Everyone knows about that 'difficult second album' syndrome - especially after a successful and well received debut. At the time Steeltown...

A couple of things this last week - one a sadly unfolding saga of a band crumbling in front of our eyes, the other a very specific (and...

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...

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...

It's time for another playlist for you. This one, for absolutely no reason at all, is linked to animals. So here you go - ten top tunes...

So, everyone's gone through a period where they really wished they could drum in a rock band; where they've been sitting in a pub and...

The mood in the Birds That Are Blue camp is still requiring an uplift. So we will continue with our theme of playlists by the decade -...

I have written about Stuart Adamson more than once here - he was (and is) my musical hero. I have admired him, his songwriting and...

Of all the sad musical losses over the years, this was the hardest for me. It was on this day (16 December) in 2001, in a hotel room in...

So, our recent 'interesting' gig watching The Lemonheads (see here) got me thinking about my other live music experiences over the years....

Every so often a song comes along - and no matter how many times you play it - ten, a hundred, a thousand - it gives you that strange,...

Well, it's getting to that time of year where it is tending to get a bit damp and dribbly outside - so what better way to mark that than...

In this playlist I am looking at albums that I discovered during my teenage years. These are ones that are hugely important to me,...

So, apparently it is 'Album Title Track Day' or something like that - at least that's what it said in a Pixies tweet today. Well, whether...

An occasional collection of songs suggested for you using a given theme. This playlist has the theme of place names around the world -...