…according to PC Keith Wallace. Three tracks from the superlative new Mogwai LP “Rave Tapes” plus a host of other delights. Get it listened to, you plebs.

Doshy – “Hijacked” (7″) (Saturate!)
Internal Rot – “Fish Arse” (Download EP -“Upcoming Releases for 2014”) (Bandcamp)
The Notwist – “Steppin’ In” (LP -“Close To The Glass”) (City Slang)
John Mayall with Eric Clapton – “Steppin’ Out” (LP – “Bluesbreakers”) (Decca)
Mogwai – “Simon Ferocious” (LP – “Rave Tapes”) (Rock Action)
Forward Strategy Group – “Rundoled” (V/A EP – “Perctrax v. Polegroup”) (Perctrax)
Mane – “Older” (7″) (Cut-Rate)
Phil Everly – “Snowflake Bombadier” (LP – “Star Spangled Springer”) (RCA)
Drumsound and Bassline Smith – “Serious Business” (Download EP – “..present Tech 100”) (Technique)
Myat Lay – “Miss Whisky” (V/A 4CD Box Set – “Longing For The Past – The 78rpm Story in South-East Asia”) (Dust To Digital)
Mogwai – “Replenish” (LP – “Rave Tapes”) (Rock Action)
The Mighty Patch – “Skank The Ruler” (V/A Download LP – “Lost In Dub #1”) (Reservoir Dub)
Steven Malkmus and The Jicks – “The Janitor Revealed” (LP – “Wigout At Jagbags”) (Domino)
Gary Lucas – “Charlie Brown” (LP – “Cinefantastique”) (Northern Spy)
Team Doyobi – “Tube Dispenser” (Download EP – “Digital Music Volume 2”) (Skam)
Mogwai – “Hexon Bogon” (LP – “Rave Tapes”) (Rock Action)
Bing Crosby with Lenny Hayton’s Orchestra – “Brother,Can You Spare A Dime?” (V/A LP – “Brother Can You Spare A Dime? – American Song During The Great Depression”) (New World)

New Year,new timeslot. Big Joan’s assault on Friday nights kicked off with the return of Guitar Frenzy a solid 26 minute block of rabid strumming and twanging from a plethora of bands who you wouldn’t want to live next door to.

Breeze and Recon – “Testify” (Download) (Futureworld)
The Fall – “Touchy Pad” (EP – “The Remainderer”) (Cherry Red)
Dre Island – “Uptown Down” (V/A LP – “Militancy Riddim”) (Overstand)
Neil Young – “Expecting To Fly” (LP – “Live At The Cellar Door”) (Reprise)
Basic Soul Unit – “Innershell” (EP – “Lab.Our”) (White Label)

Guitar Frenzy 2

Gas Rag – “War Pervert” (EP – “Demoes”) (Self Released)
Nightmare Boyzz – “Don’t Wanna Feel Alright” (LP – “Nightmare Boyzz”) (Slovenly)
The Pink Noise – “Bad Trip” (LP – “Greedy Heart”) (Skrot Up)
Slim Customers – “Living In Paradise” (LP – “Sharks Killing Kids”) (Self Released)
The Little Richards – “J-Bone” (7″) (Self Released)
Yi – “Got A Stone” (7″ – “Punk Memories”) (Self Released)
Buck Biloxi and The Fucks – “I’m A Disaster” (split 7″ s/w Legendary Wings) (Pelican Pow Wow)
Brat Farrar – “New Kind of Kick” (V/A EP – “Cramped”) (Kizmiaz)
Manatees – “Under The Gun” (EP – “Out For Booze”) (Pelican Pow Wow)
Catholic Spit – “Sick Sick Sex” (LP – “A Pact With The Devil”) (Bad Touch)
Pleasure Leftists – “Elephant Men” (12″) (Derranged)

Elephant Man and Teetimus – “Which One Badda?” (7″) (Tizzy Music)
Ballboy – “The National Trust” (EP – “Merry Christmas To The Drunks,Merry Christmas To The Lovers”) (Bandcamp)
Maztec – “M-Theory” (EP -“M-Theory”) (Renegade Hardware)

The undoubted jewel in the festive entertainment crown, this week’s wingding brought you The Magic Band recorded live in London and climaxed with Rufus Hound doing the pasadoble whilst turning into Peter Capaldi

The Wind-Up Birds – “Working Christmas Day” (download single) (Bandcamp)
Cliff Richard and The Shadows – “We Say Yeah” (LP – “The Young Ones OST”) (Columbia)
Midifister – “Kill Me If You Love Me” (download LP – “Genocide 2.0”) (Aleph 9)
Ballboy – “Merry Christmas To The Drunks,Merry Christmas To The Lovers” (download EP – “Merry Christmas To The Drunks,Merry Christmas To The Lovers”) (Bandcamp)
The Magic Band – “My Human Gets Me Blues” (LP”…Plays The Music of Captain Beefheart – Live in London 2013″)(Proper)
The Magic Band – “Low Yo Yo Stuff” (LP”…Plays The Music of Captain Beefheart – Live in London 2013″) (Proper)
The Magic Band – “Diddy Wah Diddy” (LP”…Plays The Music of Captain Beefheart – Live in London 2013″) (Proper)
The Magic Band – “Golden Birdies” (LP”…Plays The Music of Captain Beefheart – Live in London 2013″) (Proper)
DJ Rashad – “Rollin” (EP – “Rollin'”) (Hyperdub)
Girl One and The Greaseguns – “(Here Come The) Catastrophe Machines” (7″) (Squirrel)
The Fall – “Say Mama/Race With The Devil” (EP – “The Remainderer”) (Cherry Red)
The Magic Band – “Steal Softly Through Snow” (LP”…Plays The Music of Captain Beefheart – Live in London 2013″) (Proper)
The Magic Band – “Click Clack” (LP”…Plays The Music of Captain Beefheart – Live in London 2013″) (Proper)
The Magic Band – “The Floppy Boot Stomp” (LP”…Plays The Music of Captain Beefheart – Live in London 2013″) (Proper)
Tingle In The Netherlands – “Astronaut Love Triangle” (LP- “Why Can’t You Write Something Nice For A Change”) (Nerve Echo)