Babylon Zoo – Spaceman. Drop a short bit of catchy electropop onto a cool Levi’s ad, then release the single with stickers all over it – “as heard on the Levi’s ad”. Single opens with said segment and then… oh […]

I live about half a mile from where BBC daytime soap Doctors is filmed. My wife and I went for a walk a few months ago and were surprised to find ourselves passing the Mill Health Centre.

My librarian background was bloody handy when wrestling with iTunes. Having spent most of the last 20 years fixing dodgy metadata in my day job, managing my music collection became something of a busman’s holiday. […]

This sums up my current feelings:

British politics for the next week is going to consist of people adding a+b to show it's greater than c+d. Supporters of c+d will add e, which then makes it bigger than a+b. Ah ha, say a+b fans, you've forgotten f. And on we go, like a shit Countdown.

— Philip Cowley (@philipjcowley) May 27, 2019

Did I mention the rap?

Kylie Minogue uncovers the latent 80s synth grooves in ‘Help’. Backing dancers express the existential anxiety John Lennon was feeling:

Indeed it has. So naturally I spent most of the day in a car on the motorway.

Smokin’. This is the most played track on my iPod.

I own a Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits but have never heard any of his classic albums from start to finish and don’t feel the need. I’ve only heard one Richard Thompson album in full and despite several goes it refused […]

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Belated discovery of The Fox, a 2012 album by The Filthy Six. Unashamedly retro funky jazz, should be listened to while wearing a 3 button suit, a button down collar and a pocket square. Also new release by […]

Stone Roses – Reni = no groove.
R.E.M – Bill Berry = no tunes (oddly).

I’m going for Kick Out The Jams.

I bow to no-one in my love for Chic and all the associated acts. But Saturday Night Fever covers more bases. I know it’s several different acts but it works as a cohesive whole.

Surely Brothers in Arms is the definitive CD. It shifted millions as the technology was taking off and proudly displayed DDD on the inlay, marking it as a fully digital album. I’m not saying it’s any good…

I played Wildflower a lot when it came out. Now relegated to a go to album when I’m on the spin bike and want to lose myself.

I would like to challenge the OP and argue Disco is best represented by the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack.

Britpop – (What’s the Story) Morning Glory. It’s not the best Britpop or even the best Oasis album, […]

By some distance it’s ‘The Stone Roses’. 25 years of love and it still gets a monthly spin. God knows how many times I played it in the early years.

How about West Midlands folk club legends Mellow Peaches? Pretty sure they never had a proper record deal but I did once download an album of theirs from Amazon and it was really rather good:

Or Dead Belgian […]

I always find it interesting that every couple of years there’s a latest “Everyone’s seen it” TV series when actually I’m willing to bet that none of them get the viewing figures in this country that Corrie’s been […]

And Afterword favourites Smokie.