The Vinyl Villain — I normally make a weekly contribution to the Contrast Podcast, a new episode of which is broadcast every Tuesday - it's something I've been doing for about 16 months now and its always great fun.But I've been so caught up in other things this past 7... more info

The Vinyl Villain — This was originally posted on Tuesday 12th June 2007. It attracted a fair few whimsical comments, so apologies for those suffering the repeat:-HORSIN' AROUNDI'm sure I'm not the first blogger of my age to mention how lucky today's kids are in terms... more info

NME — He'll perform and collaborate with the likes of Dan Black and Hatcham Social more info

The Vinyl Villain — I've got that many series on the go at any one time that I sometimes forget about them for a while. So for any fans of those posts that have different songs with the same titles I apologise for not featuring anything lately.Today's offering has a si... more info

Guardian Music — Pop has always paid homage to its past, and never more so than with this season's hottest young acts. But does 'retro' always have to be a dirty word? Ally Carnwath celebrates four time-travellers who put their own stamp on the decades they have plun... more info

ContactMusic — THE ZUTONS, BRITISH SEA POWER, THE WOMBATS and THE WEDDING PRESENT will all have some unexpected free time on their hands this summer after the cancellation of the Red List ... more info

NME — The Wedding Present singer David Gedge is to perform a special gig with the BBC Big Band during the FuseLeeds09 festival this April. more info

I Guess I'm Floating — I just watched a trailer for what looks like the funniest indie movie in a long time -- Skills Like This, which won the Audience Award at SXSW '07. After a little digging I found two of the excellent songs featured in the trailer, one by the well-kn... more info

Pitchfork — Above: T-shirt designs by Jay Reatard and MGMT Hey, you know when you're in a band and a venerable soft-porn magazine asks you to design a T-shirt? What? It happens.It's been happening for a couple of years now, actually. Since 2007, Playbo... more info

Disconap — I think that I must be living under a rock because all that I’ve been listening to of late are albums that I’ve had in the collection for a while. What’s going on 2008? With the exception of School of Seven Bells’ Alpinism... more info