NC’s appearance on Later the other week was a real highlight (of a very poor series)

Enjoyed this one.

Ive been in my own self-named band for about 15 years although we are currently in permanent hiatus so good to know you boys still out there doing it. I recognise many of the issues/cock ups […]

Excuse typos in the above review but hopefully you get the gist !

Blowtorch is lovely Colin – I will also delve deeper. I note it is on Spotty.

Finding a new ‘older’ artist is always a treat. I recently came across an album called ‘Posted Sober’ by a scottish singer […]

Taken me ages to get to the bottom of this thread – might have been quicker if it was a list of bands we liked !

Anyway to continue the vitriol….

The Kinks – just don’t get ’em (apart from Waterloo Sunset of […]

Leigh on Sea is the posh bit and worth a look. Not much there but less grim than Sarfend ! Or a Dr Feelgood trip round Canvey

I wish I’d gone with you Twang (instead of beering it up in an adjacent part of the capital!). SW is one of the most interesting people working in ‘popular’ music – totally off the mainstream radar yet at the […]

I also got the impression from the various docs/books that Nick was very much trailing along in Cale’s wake and maybe somewhat in awe of what was happening or just simply incapable of saying no. Unfortunately […]

Agree with majority of the positive comments. IMHO this must be the best EC album since Painted From Memory, which is still my favourite (and the ’98 RFH gig with Burt B was stupendous). The echoes of that one […]

Im coming in with a suspect a decidedly unpopular vote for the BS. Sharp songwriting which maybe sometimes gets overlooked by the sometime MOR arrangements. Blue is the Colour is a particularly strong set with […]

Turned out alright then. As ever I sounded like was talking from under a blanket in the toilet. Well done Twang for hosting and producing the final output. Also sorry (tee hee) that we gave you such a hard time […]

VDGG were the 3rd band I saw – probably on the same tour in 1971, headlining as part of the 30p Lindisfarne, Genesis 3-hander. Never really got on with them apart from the magnificent Refugees one of my all time […]

Bob and Pete (as apposed to Pete and Dud) also produce some very good compilation albums. Check out English Weather which covers late 60s/early 70s mellow and melancholic psychedelia to prog styles. There’s also […]

Loved/love Mott and much of the post band Ian Hunter output but Wildlife , the oddity in their canon, has always remained a personal favourite. The country & west coast coast stylings don’t sound at all forced or […]

I went to the RFH gig the previous week. Having seen him do the Genesis thing in Aylesbury about 5 yrs ago , which was quite magnificent, I was looking forward to this orchestral version. But it just didn’t work f […]

Another good left field read is Ocean of Sound by David Toop which has an accompanying double cd blending the likes of John Cage, howler monkeys, Miles Davis, Amazonian tribal chanting and My Bloody Valentine into […]

Whilst my parting comment on the pod was that Sterling should be dropped on the basis of being a striker who does not strike, I would keep him in. His best game of the tournament so far. I cant see why we would […]

This news came totally out of the blue to me. Loved the Silver Seas but thought we’d seen the end of them. A few years ago Daniel Tashian played a solo show in a pub in Islington – I think it was a Word event. I […]