Pulp - ‘More’ - Fitting in a listen before going to see them in Glasgow tonight. Pretty good, sounds like Pulp. -

Roots Manuva - “Dreamy Days” 12” - Lovely stuff. The Super Furry Animals remix is good too, though that one’s on the CD single. From the record fair at the weekend, left a load of other Roots Manuva twelves for my pal Alan to raid. -

Mice Parade - ‘Mokoondi’ - Long-overdue filling of a gap in my Mice Parade collection. -

Plone - ‘For Beginner Piano’ - A wonderful record. Somewhere between the Radiophonic Orchestra, Broadcast and Boards of Canada. Not too much it was released by Warp and they later recorded for Ghost Box. I’m sure there was mention of the unreleased second Warp album maybe seeing the light of day.

Rachel’s - ‘Handwriting’ - Good listening on an intermittently rainy Sunday evening. -

Nina Nastasia - ‘Dogs’ - An excellent album beautifully performed and recorded. -

Shed Seven - ‘Change Giver’ - Already have the reissue but now I also have an original. -

Björk - ‘Big Time Sensuality’ 12” - Remixes from David Morales, Fluke, Justin Robertson and Dom T. Record fair pick-up. -

Dianogah - ‘Millions of Brazilians’ - An excellent album, lovely bass-lead instrumental fun. Ordered this from Discogs a week or so ago then discovered today that the Dianogah box set I’d had my fingers crossed for went up for pre-order at tue start of the month.

Luke Slater - ‘Alright on Top’ - This is the only Luke Slater album I have, and I gather it’s a bit of an outlier in his catalogue. Slater teamed up here with Ricky Barrow of the Aloof for a set of fairly thumping electropop.

Smog - ‘Rain on Lens’ - I have this on CD but the CD stopped playing. Always had it in my head that it was quite a bleak record, probably because of the artwork, but it’s not all that bleak. -

Lou Barlow / Rudy Trouvé - ‘Lou Barlow / Rudy Trouvé’ - Split album, Lou “Dinosaur Jr/Sebadoh/Folk Implosion/solo/etc” on one side, Rudy “dEUS” Trouvé on the other. All instrumental, probably quite improvised. Works very well, quite an enjoyable low-stakes listen. -

These New Puritans - ‘Crooked Wing’ - Maybe the best album of the year so far. Really beautiful, leans into the airy Talk Talk/Blue Nile/Bark Psychosis/Steve Reich side of what they do. Great stuff. -

Gumball - ‘Special Kiss’ - Gumball’s singer/guitarist Don Fleming also produced Teenage Fanclub’s ‘Bandwagonesque’. The Fannies guest on a track here, as does Thurston Moore. -

Dolly Mixture - ‘Remember This: The Singles Collection 1980-1984’ - Been meaning to check out Dolly Mixture for ages - more familiar with Debsey’s wonderful work as part of Birdie and with Saint Etienne. Enjoying it. -

The Get Up Kids - ‘Live! @ the Granada Theater’ - Not normally that bothered for live albums but this was £5 and is quite enjoyable. -

Stereolab - ‘Instant Holograms on Metal Film’ - I posted Laetitia Sadier’s most recent solo LP a few months back and mused that I was quite content with her solo work and Cavern of Anti-Matter…then The Groop announced this! Just one listen in and it’s pretty good.

Braids - ‘In Kind // Amends’ 12” - Plural, not singular. -

Barbican Estate - ‘Barbican City of Tokyo’ - Picked up as a little bonus to go with the Lake Ruth LP. Very enjoyable, bits of kosmische, drone, psych I suppose. -

Shudder to Think - ‘Music From the Motion Picture ‘First Love, Last Rites’’ - Where our heroes enlist a range of guest vocalists (Jeff Buckley! Liz Phair! Billy Corgan! Nina Persson! Alan and Mimi from Low! Others!) to sing on a range of quite lovely soulful bar-band sixties pop songs.

