This surely is one of very few 78rpm records to be released this year. Duke special seems to be a nostalgia freak. And that comes from a vinyl obsessive!. His cds are printed to look like old shellac records and his singles come out on the 78rpm format. Philistine as I...

There's nothing more hateful in the music industry than a cheap gimmick tagged on to a mediocre artist by some money-grabbing suit behind a record company desk. You know the kind of thing I mean, trendy haircuts, polka dot dresses, matching suits, a 'the' name, or some hideously quirky packaging...

Goldfrapp have gone onto more popular acclaim as some sex fuelled disco funk hybrid. This their/her first album is an entirely different beast and all the better for it. Named 'Felt mountain', we're talking about the summit of a peak, isolated and frozen. We kick off with 'Lovely head'...

When i fist listened to this record I thought it was dense and uninspiring. Luckily that feeling didn't last long. Actually the songs are catchy. They are pop. And they are listenable. Scott Walker being one of Jarvis' great idols(Scott produced Pulp's 'We love life') I was worried that Jarvis...

Covers albums are difficult. You are obviously setting up comparison with the original versions. And often people will swear blind that your cover is not a patch on the original. It offers one up for a critical mauling. Bande A part is Novelle Vague's second record after their first eponymous album....

Preceded by the massive and brilliant single 'Common People' Diferent Class established Pupl as one memeber of the Triumvirate of British bands in the mid 1990s alongside Oasis and Blur. They, however, displayed less rock and more pop sensibilities than these other two. The whole album, lyrically, seems to be...

Although 'Different Class' established Pulp at the very forefront of British music in 1995, it was the previous album 'His 'n hers' which had fulfilled their early promise. The classic song, 'Babies' featured as a track off teh cd and cassette of that album but strangely not on the vinyl....

Another impeccably produced and packaged release from Diverse Records. Really. Diverse seem to have stopped producing records(not enough demand it seems. the shame) but if you can get any of their titles you should do so straight away. They released recordsby Diana Krall, Richard Thompson and this one by Ron...

Emerging from the shoegazing scene in Britain in the early 1990's, Giant Steps was indeed a massive leap forward from the band and out of the scene that created it. While maintaining high levels of noise and feedback, these were draped around the lightest and loveliest of pop tunes such...

you may have heard of the Guillemots. They were nominated in the same awards that were won by the arctic monkeys. they seem to play Ireland a lot. I've never seen them. I've just discovered them. There are two singles off this album. They are 'Trains to Brazil' and 'We're here'....