There's general agreement round Bagging Area's way that One Dove's Morning Dove White is the great lost album of the 90s, packed...

I was going to go for a Bunnymen hat-trick with an obscure late period B-side but judging by the download stats no-one's that interested...

Here it is, the song that's been in my head all day- The Game by Echo And The Bunnymen. It's the last great Bunnysong by the origina...

I woke up this morning with Echo And The Bunnymen's The Game playing in my head- not sure why, maybe it's September becoming October...

One of the best records from the last few years- Fuck Buttons' Sweet Love For Planet Earth, remixed by Andrew Weatherall. Music to lose ...

A third track from David Holmes' mix on the London Xpress NME/Xfm free cd for you, following the Family Of God and Joy Zipper posts last...

We've been camping near Carnforth, Lancashire this weekend for a friend's 40th (cold nights, no rain, sunny days, drunken evenings, ...

Sometimes I need a short, sharp, shock of punk rock to blow the cobwebs away. This is Subway Sect, who genuinely couldn't play, were ins...

It wouldn't be right to do this Friday series without featuring serial Bagging Area offenders The Clash in some way. A love of rockabill...

It's been a while since we had anything from Mr Billy Childish round Bagging Area's way. This is Pokerhuntus Was Her Name by Billy...

808 State's breakthrough album Ex El from 1991 featured several of their best tunes (Lift, In Yer Face, Cubik), two collaborations with ...

In a deft step to the side, Bagging Area presents some hip hop from 1993- The Pharcyde's Passing Me By. 1993 was fairly close to when I ...

Also from the David Holmes mix on the 2000 London Xpress cd New York's Joy Zipper with Check Out My New Jesus. Distorted guitars, stoned...

Here's an oddity. Back in 2000 the NME and Xfm put a cd out, free with the NME, with mixes by Andrew Weatherall and David Holmes. I know...

Another installment in the continuing adventures of Johnny Marr after he left The Smiths. Talking Heads recorded four (count 'em) ground...

When The Go! Team's Thunder, Lightning, Strike album came out in 2004 it was a blast of fresh air. Ian Parton's studio project (and ...

Massive Attack's recent album Heligoland, like all their albums since the still astonishing Blue Lines, was a bit of a mixed bag of gues...

The Isley Brothers' Behind A Painted Smile- joyous, guitar led soul with wonderful vocals from 1968. It does that 60s happy/sad thing as...

I have little or no interest in The Cult, or anything else they have done, but this is a ridiculously good song. Long version for extra intr...

Johnny Marr kicks off Friday night's rockabilly rave-up this week. His rockabilly influences were worn on his sleeve from early on The ...