It used to be assumed that decent cover versions were few and far between - but the fact that we are now on to our fifth set of covers,...

What does it take to create the perfect indie pop song? Well, I suppose you first need to decide what constitutes an indie pop song....

Following on from my chronicling of my favourite drummers and bass players, I thought it was high time to start considering the...

It is hard to believe, but somewhere around this day thirty years ago (yes, really), I attended my university graduation ceremony! I...

"The Minutemen's classic double album is unlike any punk record, or double album, before or since. It is a compact explosion of ideas and...

June 27 1989 saw the release of one of the great 'let your hair down' records of them all. Yes, Cosmic Thing by the B-52's came roaring...

There are many times when I really feel my age - but this last weekend, I really felt it on account of taking my daughter to look at her...

After focusing on my favourite drummers a few months back, this time it is all about the bass. The bass player is often the hardest...

They came. They conquered (a bit). They went away. They came back again (briefly). They disappeared again (possibly indefinitely).......

Yes, it's time for another playlist, and this time we are off to mainland Europe. Here we have ten more interesting (well, eleven...

Most songs written have fallen into one theme or another - there have been songs about love, day and night, good and bad, life and...

I have been listening to, and enjoying, the Talking Heads since the mid-80s - but it never occurred to me until very recently...... they...

It's the end of April, post number 193, and the second anniversary of this site. Incredibly, in that time, over 450 people have visited...

The next few weeks has a few fairly random anniversaries with one central connection - and that seemed a good enough reason for our next...

For this playlist it's time to delve back into the cupboard of cover versions. We all know there are plenty of terrible and mediocre...

It is often written that bands who put out a critically well received debut album, then face the daunting prospect of the 'dreaded second...

The history of Muscle Shoals as a hotbed of artistic creation is an interesting one, where one studio became two, and totally put this...

Is being a married couple in a band a good idea? Does it help with creativity, or lead to creative tension? Here are ten bands that...

Well, we've done all Irish playlists before, so for this March 17th we needed a new twist.... I know - we'll pick bands that have a...

Don't fret if you are an American reading this - we are not doing ten songs about the US taxman! This is I.R.S. Records, founded in 1979...