As Colin so astutely observed, I did maintain what I hope was a dignified period of silence this past week. I feel however, that it is time to again post some tunes....When TVV got the mention a while back in 'The Guardian', it was summed up as:- "Wonderful early-80s Scottish indie 7-inchers vying for attention with healthy doses of classic Thin Lizzy." But I'm nothing if not perverse, so here's

Al parecer está será la primera ocación (espero no sea la única) en que este reporte se publique a tiempo. Pues bueno, como podran ver, últimamente he estado maravillado con el pequeño mundo de Regina Spektor . Los invito a entrarle a sus discos, el Soviet Kitsch , y muy especialmente al Begin To Hope . Ambos unas joyitas (Bueno, si lo que a ti te gusta es mover la mata con furia, esto no es lo tuyo, pero no le quites el ojo de encima). Canción del mes [...]

king biscuit time - i walk the earth (mp3) i won't bore you with long introductions, suffice to say the wolf man and the schoolmaster have graciously asked (stupidly allowed) me to prattle on about my uncool music collection here thus ruining any good reputation they've built up. i don't know anything about genre titles, own far more cds than vinyl and most of what i have you can't dance to. don't say i didn't warn you. i think every man and his dog knows i'm a bit of [...]
Sorry about the brevity of today's posting - but I really have to get into work within the next hour. I'm not sure how widely known this particular song is. It came out in the summer of 2000 but didn't make the charts. I first heard it maybe a couple of years later when the video came on at something like 3am on MTV2 when I was fighting a losing battle against insomnia. mp3 : King Biscuit Time

The world of music was left without another bunch of heroes when the Beta Band called it quits in 2004. They were another band who set off on their own path and were much admired by their peers and critics alike. From the ramshackle, bizarre and sometimes wobbly debut album, the solid but less experimental "Three EPs" to the excellent "Hot Shots II" and the refined aural pleasure of "Heroes to Zeros" , listening to a Beta Band album is nothing if not engaging. I managed to catch the Beta Band at [...]