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The Field Mice - Fabulous Friend
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “It’s time to partially close down the blog for the period over Christmas and New Year. This time around I’m…” on Jan 3rd, 2024 →
Ride - Sennen
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “A GUEST POSTING by ERIC from OAKLAND RIDE “b-sides and album tracks” ICA I’ve been digging through my RIDE collection…” on Dec 12th, 2023 →
The Wedding Present - Not From Where I'm Standing
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “A good indication of the standing the band had, even at such an early stage, can be seen from them…” on Nov 25th, 2023 →
golden diskó ship - Dolphins With Soft Helmets
African PaperFollow “Am 8. Dezember bringen Karaoke Kalk ein neues Album von Therese Stroetges’ Soloprojekt Golden Diskó Ship heraus. “Oval Sun Patch”,…” on Nov 6th, 2023 →
explosions in the sky - First Breath After Coma
stereogumFollow ““That’s just the way it goes — bands will have that record, and I’m glad we had one.”” on Nov 3rd, 2023 →
Carmel - Bad Day
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “The month of August 1983 as delivered by the UK record-buying public. Chart dates 31st July – 6 August 1983…” on Aug 29th, 2023 →
Rain Parade - I Look Around
HI54Follow “Every week I shuffle up all the songs I’ve liked over the years—well, all the songs I was smrt enough…” on Aug 27th, 2023 →
Magazine - A Song From Under The Floorboards
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “Magazine – After The Fact (1982) That’s the problem with setting hard and fast rules – they inevitably come back…” on Jun 17th, 2023 →
Colleen - The Golden Morning Breaks
Super Super SoundsFollow “The Golden Morning Breaks by Colleen Colleen - The Golden Morning Breaks Classic album from 2005. Cécile Schott’s second album…” on Jun 5th, 2023 →
Tears For Fears - Mad World
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “The Hurting – Tears For Fears (1983) This is an album that wouldn’t have been considered for the shortlist until…” on Apr 17th, 2023 →
Urusei Yatsura - Kewpies Like Watermelon
PopMattersFollow “Scottish indie rockers Urusei Yatsura describe their rise from local heroes to John Peel favorites and a debut album setting…” on Apr 12th, 2023 →
Deee-Lite - Groove Is In The Heart +5 remixes
Plain Or Pan?Follow “In the build-up to Scotland’s historic win over Spain the other night, I caught myself watching old YouTube clips of…” on Mar 30th, 2023 →
The Delgados - Child Killers
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “Tomorrow night at Glasgow Barrowlands, I’m going to be one of a couple of thousand incredibly excited and incredulous fans…” on Jan 23rd, 2023 →
Sugar - If I Can't Change Your Mind Solo Mix
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “Oops!!! I didn’t mean to have such a long gap between Parts 69 and 70 of this occasional series. It’s…” on Jan 22nd, 2023 →
Joy Division - New Dawn Fades (remastered)
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “The first post on the contents of the Hearing Protection : Factory Records 1978-79 box set, was on 24 March…” on Jan 17th, 2023 →
The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “I bought a second-hand CD a long time ago, specifically for the purposes of having a bit of fun on…” on Jan 15th, 2023 →
Teenage Fanclub - What You Do To Me
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “Sundays here at TVV have been taken up in recent months by the ICA World Cup. I was so thrilled…” on Jan 7th, 2023 →
The Weakerthans - Utilities
HI54Follow “Every week I shuffle up all the songs I’ve liked over the years—well, all the songs I was smrt enough…” on Jan 1st, 2023 →
Aril Brikha - Groove La Chord
XLR8RFollow “What is the formula for making a hit record? Is it a balance of talent, inspiration, and years of practice?…” on Dec 19th, 2022 →