Colour Revolt

Hailing from Oxford Mississippi, Colour Revolt's latest line-up signed to Dualtone Records for the 2010 release of their sophomore album 'The Cradle'. Check out the final track 'Reno'

72 Blues

Don't know much about 72 Blues apart from the fact that they hail from Detroit and have a rather good album out which you can check out for yourself. Here's a sample...

Vintage Trouble

I've just discovered the wonderful Vintage Trouble from Los Angeles. Caught a couple of seconds of them live on Jools Holland last night (19 April) and that was enough to prompt the download of their excellent debut album 'The Bomb Shelter Sessions'. Vintage Trouble are an exciting blend of solid 12-bar blues, fusion, funk, soul and all-round good stuff. Oh, and Ty Taylors vocals are to die for!

Led Zeppelin - back to my roots

Recently I had a lot of travelling to do for a business trip and needed a full MP3 load to go. So I went back to my roots and uploaded the whole of my Led Zeppelin collection - all 10 albums - and played them back to back. It was quite a revelation, taking me back to some tracks I had forgotten all about, and to others I know so well but go back to time and time again.

Getting back to ones roots is a good thing. And for me, reaching my teens in the early 1970's, this meant Led Zeppelin. Pretty well exclusively for a time! The band was only together for 12 years. Formed out of the Yardbirds in 1968 and ending abruptly in 1980 with John Bonham's untimely death. And yet their legacy still lives on today, over 30 years later. For me (and countless others) the song very definitely remains the same!

So, leaving aside 1979's 'In through the out door' (which was mostly shite) and 1982's 'Coda' which doesn't really count, what tracks would I pick to give someone who'd never heard them a flavour of the label? Tricky. And yet...

• I (1969) - Dazed and Confused
• II (1969) - What is and what should never be
• III (1970) - Gallows Pole
• IV (1971) - When the levee breaks
• Houses of the Holy (1973) - D'yer Maker
• Physical Graffiti (1975) - Custard Pie
• Presence (1976) - Nobody's fault but mine, and
• The song remains the same (1976) - Whole lotta love

Admiral Fallow

Louis Abbott, Kevin Brolly, Philip Hague, Sarah Hayes and Joseph Rattray, collectively known as Admiral Fallow have just shot to the top of my most wanted albums to download list! Released on Lo Five last month, 'Boots met my face' promises to become an instant favourite. But don't just take my word for it, visit Admiral Fallow's homepage for a free download of 'The sad clown cast', and their MySpace for a copy of 'Delivered'.