In 1971 Can recorded Tago Mago, an album made up almost entirely of long songs- only Mushroom is concise coming in at just over four minutes...

The subject of today's thirty minute mix is Steve Mason, the man whose doleful  vocals defined the songs of The Beta Band when they sudd...

Back in 1991 Acid Jazz collective Young Disciples released a killer single- Apparently Nothin'- and an actually very good album called R...

It seems that bloggers are contractually obliged to post April Skies during the fourth month of the year but I thought I'd mess with the...

Watching the Top Of The Pops programme about 1996 recently I was struck by how much of an impact A Design For Life had on me. I was never a ...

Richard Sen, an old school graffiti writer turned DJ/ producer, has recently released a three track 12" led by a nine minute electro- f...

The last week has been soundtracked much of the time by this hour long mix from Jesse Fahnestock, a promotional mix for Brighton's Highe...

A Stretford (Manchester)- Stravanger (Norway) remix crossover to start the week with Chris Massey reworking Lindstrom's Blinded By The L...

Out in Mallorca, straddling the Palma Nova/ Magaluf border, sits Disco Poco Loco Pub. Sadly, it wasn't open when we were there two weeks...

Today's theme from Saturday is from 1969 and from Delia Derbyshire, the woman at the heart of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Delia's ...

A grief update if you'll bear with me. Things don't get any easier but they do change- people talk about stages of grief/ bereavemen...

The Clash's re- issue programme continues with a forthcoming special edition of Combat Rock released for the album's fortieth annive...

My Easter weekend gig bonanza ended on Sunday night with Andy Bell's Space Station, upstairs at Gulliver's on Oldham Street. The ven...

I went to see John Cooper Clarke at the rarefied environs of the Bridgewater Hall on Thursday night, an evening of poetry compered by legend...

Dr. Rob's blog Ban Ban Ton Ton  has been the standard setter for all things electronic and Balearic. The Ban Ban Ton Ton and Bagging Are...

Paul Weller played The Apollo on Friday night, I was there courtesy of a ticket from a friend (who also took the photo in the middle, captur...

Saint Etienne's 1991 debut Foxbase Alpha is an album that perfectly summarises time and place (autumn 1991 to be specific), a cohesive r...

I'd be happy to see the back of the monarchy, it's an anachronism and has no place in a modern democracy- not that this particular c...

More from the seafront in Mallorca. In terms of photographs and blogposts I just can't let these things pass.  Happy House Happy House w...

Last week in honour of what would have been Andrew Weatherall's 59th birthday Dr Rob posted a series of mixes at Ban Ban Ton Ton, loving...