I like them both, but there is an element of surprise and restlessness in Cale’s career that makes him the more compelling.

I have Goat Girl and Gazelle Twin ( a surprising number one that is presumably there for topical purposes as much as anything); meaning to buy the Julia Holter when I can find a CD. Old fogey that I may be, I have […]

Blimey, that list really is a load of old bobbins. I have < 5% of that.

Kenny Rogers
Kenny Loggins
Kenn(e)y Jones
Kenny Lynch
Kenny G

Quick thoughts; 1) the Baby Boomers/ Gen X didn’t stop buying CDs over here ( unlike in S Korea), so the market for reissues is buoyant 2) the opportunity for Japanese language packaging on foreign records e […]

There is a lovely Japanese edition of this, in a seven inch paper sleeve reproduction of the ‘obi’ packaging, and a bonus CD/ flexidisc (!) of the Japanese mono 45 of ‘Sympathy’ backed with ‘Hello! This is Mick J […]

Faust.

Incisive and very helpful review, Tiggerlion! Music magazines should take note that even when we love an album, we don’t necessarily think every reissue deserves an automatic accolade or 5/5 if its not giving us […]

BLUE SUNSHINE

Bit obscure and with no stars in it, but the ‘cult’ 70s film about bad acid flashbacks turning respectable ex-hippies into zombie killers ten years after they first tripped had been mentioned eno […]

‘The Great British Psychedelic Trip’ on See For Miles Records ( 1986) was the first Rubble/ Nuggets style album I ever bought as a teenager and it set me off on a long trail: had cult bands like Tintern Abbey and […]

I prefer the first three Ride EPs to anything by Oasis, although I don’t begrudge Andy Bell being successful.

Yeah, I have been buying these sorts of comps for 30 years now, and the well has somewhat run dry (although, conversely, some other material seems to have disappeared).

Good point: I want to hear the mono mix of The Nile Song, which was another thing left off that box set.By the way, those Japanese Floyd 45s go for a bomb in second-hand shops over here.

Certainly a “Yay!”from me: one of my favourite albums and, I would argue, one of the best rock albums of its decade. Slightly odd to me that their reputation now seems to be based mostly on the 90s Geffen Records […]

I discovered VDGG via a second hand record shop in the mid-90s when they were giving away prog albums and soon became hooked. They strike me as having a ‘gothic’ sound, but as in some cavernous, gloomy cat […]

Cheers. Have always liked Saint Etienne recordings but (sadly) thought they were pretty poor as a live band. Yet Bob and Pete are always interesting scholars of pop, so this sort of gig sounds like a nice idea. […]

Intruiging thread metaphor. Right now, I’m thinking of The Long Blondes and Ladytron: both interesting, off-beat pop groups with indie cred that looked like they were about to acquire some traction in the N […]

When I was in my early twenties, I was into Throbbing Gristle and some associated Industrial artists, but I no longer have the patience or mental space for that bleak, shock aesthetic and so have left it all […]

Broadcast, Tender Buttons,
Deerhoof, Offend Maggie
Fiery Furnaces, Gallowsbird’s Bark
Ghostbox label (esp. Advisory Circle, Mind How You Go and Focus Group, Hey let Loose Your Love)
Imitation Electric Piano, B […]