This one's a recent birthday present - something which has sat on my Amazon wishlist for far too long, but I finally get a chance to...

This 2008 album from Todd Rundgren was a chance purchase in a local charity shop. I was a fan of Rundgren's work in the 1970s, but...

Released five years after Dig Lazarus Dig , this was the first Nick Cave album in over a decade I didn't buy on release. I'd been less...

David Thomas, main man in avant-garage band Pere Ubu died this week, after a long illness. I saw Pere Ubu several times, but did once see...

http://works.No This certainly wasn't my first Incredible String Band Album - that was The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter - but it's...

Another recent boot fair purchase was Nick Lowe's collection, The Brentford Trilogy , (a bargain if you follow the link!) a 2009 release...

During the latter part of my university years (1978-1981) XTC were probably my favourite band. I saw them play on an early date with a...

First boot fair of the spring in a nearby village, and the guy with the CDs is still about. Hiding in his two quid box, sat this sealed...

Bringing you the latest in modern rock and pop music, here's young beat group Soft Machine's third album, imaginatively entitled Third. I...

" The most important folk album of all time" says the label on this album. It's arguably an album which, if it didn't create the...

" Tadpoles keep screaming in my ear, hey there Rotters' Club... " So began another formative album from my teenage years. While other...

My Bowie education continues with 1997's Earthling , his drum & bass album. Is he leading or following at this point? Picked up for a...

However it might look, lounging around Venice wearing shades and smoking fags isn't big and clever, so don't do it, kids! This was...

I've tried not to buy compilation albums since starting this blog, preferring to visit stand alone efforts, but for £1 in a charity shop...

Tired of Yes-dom after 1974's Relayer , the band scattered to the four winds to pursue solo projects. None of these were particularly...

Also in the recent Ebay package was the Tangerine Dream album which followed Force Majeure, about which I was quite lukewarm. So, I'm...

Despite owning a number of their CDs, of all the bands who were ubiquitous throughout my teenage years, Led Zeppelin are a band I rarely...

Among the latest set of EBay purchases is this 1979 album from German electronicists, Tangerine Dream. I was a late convert to the Tangs,...

Tight band, layered drums from a duo of drummers, pounding bass, lyrics half spoken, half sung on top, House Of All have taken The Fall...

This was a Christmas present several years ago, and it collects together in a 2CD set, BBC sessions from the band (mostly for John Peel's...