Guardian Music — (Regal)Although Baxter Dury's half-mumbled cockney narratives are naturally reminiscent of his late father, Ian Dury's Blockheads blended punk, R&B and music hall, whereas his son's third and album is full of terrific, understated, dry, post-modern, ... more info

The Vinyl Villain — The decade that was the 80s is one that divides opinion on whether it was a good era for music. On the one hand, there were some really appalling things inflicted upon us.....Jive Bunny, Shakin Stevens, Joe Dolce, The Birdie Song, Cliff Richard bein... more info

Totally Fuzzy — YankeeBoy said... Holiday Blahs Adrian Lloyd - Got A Little Woman Flop - I Told A Lie Bobby Womack - All Along The Watchtower The Cowsills - In Need of a Friend The Royal Jokers - You Tickle Me Baby The Split Ends - Rich With Nothing Buddy Covelle - ... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Welsh bands aren’t typically at the top of the British music heap, but that’s not because the country hasn’t produced its fair share of amazing music. Young Marble Giants were one of the earliest truly post-punk bands to approach minimalism as ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — simon2307 said... From 1973 a rare ? bootleg of Gram Parsons and The Fallen Angels. Buckaroo Still Feeling Blue That’s All It Took California Cotton Fields Cry One More Time A Song For You If You Don’t Love Him (with Emmylou Harris) Hang On Sloop... more info

NME.COM - Reviews Blog — The Hundred In The Hands will be releasing their self-titled debut album on September 20. Here they give us an exclusive lowdown on the tracks. Young Aren’t Young "This first song actually began life super striped down. It was a sort of Afri-tinge... more info

Guardian Music — Simon Armitage, poet and singer-songwriter, on his memories of the festivalThe first festival I went to was Futurama in Leeds in 1980, in the dark, cavernous hangar of the Queen's Hall. I didn't fully appreciate it at the time but, looking back, the ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Ice said... The Art of the Violin : Andrew Manze - Box Set 5CDs. CD 01: Arcangello Corelli (1653-1713) Sonate a Violino e Violone o Cimbalo op.5 Andrew Manze : Violin Richard Egarr : Harpsicord Recorded November 5-8, 2001 and February 5-8, 2002, at... more info

Pitchfork — -- On June 22, Young Marble Giants member Stuart Moxham will release the solo album Personal Best on his own hABIT label. It features contributions from his father and his daughter. -- Sixteen-piece space-rock band the Flowers of Hell will release ... more info

Guardian Music — It was unassuming, understated and introverted – but these south Londoners' debut album still made more impact than any other in 2009By any standards, the xx's eponymous debut, winner of the 2009 Guardian First Album award, was a record with u... more info