
The ever-missed John Peel used to theorise that any record with birdsong on it would probably be automatically good. (The title track of Bridget St. John 's Ask Me No Questions , which Peelie produced and released on his Dandelion label, even takes a break at the end for an interval of church bells and hand-picked birdsong clips from the BBC Archives). i sort of feel the same about records with the sound of barking dogs on. i will pretty much always listen to a track that features a dog [...]

The Leeds, UK based band Bilge Pump have been going at it for just over ten years now while developing a strong influence and following amongst the UK underground music scene during that time. Their offerings of abrasive, yet oddly tuneful noise-rock/post-punk have made the band one of the genres best kept secrets. Despite being together for over a decade the band has only recently released their second album. Upon formation, the band released some seven inches here and there and also found themselves on a number of compilations before releasing [...]