A series for Saturdays in 2026 inspired by Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt's set of cards, Oblique Strategies (Over One Hundred Worthwhile D...

Johatsu is a Japanese word which translates literally as 'evaporation', a word that describes those people in Japan who voluntarily,...

I'm in the middle of a run of gigs throughout October and November. Mike D at Manchester's Albert Hall two days ago,Tuesday night, i...

A song by The Fall plucked randomly from a folder named The Fall on my hard drive, several hundred songs in total.  Wolf Kidult Man 'Wol...

A Certain Ratio at Band On The Wall on Saturday night, the end of a tour where they've played a pair of their 80s albums in full, Sextet...

In 1992 Underworld released Mmm... Skyscraper I Love You, a 12" single as good as anything else that came out that year. Skyscraper is ...

Not the catchiest title for a Sunday mix perhaps. The photo is of the Mediterranean Sea, taken from the beach near Nerja in the summer. As S...

A series for Saturdays in 2026 inspired by Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt's set of cards, Oblique Strategies (Over One Hundred Worthwhile D...

A couple of weeks ago we walked at Edale in the glorious October sunshine, too hot with our coats on and sat on the grass on this hillock to...

I've been living with the new Dexys Midnight Runners album, Love, for a couple of weeks now. It's Dexys's seventh album, produce...

Kim Deal's debut solo album Nobody Loves You More came out two years ago next month, an album I didn't pick up on until the end of y...

A double serving of musical goodies from Belfast for Tuesday. First comes Black Bones (Timmy Stewart and Aaron Black) and an EP with Bradfor...

From decades old psychedelic veterans Mercury Rev at The Ritz on Friday night to two young and unknown bands on Saturday night at Low Four o...

Mercury Rev are touring to celebrate twenty five years since the release of All Is Dream, an album that came out on the day of the Twin Towe...

A series for Saturdays in 2026 inspired by Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt's set of cards, Oblique Strategies (Over One Hundred Worthwhile D...

Techno albums as tributes to much loved cats are thin on the ground- the genre has been expanded a little by the release last week of The Ad...

Four years ago Tigerbalm released an album called International Love Affair, a record in love with the possibility of sounds from other plac...

Rich Thair has a main job in Red Snapper, a role as a member of Sabres Of Paradise live band, a spin off duo with Sabres bassist Nick Abnett...

Back in April 2025 4AD released an album by Irish musician and songwriter Maria Somerville, an album called Luster. At the time I slept on i...

Walking in the woods and meadows round the River Mersey is one of our local rituals. There are a some well worn paths and across on the othe...