In 2004 Don Letts compiled a various artists compilation for Heavenly, Social Classics 3 Dread Meets B- Boys Downtown. It was a hugely liste...

My contact in Sao Paulo, Eduardo Ramos, records as Pandit Pam Pam and is head man at a record label called Boston Medical Group. A few month...

More music from a CD that came free with a magazine, this time (again) Mojo in 2020. The disc, titled The Cold Open, was a collection of tra...

In 1996 R.E.M. made what would turn out to be the final album made by the four piece band of Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Bill ...

Back in early April when we DJed at AW61 we got to The Golden Lion in good time to start our sets, early afternoon. The booth had been occup...

The Monday long song slot LCD Soundsystem/ DFA takeover continues. Last Monday was LCD Soundsystem's Freak Out/ Starry Eyes, which follo...

Tak Tent Radio is a Scottish based internet radio station that broadcasts all manner of interesting, experimental, leftfield and niche shows...

In 1986 NME issued a cassette compilation that spawned an entire scene, a twenty two track tape called C86. It invented indie pop, a subcult...

In classical and Medieval literature Thule was a distant place, a place beyond the borders of the known world. To the Romans Thule was the m...

Today’s the day. Fourth Of July Fourteen years of the worst government and worst leaders/ politicians this country has known since the ext...

At the end of May Jezebell released a track on The Ransom Note, the single minded dancefloor action of Weekend Machines. For much of the las...

Sean Johnston as Hardway Bros has a new EP out, an unabashed return to house music sounds and a homage to Murk Records (Miami based, formed ...

Last Monday's long song, the DFA remix of Le Tigre, was a little on the short side, clocking in at just over six minutes. To atone for t...

Today's mix is inspired by the music Martin and I played last Saturday might at Soup with Contours and Marconi Union, sixty minutes of l...

In 1982 Bill Drummond and Mick Houghton compiled an album called To The Shores Of Lake Placid, a various artists compilation rounding up rel...

Some uptempo positivity for Friday and two new releases that should encourage some head nodding, foot tapping, beers in the garden and a gen...

This is another post brought via my box of magazine freebie CDs, this time a CD from Mojo in 2020- 'Mojo Heroes The Best Of 2020' (f...

This came out last Friday, a superb slice of slinky, wonky dance floor action, Dream Food by Spatial Awareness. The title is apt- there are ...

On Saturday evening, as Manchester basked in the June sunshine and Stephenson Square was crammed with afternoon drinkers, The Flightpath Est...

Back to 2001 and Le Tigre, Kathleen Hanna's Riot Grrl/ electronic rock outfit remixed by turn of the century wise guys DFA. A remix that...