Historically Tross were the camp followers of German mercenary regiments of the 16th century, mainly women, wives and children, who carri...

Another month, another run round the block with Mr Weatherall, with plenty in this month's episode to excite and enthrall. It sounds ...

Listening to and posting the rather excellent new song from Wooden Shjips,  Staring At The Sun , made me go back to some of their other r...

I've just realised this has been a week of posts made up entirely about new releases. It wasn't planned that way, it just happene...

The Orb have a new single out ahead of an album in June, titled Doughnuts Forever- which makes it seem a bit throwaway- and the track see...

Flash Atkins is here with some uplifting, locked groove, slinky, tech-house, and there's some lovely soulful vocals from Charlie Sinc...

If you like modular synth sounds and repetitive grooves and techno- and I do- then you might find something to enjoy in this collaboratio...

Yes, I know, wrong day. Today is Lundi. Dimanche is on this year's Shadow People album by French duo The Liminanas. It's well ...

I was channel surfing the other night and discovered the Sy Fy channel, somewhere I don't think I'd been before. I became distrac...

This sudden burst of decent weather- sunshine, in April, uh?!- demands something sunny and suited to beer garden/cafe bar terrace/ghettob...

Celebrate the arrival of Friday and the weekend with this- a free download of an Aron Ya reworking of Moon Duo's Sleepwalk (if tranc...

More from Manchester's musical back pages (and not Morrissey who makes it worse every time he opens his mouth right now- just when yo...

I found myself humming this song to myself while at work earlier this week- not sure what that tells you. This Too Shall Pass Away was on...

There's a lot of new music out now or imminently. Hardway Bros will put out a new ep at the end of May, 4 new tracks led off by this...

I recently acquired a copy of a 1993 12" single by Ege Bam Yasi- thanks Ctel by the way- and have been coming back to it fairly freq...

A new two track release (digital and 12") from Toby Tobias, Second Stimulus and Syncro Surfer using up all the S alliteration. Secon...

Fireflies are Nina Walsh and Frank Alba and have recorded some weird, spooky folk music in the recent past. This song is something else t...

I got in from work yesterday to an email from Bicep promoting the release of a new ep. The first two songs are Rain and an edit of Rain. ...

In which our guide and house dj Mr Weatherall plays some songs in a field at a festival somewhere outside Milan last summer. Over the cour...

I was over in Liverpool last week, at the Tate Gallery. There's a show on currently curated by Ken Simons, the art handling manager a...