What’s In The Bag? Series 6 and 7

6/13/2025

What’s In The Bag? Series 6 and 7

My recent travels allowed me the opportunity to visit some new (and old) favourite record stores.

I will feature two more today and one on Sunday.

Vinyl Envy is a cool little store in a dodgy neighbourhood of Victoria. The tiny store features mostly used vinyl and live gigs.

I found a copy of my favourite LP by Scottish dance mavens DJANGO DJANGO 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. I first acquired this on CD in Ottawa in 2015 and was thrilled to add the vinyl to my collection.

Here is my fave track off the LP “Reflections”

SPOTIFY-

https://open.spotify.com/track/7s0yUTV7JHWsD2pXoNOUdk?si=3xD43ZtMQ8GXgAmUbDUrIw

(SONG 1129)

RED CAT RECORDS is a choice indie record shop I have visited before in East Vancouver.

I managed to snare this daring 2023 debut LP by Irish/ British 🇮🇪 🇬🇧 feminists M(H)AOL.

The band is named after this Irish legend.

A 16th century land owner and political woman eventually taken by the British.

M(H)AOL make music not is not for the faint of heart-hearted.

[Ed. Note- WARNING- Think of them as a much edgier WET LEG or DRY CLEANING. That is, mostly spoken female vocals addressing very very controversial issues.]

Their new LP entitled “Something Soft” is just out and on my radar.

In the meantime, here is the debut LP emerging from the bag…