Here's one that took my fancy for a few minutes back in 2006. That's just about the time we were hit with a gaggle of girl groups, b...

We lost BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel nine years ago today. Thanks to, among many other things, the more than 4,000 recorded "Peel Sessions,...

I have to accept this is a song I will never own as a proper 7". A legendary piece from the psychedelic branch of the C86 tree, "P...

It was a year ago I mentioned the terrific news that Susanna Hoffs and Matthew Sweet were working on a third volume of 'Under the Cove...

First, let me thank Echorich and Luca for schooling me on all things Terry Hall in the comments section of my last post. Perhaps I shouldn...

X, Madness, Talk Talk, Fishbone, TMBG, Tin Machine, Talulah Gosh... here's another in a long line of bands with songs to match their mon...

Most fans would agree the band's best moment was the A-side of 'Sulk' in 1982 (OK, a few might go back even further than that), ...

More horns! First, let me come clean. I do not own the priceless piece of vinyl shown above. Man, I sure wish I did. This live take of ...

That last post on R.E.M.'s "Can't Get There From Here" got me thinking about other unlikely horn-band combinations. My fa...

Last week, JC at the (new) vinyl villain included some fine works by R.E.M. that reminded me of this obsolete 12" single from my own c...

If you haven't been sizing up the singles leading up to the release of Azure Blue's sophomore album, 'Beyond The Dreams There...

If you didn't get the "Metroland" or "Dresden" singles, here is a way to sort of make amends. OMD's new CD singl...