The Blockheads

The Vinyl Villain — Dear ReaderI must ask you to please cast your mind back to 28th October 2009 and 8th March 2010. These were the dates for Parts 1 and 2 of what at one point could well been the new Friday series on TVV but that was before I accepted that featuring a... more info

Altsounds — Award winning family festival GuilFest, now in it's 19th year, features a line up more vibrant and eclectic than ever before! Established legends are joined by rising stars as more names are added to the 3 day festival with camping, set in the ... more info

Gigwise — Along with two other acts... more info

I Like Music — The Blockheads, Caspa, Sub Focus, High Contrast and many more confirmed for the Herefordshire festival more info

Addict Music — Camp Bestival have announced Friendly Fires will be headlining the main stage on Sunday night of this year’s event! more info

The Music Fix — Capsule Review: Released to coincide with the biopic of the same name, SexandDrugsandRockandRoll gathers together many of Dury's best known songs. The title track and 'Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick' are as fine examples of his blend of cheeky Cockne... more info

I Like Music — Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll -The Essential Collection is available from January 11th 2010 more info

The Vinyl Villain — It's something of a special posting this week.A few weeks back, I got a really nice email from Stefan Grimm of Kassel in Germany saying that he was a fan of the blog, and in particular, the series looking back at 1979. I wrote back and said thanks, ... more info

The Vinyl Villain — I reckon some of the tracks I've featured in this series looking back to an era that was decades ago haven't aged all that well. But that isn't something that can be levelled at today's bit of magic:-mp3 : Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Reasons To Be C... more info

The Vinyl Villain — Nope, its not the name of a new feature here at TVV.It's simply a posting of the four tracks that made up an EP released on the revived Postcard Records back in 1995, (catalogue number DUBH 952CD).mp3 : Paul Quinn & The Nectarine No.9 - Tiger Tigerm... more info