Lake Ruth - ‘Hawking Radiation’ - Was wondering if we’d ever get a new Lake Ruth album and then I got the Feral Child mailout about it during the week! Very nice it is too. -

The Go! Team - ‘Proof of Youth’ - Always fun. -

Buffalo Tom - ‘Buffalo Tom’ - Famously co-produced by J Mascis. A wee bit rougher than the later records but the Buffalo Tom blueprint is there. Nice early pressing. -

Tunng - ‘And Then We Saw Land’ - A fine album. Listened to “Hustle” loads when it came out. Quite jaunty by my standards. -

Scrawl - ‘He’s Drunk’ - Slowly checking out the Scrawl albums after 25 years or more of Afghan Whigs fandom - for Scrawl’s Marcy Mays is the protagonist of the Whigs’ “My Curse”. Pretty good. -

Animals That Swim - “50 Dresses” 10” - I get “Faded Glamour” by Animals That Swim stuck in my head on a regular basis. It’s not on this EP, but it’s still a really good EP. -

Madder Rose - ‘Bring it Down’ - Now got all the Madder Rose albums that came out on vinyl on vinyl. Lovely stuff. Not a million miles from Cowboy Junkies if they were more “indie rock”, I guess. -

Quasi - ‘Featuring “Birds”’ - This and ‘Field Studies’ are great, top quality late-90s indie rock. -

King Biscuit Time - ‘“Sings” Nelly Foggits Blues in “Me and the Pharoahs”’ -

Tortoise - “Djed [Remixes]” 12” - Mixes from UNKLE and John McEntire. -

Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke - “The Men Who Dance in Stag’s Heads” 7” - Quite a lovely instrumental - expected it to be electronic and it’s not. Maybe a tiny bit of King Creosote & Jon Hopkins’ ‘Diamond Mine’ to it, but less washy.

The Get Up Kids - ‘Guilt Show’ - I’m not sure that the Get Up Kids records are really primed for vinyl (true of many similar bands!) but it was a fiver, I like the Get Up Kids and I like collecting. - #thegetupkids #guiltshow #vagrantrecords #reissue #hasslerecords #vinyl #33rpm #records #vinylsky

Bark Psychosis - “A Street Scene” 10” - Thank you Virgin records for your early-mid 1990s major label largesse. A single from the phenomenal ‘Hex’ album. - #barkpsychosis #astreetscene #circarecords #virginrecords #teninch #vinyl #45rpm #records #recordcollection #vinylsky #nowplaying

St Paul & the Broken Bones - ‘Young Sick Camellia’ - Quite liked ‘Half the City’ when it came out and found this in the cheap section. It’s pretty decent. - #stpaulandthebrokenbones #youngsickcamellia #sonymusic #vinyl #33rpm #records #recordcollection #vinylsky #nowplaying #onmystereo

Tunng - ‘Songs You Make at Night’ - Checking back in with Tunng for the first time in a while, this is quite lovely. - #tunng #songsyoumakeatnight #fulltimehobby #vinyl #33rpm #records #recordcollection #vinylsky #nowplaying #nowspinning #nowlistening #vinylcommunity #vinylcollector #recordcollector

The Lemonheads - ‘Hotel Sessions’ - I’d put off buying this for years - acoustic versions of songs recorded live to a walkman doesn’t feel essential - but found it cheap enough to take a punt. It’s an enjoyable curio. - #thelemonheads #hotelsessions #hallofrecords #breathofsaltwaterrecords #vinylsky

Lo Fidelity Allstars - “Kool Rok Bass” 12” - Last of the Lo Fi’s twelves, a good intro. Swipe for the original promo sheet. - #lofidelityallstars #koolrokbass #skintrecords #electronicmusic #twelveinch #vinyl #33rpm #records #recordcollection #vinylsky #nowplaying #nowspinning #nowlistening

Big Country - “In a Big Country” 7” - Recently went to see the stage version of ‘Restless Natives’ with my mum. The film is a childhood favourite and features a soundtrack by Big Country. This wasn’t in the original film, but was used to very good effect throughout the stage show. - #bigcountry

