If Billy Duffy had never achieved success and was living in Manchester working in a crap job in Finance, like me, he would be able to sit in any pub anywhere and tell everyone he suggested to his mate Johnny Marr that he should search out a guy called Steven Morrissey who was in a band with him called The Nosebleeds, that would be enough to give Billy a footnote in musical history.   However, Billy could luckily play the guitar and met Ian Astbury forming Death Cult and final

I have talked about Echo in Byres Road ran by two brothers before. I had an afternoon of watching the football in a nearby pub and had a look round in there for half an hour before the second match kicked off. They had The Replacements Tim cheap. I had heard of them so thought I’d give it a go. One of the brothers asked me if I owned any of their other albums and then proceeded to fill me in on what I was missing.   I left with not just Tim but Sorry, Ma, Forgot To Take Out t

Review 316 was Sneaker Pimps Becoming X where I mentioned Morcheeba and thought I must review that record.   I am very much a guitar indie man, a woman in my work always asks me what I’m listening to and after my reply the response is either “never heard of them,” or “bloody hell that must be forty odd years old.”   I can’t deny I know what I like, constantly go back to old favourites and if it is new, it usually has an indie vibe. Some of the requests on here have turned me