The Vinyl Villain — I've been included in a Top 100 list!!!Now its not the sort of list that ranks everyone from 1-100, so whether the organisers of the Top 100 indie music blogs for students felt I was worthy of being near the top or I just scraped in at #99 (or lower!... more info

Guardian Music — Originally published in the Guardian on 21 January 1985BRIXTONOn a Saturday night in the large and freezing Brixton Academy, four British pop bands raised an estimated £18,000 for the striking miners in a remarkable show that mixed political idealis... more info

The Vinyl Villain — I'm every bit as proud of the 100 plus VHS tapes of music that are gathering dust under a bed as I am of the vinyl and CD collection. They contain loads of live clips, promo videos and appearances on TV shows such as Top Of the Pops and provide fine... more info

Impose Magazine — Many a rock critic of the past quarter of a century has pointed to Glasgow as the indie rock epicenter and in certain respects the very origins of the genre buzz term of the same name. Orange Juice, one of Glasgow’s original starring groups, has be... more info

Stereogum — “Do It Again,” a track from Scottish songwriter Edwyn Collins’ seventh solo album Losing Sleep, features Franz Ferdinand dudes Alex Kapranos (+ mustache) and Nick McCarthy. Its Kieran Evans-directed video does, too. Losing Sleep is out via Hea... more info

The Vinyl Villain — Yup...I'm in there. Left hand side. Grey t-shirt. Baldier than I like to think I am. Way fatter than I'd like to be. But at 47, I can still get up on a dance floor with the best of them.The occasion was the latest Nationalpopleague event, compered b... more info

The Vinyl Villain — The little fella pictured above is the reason I have a charity button over on the right hand side of this blog.Readers from way back will know the story, but I make no apologies for repeating myself if only for the benefit of anyone who is a bit new... more info

NME - The Daily Download — Another legend makes his return today. Orange Juice man Edwyn Collins is set to release his first album since his serious illness in 2005, and it's a star-studded affair. As previously reported, 'Losing Sleep' (out on Heavenly on September 13th) feat... more info

The Vinyl Villain — I didn't realise until I put a list together the other week of all the singles featured so far that I hadn't included anything by Josef K.While Orange Juice and Aztec Camera went on to enjoy commercial success after the demise of Postcard Records, t... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Mr. Jones said... Yet another tropical weather system threatens to dump more rain on the 30 Days Out ranch, so what do we do? We prepare our survival kit of tasty hurricane/storm/rain songs! Who cares if it's raining, we have Bob Dylan, Nils Lofgren,... more info