What’s In The Bag? (Series 12)

11/10/2026

What’s In The Bag? (Series 12)

As many of you know, there is nothing I like doing more than perusing records in a store. I must profess I would get antsy booking a vacation to a location where there are now record stores.

So it was with great pleasure when I got to spend time with Wally, my music pal extraordinaire, of The Beautiful Music whilst in Ottawa last week.

We met for lunch and a music exchange on Tuesday. More about that down the road.

On Friday, Wally took me to one of the vinyl merchants he frequents.

The store is called Vertigo Records. It is a smaller store but it was packed with an interesting selection of indie music.

I narrowed down my choices to 3. Here is my favourite find. I was buzzed to add this gem to my collection and was also pleased to add to my collection of record store bags we well!

DEVASTATIONS – “Yes, U” (Beggar’s Banquet- 2007)

DEVASTATIONS 🇦🇺 hail from Melbourne. They made just 3 highly regarded LPs between 2002 and 2010. This is their final LP. I was thrilled to find it. This band is highly recommended if you like TINDERSTICKS 🇬🇧 for example. I will let you listen and see if you make the same observation.