Possibly lost to the mists of time but I’m pretty sure it took me a couple of months to warm to Everything Must Go after its release on 20th May 1996. There’s a ...

Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton formed Arab Strap in Falkirk in 1995. I’m not sure I really took notice of their single The First Big Weekend until a few years later, it’s obviously ...

I first heard this tune as a cover by Teenage Fanclub – look up that version as well if you like the tune. The Bevis Frond was a new one on me, so ...

Steve Albini died this week. It was a shock to me, he was only 61, and oversaw the recording of some of the great records of my youth. Pixies, Nirvana, The Breeders, PJ ...

Matthew Houck has been recording great americana and folk rock since the turn of the millennium. The album Here’s to Taking it Easy, released in 2010, was my first awareness of his stage ...