I've just got back from a wonderful pre-40th birthday weekend away in Edinburgh- what a fantastic and beautiful city. Many thanks to tho...

It's Friday night and it's that time again, for our weekly rockabilly rave-up. Carl Perkins (he was there before Elvis music fans)...

And they were, wern't they? The Stone Roses were a massive band for me- right age, right time, right part of the country. I've shied...

It's not all garage rock round Billy Childish's way, no sir. This is the quite lovely ballad The Poet's Dream, electric guitar b...

Just found this- Gorillaz playing Stylo live on Later earlier this week. I heard the album a few weeks ago and wasn't that taken with it...

We havn't had any Weatherall for well over a week here at Bagging Area, and to be honest between all the pro-Weatherall blogs there can...

When The Jesus And Mary Chain split up live on stage in 1999 it seemed pretty terminal. William went off and recorded some of the most uncom...

The naysayers (and I'm pointing this finger partly at my friend Mr A.N. of Ealing) have always had Weller down as an arch-conservative...

On and off Factory Records Vini Reilly and his Durutti Column have created many wonderful records. This one, from 1990's Obey the Time...

I have a birthday approaching that starts with a 4 and ends with an 0. To celebrate Mrs Swiss is taking me away for the weekend, the May Day...

Back in the early-to-mid 1990s, when it was all dance music round here, far as the eye could see, I got back into Husker Du. I'd not bee...

Some dub remix action from the legendary Adrian Sherwood. Dirge featured the vocals of former One Dove singer Dot Allison, and became one of...

'B. O. P. Bop P. I. L. L. S. Bop Pills.' I posted The Cramps deranged cover of this song a week or so ago, and eventually found the ...

It's probably fair to say that after Johnny Marr left The Smiths in 1987 he felt a little bit liberated. He'd already flown to Paris...

Fuzzy, dirty slice of New York 1960s garage rock, as covered by The Cramps, and on several Songs The Cramps Taught Us compilations. This sou...

From an online series called Lux and Ivy's Favourites, lovingly curated by I can't remember who or where (google it, there are nine ...

A few months back I posted some tracks from the still brilliant sounding Keeping The Faith, a compilation of dance, dance-rock, dance traito...

This came on the mp3 player in the car on the way home and it was almost a religous experience. One of those records for when it's very ...

More politically-conscious roots reggae from current Bagging Area house favourites The Heptones. Let it wash over you with some late evening...

I cannot stop playing this song at the moment. I found an 1973 original 7" in the treasure trove that is King Bee Records in Chorlton r...