Lo Fidelity Allstars - “Feel What I Feel” 12” - Very good “dub” on the a-side, radio edit (a lot poppier than I remember) tucked away on the b-side. - #lofidelityallstars #feelwhatifeel #skintrecords #electronicmusic #twelveinch #vinyl #33rpm #records #recordcollection #vinylsky #nowplaying

Lo Fidelity Allstars - “Sleeping Faster” 12” - A couple of Discogs orders this week have completed my Lo Fi’s 12” collection (leaving aside some promos I don’t need). Another good b-side (“Bootsy Call”) and a great remix of “Sleeping Faster”. - #lofidelityallstars #sleepingfaster #skintrecords

Lo Fidelity Allstars - “Lo Fis In Ibiza” 12” - More streamlined and dancefloor-oriented on their underrated second album. This is a great tune, good b-side (“Zip…Just Gone”) too. - #lofidelityallstars #lofisinibiza #skintrecords #electronicmusic #twelveinch #vinyl #33rpm #records #recordcollection

Bill Nelson’s Red Noise - ‘Sound-on-Sound’ - Today I learned that the magazine Sound on Sound is named after this album. Frenetic, jerky, post-punk-ish art rock. - #billnelsonsrednoise #soundonsound #harvestrecords #billnelson #rednoise #vinyl #33rpm #records #recordcollection #vinylsky

John Grant - ‘Boy From Michigan’ - I’d drifted away from John Grant a few albums ago but just heard this and it’s pretty good, have very much enjoyed it. - #johngrant #boyfrommichigan #bellaunion #bellaunionrecords #vinyl #33rpm #records #recordcollection #vinylsky #nowplaying #nowspinning

Rilo Kiley - ‘The Execution of All Things’ - Fancy coloured vinyl with a bonus 7”. - #rilokiley #theexecutionofallthings #saddlecreekrecords #saddlecreek #reissue #vinyl #33rpm #records #recordcollection #vinylsky #nowplaying #nowspinning #nowlistening #vinylcommunity

Death in Vegas - ‘Satan’s Circus’ - Only taken me 21 years to check this out (helps that it cost a whole £1) and it’s not the album I expected it to be, in a positive way. Rippling kosmische/motorik sounds, no guest vocalist or Dirges. I liked the subsequent album (‘Trans-Love Energies’) a lot. #cd

Tunde Adebimpe - ‘Thee Black Boltz’ - A couple of CD posts coming up because there’s a couple of things I’ve been enjoying on CD. This is Tunde from TV on the Radio’s solo debut. Sounds a wee bit like TVotR as of course it does given who is singing but it’s different enough to be its own thing. #cd

Sam Morton - ‘Daffodils & Dirt’ - Torn between filing this under M or S, as Sam Morton is technically the band name I think. Who knows. Interesting record, maybe needs a couple more listens. - #sammorton #daffodilsanddirt #xlrecordings #samanthamorton #richardrussell #vinyl #33rpm #records #vinylsky

Mount Vernon Arts Lab - ‘The Séance at Hobs Lane’ - Sort of spooky. - #mountvernonartslab #theseanceathobslane #ghostbox #ghostboxrecords #vinyl #33rpm #records #recordcollection #vinylsky #nowplaying #nowspinning #nowlistening #vinylcommunity #vinylcollector #vinylcollection #onmyturntable

The Nation of Ulysses - ‘13-Point Program to Destroy America’ - “The road to hell is paved with chocolate treats”. - #thenationofulysses #13pointprogramtodestroyamerica #dischordrecords #dischord #nationofulysses #vinyl #33rpm #records #recordcollection #vinylsky #nowplaying #nowspinning #punkrock

Sunday (1994) - ‘Sunday (1994) [Extended]’ - Picked this up as I’d heard a couple of promising bits from it but not really doing much for me today. Dream pop-ish, strong early ‘90s feel but nothing all that memorable. - #sunday1994 #sunday1994ep #aristarecords #rcarecords #vinyl #33rpm #records