About time for the review of @Vulpes-Vulpes compilation. I’ve lived with it for a few weeks now and have done my best to ignore @Mike_H s review. By the way I remembered the band behind Mike’s Track 11 within days […]

Check your tracklist again @Mike_H, V-Vs track 11 didn’t make your final cut. Not in the version I have anyway.

Hi Vulpes. Your CD arrived yesterday. I’ll give it a number of listens before delivering my verdict.

Right, I’ll go first…

The What Album by @Mike_H

1 A low-key start with a track I don’t know by an artist I reckon I do. Spoken word with vocal loop and sparse bluesy accompaniment. I […]

OMD were of course the Ozark Mountain Daredevils before they ever started manoeuvring their orchestra in the dark.

I beg to differ. The CD reissue of The Name of this Band is… unforgiveably omits the slow intro to Crosseyed and Painless. The point where the song changes from slow to fast is the most wonderful moment in the […]

First that sprang to mind were Boat to Bolivia by Martin Stephenson and the Daintees, Rattlesnakes by Lloyd Cole & the Commotions and of course High Land, Hard Rain by Aztec Camera.

I think Red is a better old King Crimson album than In the Court… and that’s without even considering 80s Crimson and the brilliant Discipline album, my favourite of theirs.

I love this tune. Nikki Giovanni – Ego Tripping, the original and superior version.

https://youtu.be/VEyozH0EQqw

Brought this to mind…

Martin Stephenson of &the Daintees fame. I’ve seen him/them many times but I’ve never seen him without his trademark hat…

Listening to the Spotify playlist reminded me of this… Great list by the way…

Great shout on Glenn Tilbrook. I didn’t fully appreciate how good he is until I saw him solo and acoustic. His ability to sing while playing very complex riffs is extraordinary and his acoustic Hendrix covers were […]

For guitar hero, it has always been Roddy Frame for me. He just makes it all seem so effortless and has consistently produced absolutely beautiful guitar music. When I started playing I was equally influenced by […]

Now it’s Time to say Goodbye – Kitchens of Distinction
(I Don’t Want to go to) Chelsea – Elvis Costello & the Attractions
Picture This – Blondie
I’ve Forgotten What it was in You – Maria McKee
Turning of […]

Include me in please.

Some of my favourites are already there; Flight of the Conchords and Rubber Bandits, but I can’t believe we’re all this way down the list and there’s no Half Man, Half Biscuit yet in spite of their high position […]

@Mousey I thought my brother was the only fan of that lot. He played the first two albums (H&C and the Fireman’s Curse) to death and we shared a bedroom… It was years before I could listen to them with a fresh […]

They’re still going and releasing new material. Their profile got a big boost last year when their song After All was heavily featured in the last episode of The Young Offenders TV series. They also featured in […]

It was an odd but nice spot. I remember going to a kind of chillout night with DJ and boardgames in the big upstairs room and Bjork was on the cashdesk with her young son. This was when she was all over the charts […]