It was nice to hear 'Monkey Man' from the first Specials album on Six Feet Under Tonight.

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Where the pennies have gone at Spellcnut Towers lately:

Howl- San Francisco leather-panted rockers Black Rebel Motorcycle Club made a bluesy/folksy/country classic. Nowt like the first two albums but a brilliant and brave move that has paid off big time.

Supernature - Alison Goldfrapp gets into bed with Roxy Music, Kate Bush, Gary Numan and Donna Summer and produces a short and shiny stomper. She's a proper pop star now.

Lamb remixed - underrated Manchester electronicists gather their best remixes and amaze me why they never went huge.

The Sound Of Glasgow - Orange Juice were the best band from Scotland ever. Postcard Records was the best Scottish record label ever. They weren't indie stars, they were scenesters. My first ever trip to a gay club was to see Orange Juice play. I was 16 and they were playing at a grotty gay joint in Newcastle where the Kitchenware guys held their Soul Kitchen nights. Scary looking cowboy clone men turned up to watch their club be overrun with students and vinyl/fanzine carrying fanatics like me. The Kitchenware DJ's did their best to keep everyone happy with a mixture of disco Clash, A Certain Ratio, 23 Skidoo and superfast hi-energy.

Slanted And Enchanted - This Pavement album brought back so many 1992 memories. Good memories though. This is my favourite Pavement album and this new package is beautiful. Their influence on today's scene is all pervading.