Polly Harvey wrote this song hoping Thom Yorke would sing it on her “New York” album Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea. And he did.

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When I was in my late teens, immersed in dub sounds at the Four Aces club, one of my favourite Jamaican toasters was Ranking Trevor.

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Whimsical, quirky and quintessentially English, Lifeline is Wreckless Eric’s hymn to seaside towns in general, and Eastbourne in particular. (more…)

Wanda Jackson’s take on the Carl Perkins tune is the eponymous song that closes the credits of Ethan Coen’s new film Honey Don’t.

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The Fall perform the opening song from their final album for Beggars Banquet, the dance number Dead Beat Descendant.

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Aussie proto-punks The Saints release the final song recorded by singer Chris Bailey before his death in April 2019.

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Saint Etienne took Neil Young’s wistful song from After The Gold Rush and gave it a dance makeover to create a classic indie-dance comedown lament.

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Soul Coughing, the cult band led by Mike Doughty (aka M.Doughty), had a moment in the mid-Nineties with this song, Super Bon Bon.

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Clock DVA, more than anyone except perhaps their fellow travellers Cabaret Voltaire, reflected the industrial heartbeat of Sheffield. Literally so.

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