August's Not For Everyone

The latest Music's Not For Everyone has arrived, Andrew Weatherall's monthly exploration of 'yesterday's and tomorrow's music today'. The chief talking point about this one is a preview of 5 new Woodleigh Research Facility songs he's been working on with Nina Walsh- although disappointingly it looks like the vinyl release will be 100 copies only, sold through a car boot sale in London in mid- September. Which would be quite irritating for completists. I imagine. It also includes two songs from London's Rude Audio, who I've featured here before. Good work Mark! The full tracklist is here.

Dirty Boys

A Certain Ratio are putting out a compilation album in October which by the looks of it mirrors their current live set, opening with Do The Du, Wild Party and Flight and then moving through their back catalogue taking in Mickey Way, 27 Forever, Won't Stop Loving You, Good Together and finishing with the samba drum fest of Si Firmir O Grido. Attached to the end of the compilation are two new songs, the first of which was posted online yesterday (the 11th anniversary of Tony Wilson's death, presumably not coincidentally). The song is called Dirty Boys and has the voice of Wilson on it along with vocals from Barry Adamson. It sounds like a reinvigorated ACR still have plenty to contribute.