Justin Robertson in his Deadstock 33s guise has a new album out- my first listen has been very rewarding and there's lots here to get...

Smart lo fi, post punk from American band The Intelligence- the guitars and analogue synths are dreamy and Lars Finberg sings with the wo...

One of the records I played early on at the party on Friday night was this 1990 Andrew Weatherall remix, slightly overlooked in his back ...

This was my view from behind the decks at a friend's 45th birthday party I played records at on Friday night, decks on the decking wi...

Simon said he hasn't been able to read this blog at his place of work because the firewall blocks Bagging Area due to its 'adult ...

Factory Friday, in response to Dirk, The Swede and others and because it could be fun. Crispy Ambulance signed to Factory in 1980. I was ...

Gregory Porter asking the pertinent questions about the 1960s, reworked by Opolopo. Jazzy bass, soulful house vibe, Motor City is burnin...

Parisienne duo Vox Low have been one of my top discoveries of this year. In this song they use a vocal sample- 'It's 1940 in this...

On the mp3 player that sits in my car and helps me get to and from work there is an edited version of Blue Room by The Orb, their 1992 si...

Earlier this year I posted an ep by Manchester based group Multiplier, three songs with widescreen guitars, songs somewhere in Elbow and ...

It's Sunday and it's a lazy Bagging Area Weatherall mix post, a sartorially themed hour of songs in advance of the Convenanza fes...

The Cramps work like a palette cleanser or paint stripper- no matter what's going on, what you've been listening to or what's...

More Factory for Friday. Stockholm Monsters were mates from Burnage, on Factory between 1981 and '87, who made some cracking guitar s...

This was the song I was going to post yesterday before I got distracted by Paperclip People and by coincidence Primal Scream posted it on...

I was going to post some squealing guitars today but I had a text exchange with an old friend who mentioned the Jamie Xx album (see yeste...

I'm still massively enjoying the Jamie Xx album. This John Talabot remix of one of the standout songs Loud Places strips it down, kee...

This is me crossing the finishing line yesterday, smiling at the relief of completing 100 miles on the bike. The second half was really t...

Some of you might start getting twitchy if there hasn't been an Andrew Weatherall related post for a couple of days- I know I do and ...

When I posted Boom, a Happy Mondays B-side from 1988, a couple of weeks ago I flipped the 12" over to enjoy the A-side shortly aft...

Over the lifetime of this blog I've written posts about five Durutti Column songs- Sketch For Summer, Sketch For Winter, Otis, The Mi...