl Villain — First of all........a huge big thank you to everyone who has sent a lovely Xmas message, either through a comment these past few days or via an e-mail. I promise I will respond to all of them....just a bit tied up just now trying to keep going witho... more info

The Vinyl Villain — Most of you, if indeed not all of you, must by now be sick of the fact that I always seem to be saying that the gigs I go to are memorable.If so, I apologise in advance for the next few paras. But it’s a simple fact that in a five-day stretch at t... more info

The Vinyl Villain — Some folk look forward to the onset of Christmas because it means some special, quality time with family and loved ones. Others are more materialistic and like the idea of giving and receiving presents. I believe there's even some who like the time ... more info

The Vinyl Villain — Not at all......but all the stuff from Propaganda this past two days has whetted my appetite for some of my favourite 80s clips:-mp3 : New Order - Age Of Consent mp3 : Martin Stephenson & The Daintees - Crocodile Cryer mp3 : Billy Bragg - Strange Thi... more info

The Vinyl Villain — One of the downsides about being away on holiday right now is that I will have missed another magical, memorable and unique gig by Martin Stephenson in the cosy confines of a small venue in Glasgow under the auspices of the Sounds In The Suburbs prom... more info