Feast your eyes on this little lot! blog.eil.com reader Andy very kindly shared with us some pics of his record collection – always a good thing we say! Andy says he’s been “collecting vinyl since about 1991, shortly after getting his first turntable – prior to that is was cassettes”. […]

Erasure, Bells of Love (Isabelle’s of Love) (2013) – With lyrics that include the line “I don’t believe in your religion/ I only know what I can see”, Bells of Love – from Erasure’s minimalist, determinedly secular 2013 Christmas album Snow Globe – offers an unusual, synth-pop take on a […]

Radio 1 has responded to Madonna’s much-maligned antics at the Grammys by dropping her from its playlist. So has the bottom fallen out of her market? Not yet, says Emily Jupp Madonna is having a bit of a bad-news week. The best-selling female recording artist of all time, boundary-pushing mistress […]