Happy birthday to Al Green. Enjoy this 1973 Midnight Special hosted by him and featuring great performances of Let’s Stay Together, Tired of Being Alone, Call Me, How Can you Mend a Broken Heart, and Here I Am
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Happy birthday to Will Sergeant. Here are Echo & the Bunnymen performing Do It Clean at Liverpool's Sefton Park in 1982. The full 30-min Pop Carnival TV recording with six songs from the concert is at youtu.be/2i0bcqP2dlg

Happy birthday to Sarah Cracknell. Here are Saint Etienne performing You're in a Bad Way at Glastonbury in 1994. The full song is at youtu.be/BGBnbIaYHFI

New London show just announced! It’s our biggest ever, and it’s on Sat 23rd November. Tickets available from Friday.

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Suicide - Alan Vega and Martin Rev - performing Ghost Rider at New York's Hurrah club in 1980. The full video is at youtu.be/5muUpJKBoFc

The Clash are trending as their first LP was released on this day in 1977. Here's the opening track filmed in Manchester later that year

Unit 4 + 2 were at number one this week in 1965 with their fab single Concrete and Clay. Love this video shot on the Barbican building site
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Massive Attack released Blue Lines on this day in 1991. Here's a playlist featuring the brilliant LP along with the tracks that were sampled and covered in its making
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Loved catching the Instant Whip Exhibition this weekend In Glasgow with Fraser Taylor. So worth a visit! ❤️⁦The Glasgow School of Art⁩ A million memories of an amazing place and time ❤️ #Glasgow #Scotland #TheCloth ❤️

I've got a book out.
Vol. 1 of 2 covering Scotland's Independent music scene. Part 2 covers Glasgow's 90's bands and this one covers Shop Assistants, BMX Bandits, Soup Dragons, Jesse Garon, FiniTribe, Vaselines, TFC + A LOT more
1000 pages over two volumes
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WAAHHH - slight delay in posting this as it happened yesterday afternoon but the one and only Iggy Pop only went and played not one but TWO track from Pearlies on his show on BBC Radio 6 Music. I mean, amazing or what? Thanks so much, Iggy x. Catch up here: - bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Newt and tadpoles at Walmer Castle & Gdns

“Cardboard Lamb” by Crash Course In Science from the 1981 Signals From Pier Thirteen EP back in stock! Recorded and filmed in Philadelphia’s industrial harbors, the song sports a pretty damn catchy one-note bassline that is eeriely similar to LCD Soundsystem’s “Losing My Edge” 🐑

Lenny Kaye hosting a fun-packed celebration of his iconic Nuggets compilation at the 100 Club last night with a band that included Dave Tregunna, Jim Jones and Rat Scabies plus loads of special guests