John Greaves, erstwhile bassist with Henry Cow and National Health, is a lovely bloke (or at least he was in 1978 when he took the...

So, I was in the old HMV in Canterbury (before it moved to new premises and became an overpriced vinyl and shite merch shop for...

It's 1976 and the Pot Head Pixies have departed the Planet Gong in their flying teapots, leaving only drummer/percussionist Pierre...

Is this Britpop? I never really bought into the Britpop thing. Like most 'scenes', there's good and bad and of all the new British bands...

I'm unsure what first attracted me to Gogo Penguin, apart from the name, possibly hearing them on 6Music, possibly a recommendation from...

So I picked this album out while shopping in Falmouth, and the proprietor reached under the desk and pulled out a 5CD set of Ayers' first...

Another CD bought in Falmouth, just getting an airing for the first time (Little spoiler - for a completely new one I normally listen...

Another holiday purchase in Falmouth, this is a later period Fall album, Craig Scanlon's last appearance and Steve Hanley can see the...

On a recent holiday in Cornwall, I stumbled across a wonderful second hand music shop in Falmouth, and emerged an hour later, much...

Just back from holiday (Cornwall, a lovely time, thank you for asking), to find the new Squid CD, their second, had been delivered....

This is one of those bands whose name attracted me, and after hearing a couple of songs on 6Music, I was left with a favourable...

Much as I'm a massive Fripp fan now, I spent most of the 1970s ignorant of Fripp, King Crimson, his work with Bowie, Eno or any of his...

Time for a bit of Afro Jazz with Fela Kuti. This album, picked up for a steal in a charity shop, is Fela's response to Nigerian soldiers'...

I don't know what first drew me to Father John Misty, because his brand of country-tinged US pop is something I'm usually quite resistant...

In 1982, Cherry Red Records released, for 99p, Pillows And Prayers, a compilation album of groovy tunes for young hipsters, but I bought...

Picked up cheap somewhere (aren't they all?), this compilation of Cole Porter songs was a fundraiser for AIDS research and relief, and...

A Fall Family Continuum project, it says on the cover, and a long awaited return for the rhythm section which powered The Fall for over...

The Millennium Dome attracted a lot of scorn and ridicule in 2000. A shame - we visited it twice with the kids and had a good day out...

Time for a break from the march through the alphabet, and we'll pick up a couple of recent purchases, the odd various artists and...

At the age of 14, ELP were probably my favourite band, despite the beloved John Peel famously describing them as 'a waste of talent and...