Latest b-side tracks
Beck - Corvette Bummer
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “The backstory to the recording and release of Loser is a fascinating one. Beck Hansen is invited to the home…” yesterday →
Editors - Lullaby (The Cure cover)
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “In February 2009, The Cure were the recipients of the ‘Godlike Geniuses’ Award at the annual awards dished out by…” on Dec 31st, 2025 →
Manic Street Preachers - Socialist Serenade
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “Edited from Wikipedia today:- You Stole the Sun from My Heart was released on 8 March 1999 as the third…” on Nov 12th, 2025 →
Orange Juice - Moscow +1 remix
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “#1: Falling and Laughing : Orange Juice (Postcard 80-1, 1980) Earlier this week, Edwyn Collins embarked on The Testimonial Tour,…” on Sep 28th, 2025 →
Super Furry Animals - Edam Anchorman
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “A guest series by The Robster #18: (Drawing) Rings Around The World (2001, Epic, 671908 6) The fifth Super Furry…” on Jun 29th, 2025 →
Super Furry Animals - Mu-Tron
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “A guest series by The Robster #12: Ice Hockey Hair (1998, Creation Records, CRE288) Brace yourselves – this is a…” on May 18th, 2025 →
Pet Shop Boys - A Cloud In A Box
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “It was while I was rebuilding the list of Imaginary Compilation Album that it hit me nobody had attempted to…” on May 6th, 2025 →
Super Furry Animals - Cryndod Yn Dy Lais
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “A guest series by The Robster #10: Play It Cool (1997, Creation Records, CRE275) ‘Radiator’, the second Super Furry Animals…” on May 4th, 2025 →
Super Furry Animals - Guacamole
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “A guest series by The Robster #6: If You Don’t Want Me To Destroy You (1996, Creation Records, CRE243) As…” on Apr 6th, 2025 →
The Jam - The Butterfly Collector
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “The relatively recent passing of Rick Buckler went unmentioned on the blog. It wasn’t as much an oversight on my…” on Mar 21st, 2025 →
Echobelly - Talent
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “The second ever single by Echobelly popped on via shuffle on the i-pod the other day. It’s been decades since…” on Feb 27th, 2025 →
The Pains of Being Pure At Heart - Side Ponytail
Rosy OverdriveFollow “I will cut to the chase here–we’re starting this week off with an excellent edition of Pressing Concerns. If you…” on Feb 10th, 2025 →
Everything But The Girl - Feeling Dizzy
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “I’ve gone to the EBTG website for today’s intro:- “Everything But The Girl was formed in 1982 by singer-songwriter-musicians Tracey…” on Oct 30th, 2024 →
Drugstore - The Night The Devil Came To Me
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “This is a re-post, of sorts, in that the lead song was featured back in 2019 as part of a…” on Sep 6th, 2024 →
Oasis - Round Are Way
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “I was over in Toronto on 26 August when the news broke that Oasis were going to reform and tour.…” on Sep 3rd, 2024 →
The Wedding Present - Back For Good
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “You’ll hopefully remember from the 1992 series of Wedding Present singles that the year was rounded off with what seemed…” on Aug 25th, 2024 →
The Wedding Present - Rekindling
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “I apologise for beginning the latest instalment of this series with a spoiler. The 34th single released by The Wedding…” on Jul 21st, 2024 →