@sewer-robot He did claim, at a recent screening of the last St. Etienne film in Belfast, to be unable to play any instruments, his contribution to songwriting being largely sample-based and his work developing […]

And now likely to go to number one on Friday…

I met her once, in Union Square in New York doing a signing for her “Art Of Being A Girl” CD. She was lovely, and no qualms about talking about David Lynch – you’d imagine, 13 years after Twin Peaks began she […]

KATG are underrated certainly, but Chic are the closest you can get to a definitive best, and I normally argue against “bests”, believing generally there are only favourites.

Kid Creole I’ve always considered […]

This new comp popped up on Twitter this morning.

From Wikipedia:

The omitted tracks were “Away from the Numbers”, “Billy Hunt”, “English Rose”, “Mr. Clean”, “The Butterfly Collector”, “Thick As Thieves”, “Man in the Corner Shop” and “Tales from the […]

Well, the best track is the last one (produced and co-written by Inflo who makes those brilliant Sault records).

I thought it was terrific – his technical virtuosity is on full display, and no-one currently uses music in film better than Wright at the moment. If you didn’t think Cilla’s “You’re My World” was a work of […]

Ah, MT USA, I remember it well. I was running the record department in our local Boots in the mid-80s, and that show really boosted sales of lots of stuff. Sold bucketloads of Desert Moon by Dennis DeYoung, yet […]

I’ve known this track for over 40 years, but it took it’s inclusion in Edgar Wright’s brilliant new film “Last Night In Soho” for me to really notice how fantastic the drumming and percussion touches in it are.

Wasn’t expecting a new album! First listen to the two released tracks (too soon to properly assess) suggests this might just be a worthwhile project…

What? No “Karen Don’t Be Sad”? My favourite thing she’s ever done…

I have that Dance Decade one too, in similar condition to yours, but still playable. From the Streetsounds stable, it’s rather great.

The Official Charts page gives a decent, if fairly mainstream, weekly list, without much in the way of editorial:

4 of the top 5 in my 6 picks, with Lithuania at 8 (Norway nowhere) – well done me!

On reflection, Italy’s effort wasn’t bad, but not top 5 for me.

I liked:

Ukraine (best by a mile)
Iceland
France
Norway
Switzerland
Lithuania

Missed about 20 mins earlier in the evening, but from the reprise, don’t think I missed much…

Presumably having seen the successes other parties have had across the world electing buffoons as their leader, the DUP didn’t want to get left behind…

Story behind the sleeve here – click More in the profile…

It’s based on Hepworth’s book – he mentioned it on a recent podcast, and he’s mentioned in this article about it.

I still feel as warmly towards it as I did nearly 44 years ago when I first heard “You Took The Words…” on Radio Luxembourg and knew I had to have it (got the LP for my next birthday) – fantastic pop songs wit […]