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Carla Dal Forno's fourth album, 'Confession' is an enticing mix of misty dream-pop, dubby post punk rhythms and unsettli...
14/05/2026

Carla Dal Forno's fourth album, 'Confession' is an enticing mix of misty dream-pop, dubby post punk rhythms and unsettling lyrics. These deceptively bouncy songs have a forked tongue, with Dal Forno's darkly humourous ditties separated by icy instrumental interludes that enhance the slightly sinister atmosphere. There's something rotten going on under the masterful pop sheen. I love this! - Joe
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A mighty dollop of earthy Southern soul to start the day. Ann Peebles was one of the greats and one of Hi Records finest...
13/05/2026

A mighty dollop of earthy Southern soul to start the day. Ann Peebles was one of the greats and one of Hi Records finest acts, alongside Al Green. This compilation gathers up fifteen tracks from her Hi singles and albums, smartly focusing on those terrific early seventies numbers with the Hi house band- it's all spare, funky guitars, curling organ stabs and punchy horns. Memphis soul gold! - Joe
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Record of the day: The Cure - "Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me", 2LP from 1987, UK pressing. I wasn't too into this record whe...
12/05/2026

Record of the day: The Cure - "Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me", 2LP from 1987, UK pressing. I wasn't too into this record when it got released, and repeated listens at a friend's house didn't warm me to its charms. It seemed to me they'd gone too overly-embellished and left the punk-ish energy and sharp guitar of their early records behind at a time when my tastes were getting increasingly rawer, and a certain goateed fanzine writer from Boston's reference at the time to Steve Albini's enjoyment of the Cure as an insult probably had an impact on my young and impressionable mind, too. But listening now it hits differently, and it's me that's grown into the record and not the other way around. Sure, there's melodrama and occasionally frilly cabaret arrangements, but that sublime blend of pop with a dark underbelly and deeply emotional melodies and lyrics can really touch you somewhere deep inside are all there. - Jeff
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Record of the day: Hank Williams - "Sings Kaw-Liga and other Humorous Songs", 1965. "Kaw-Liga" was my first introduction...
11/05/2026

Record of the day: Hank Williams - "Sings Kaw-Liga and other Humorous Songs", 1965. "Kaw-Liga" was my first introduction to the world of Hank Williams, coming via the Residents who did an inspired cover version with a pretty tasty rhythm section in 1986. Following it back to Hank was pretty eye-opening for me as a teenager, since, at that time, I would have considered country music to be one of a handful of music styles that I was definitely not into. But Hank with his homespun story-tellin' and hillbilly melodies offered something a bit different to "Islands in the Stream" and whatever else they were calling country music at the time. I also couldn't help being impressed that someone who couldn't read or write and spent most of their waking hours intoxicated in some form or another was able to write some many goddamn songs. This hard-living lifestyle took its toll, though, with Hank passing away at 29, just a few years after becoming a star. This 1965 compilation contains 12 nuggets from Hank, including his last single, "I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive", and serves a nice introduction to his world. - Jeff
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Round and Round had a visitor today. Local hero Teddy was just passing by and decided to pop in for some pats and a quic...
08/05/2026

Round and Round had a visitor today. Local hero Teddy was just passing by and decided to pop in for some pats and a quick nap. It brought back fond memories of having Sigourney hang in the shop with me a dozen years ago, when we were on the other side of the road. She's retired at home now but every shop needs a cat. It should be a law. - Joe

Aldous Harding's new album drops today and, on first blush, I love it! 'Train on the Island' is a sprightly set of ten s...
08/05/2026

Aldous Harding's new album drops today and, on first blush, I love it! 'Train on the Island' is a sprightly set of ten songs, with Harding matching her baffling, beguiling lyrics to all manner of musical backdrops that shuffle and slide from proggy pop to piano led singer-songwriter fare, flecked with harps and synths. Intimate, immediate and very good. Looking forward to spinning this a few times today. - Joe
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Alan Horne's Glasgow-based Postcard Records may have only lasted from 1979 to 1981, releasing a mere eleven singles (inc...
07/05/2026

Alan Horne's Glasgow-based Postcard Records may have only lasted from 1979 to 1981, releasing a mere eleven singles (including the Go-Betweens 'I Need Two Heads') and one album, but the label's influence would stretch out to touch the C86 movement, twee pop and jangly indie bands across the UK.
Josef K's 'The Only Fun In Town' was Postcard's only long-player, packed full of ice cool, twitchy post punk- 'The Sound of New Scotland' trapped in amber. - Joe
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The scariest of all the UK prog bands, Van Der Graaf Generator created a particularly knotty form of art rock, adding a ...
06/05/2026

The scariest of all the UK prog bands, Van Der Graaf Generator created a particularly knotty form of art rock, adding a heft dollop of proto punk attitude and abrasive jazz skronk to their longform workouts. 1971's 'Pawn Hearts' features three absolute monster tracks with singer Peter Hammill at his outlandish, theatrical best, backed by a formidable trio weaving pure occult magick. Robert Fripp pops up on guitar too, but this is the quartet firing on all cylinders. - Joe
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Record of the day: Gabi Delgado - "1" 2LP, 2014. An excellent solo outing from this legend of the industrial NDW scene. ...
05/05/2026

Record of the day: Gabi Delgado - "1" 2LP, 2014. An excellent solo outing from this legend of the industrial NDW scene. Gabi is best-known for his work as one-half of Deutsche Amerikanische Freundschaft (I typed that without checking that I was correct, and I reckon I nailed it), better known as D.A.F. (mostly by people who are scared to spell it), and helped to craft a sound that took minimal synth elements and mixed them with a dark, industrial edge that presaged EBM, New Beat and techno. This solo album from the 21st Century isn't a million miles away from D.A.F. sound, but it shows influence from the previous 20+ years of electronic music by adding some house and techno dimensions to the driving industrial and dark electro base. Sadly, Gabi passed away just over 6 years ago, a few months after a D.A.F. show at Melbourne Town Hall. Hopefully you saw it, cos it was a cracker! - Jeff
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Record of the day: Guns N' Roses - "Appetite For Destruction". Clearing out the cobwebs on a Monday morning with this tu...
04/05/2026

Record of the day: Guns N' Roses - "Appetite For Destruction". Clearing out the cobwebs on a Monday morning with this turbocharged hard rock classic from the late 80s, and the album that (rightfully) brought the band worldwide fame and had them selling out stadiums wherever they went. Nothing particularly special about the pressing, it's just a nice repress from some time in the 21st century, but what does make this a fancy copy to own is that it's autographed!!! No, not by Slash.... No, not Axl, either.... No, no, Duff and Izzy didn't sign it either... But Steven Adler did!!!! And that's something, right?! - Jeff
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