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The Raincoats - Lola
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “A guest posting by Chaval One of the last shows I saw before Covid lockdown put an end to live…” last week →
Bounce - Bauns!
Palms Out SoundsFollow “Brilliantly precise and frenetic 140 submission from Berlin-based Valfi. This is harder than most music I cover these days, but…” on Jan 3rd →
Dinosaur Jr. - Just Like Heaven
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 →
Ian McCulloch - September Song
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “2-8 December It’s the run-up to Christmas, and I did the research, fully anticipating there would be little to look…” on Dec 11th, 2025 →
James - Sunday Morning
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “James have already been lucky-dipped for the 7″and 12″ singles, so today marks the hat-trick. And given that I’m feeling…” on Dec 10th, 2025 →
Matt Pond PA - Holiday Road
Christmas a Go GoFollow “National Lampoon is an American national treasure, a comedy magazine, radioshow and theatre comedy show. In Europe, we got to…” on Dec 3rd, 2025 →
Manic Street Preachers - Train In Vain (Live)
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 →
Thomas Morgan - Rising From The West (Bill Frisell)
Futurism RestatedFollow “This week’s photos come from a lightning trip to London—not for music, but as part of Menorca’s delegation to a…” on Nov 11th, 2025 →
The Fall - This Perfect Day +1 remix
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “A series for 2025 in which this blog will dedicate a day to each of the twenty-four of the sessions…” on Nov 3rd, 2025 →
Eleni Drake - Half Alive
She Makes MusicFollow “British/Greek singer, songwriter and producer Eleni Drake has released her eagerly anticipated new album CHUCK via MNRK. The release is…” on Nov 3rd, 2025 →
slinger - floored
Fecking BahamasFollow “The way you see the world is a choice, right? That’s what they tell you. Life presents you with a…” on Oct 28th, 2025 →
Devo - Are You Experienced?
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “October 1984. As we have previously seen, a seriously underwhelming month in respect of decent songs making the Top 75…” on Oct 28th, 2025 →
Galaxie 500 - Here She Comes Now
The QuietusFollow “Thirty-five years after they burned slow and bright, Galaxie 500 remain one of indie rock’s most quietly untouchable constellations. In…” on Oct 21st, 2025 →
Meridian Brothers - Cumbia Del Pichamán
27 LeggiesFollow “A brief follow-up to my post on Colombian music earlier this week (Part 7 of our El Dorado series). Here…” on Oct 10th, 2025 →
Deep Purple - Hush
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “The past four Wednesdays on the blog have been given over to Steve McLean during which he has informed and…” on Sep 3rd, 2025 →
Lambchop - This Corrosion
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “The first instalment of what will be an occasional series. It’s going to be a lazy series in that it…” on Aug 26th, 2025 →