Because I certainly don’t. However, I did just pick up a copy of Pulp’s His ‘n’ Hers second hand yesterday, and now I can relive it.

Torrent this appearance by Sons & Daughters from BBC radio Scotland, and make up your own mind on whether they sound any good live and whether they sound like they’re influenced by Scottish traditional music or not… (depending on whether anyone’s seeding at the moment – I’m stuck at a hideously low percentage, dammit!)

Franz Ferdinand talk to NME.com about their forthcoming second album.

Said the Gramophone are championing Ballboy, an Edinburgh band with a penchant for the spoken word. Sometimes aching, lilting folkish pop, sometimes spoken flights of fancy, and somewhere in between Belle and Sebastian (on tracks such as A Space Boy Dream and A century of Elvis) and Arab Strap, they like profound thought and swooping melody; “It’s poetry, really, like a daft conversation with your truest friend”. Download some free tracks from their website, including a version of A man’s a man for a’ that by Rabbie Burns.

It’s Canada day on Friday! So listen to mostlytune’s podcast.

Stephen Malkmus of Pavement performs solo on KRCW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic.

Listen to tracks by Brighton band The Mutts (hosted by BBC Collective)
The Mutts – Excited [streamed] [realplayer]
The Mutts – Blood from a Stone [streamed] [realplayer]
The Mutts – Immaculate Tramp [streamed] [realplayer]

Also on Collective, listen to this week’s playlist, including Interpol and Malcolm Middleton.