Neil Innes: ‘How Sweet To Be An Idiot’ Expanded Edition
❉ The former Bonzo, Rutle and Seventh Python’s solo debut, to be reissued in April by Cherry Red.
Music
Clancy Eccles – ‘Freedom’/The Dynamites – ‘Fire Corner’ (2CD)
❉ “No Matter what the people say, these sounds lead the way”: Dynamite by name, dynamite by nature!
The Meters: ‘Gettin’ Funkier All The Time’
❉ The New Orleans band’s grooves were central to the foundation of Hip Hop’s golden age.
Brand New Friend – ‘A Cure for Living’ EP
❉ This quintet follow in a long line of classic Northern Irish power pop bands, but are very much their own band.
‘Teenage Wildlife: 25 years of Ash’ reviewed
❉ Jay Bea laments letting the mighty Ash fall beyond her music radar – but their latest hits collection provides redemption.
Tim Arnold – ‘Constellations’: A Music, Art And Dream Collaboration
❉ The third album in veteran singer songwriter Tim Arnold’s Sounds to Pictures series, featuring violinist Jonathan Hill.
Cherry Red Reissue Round-Up
❉ We review special editions from the world of ’70s British folk and prog, by Dave Cousins, The Strawbs and Renaissance’s Annie Haslam.
Space fantasies: Cerrone – ‘DNA’ reviewed
❉ Cerrone’s first fully instrumental album is a thoughtful trip through a fantastical soundscape, writes Tanya Jones.
A Portrait In Flesh: ‘Cracked Actor’ at 45
❉ How did a BBC Omnibus documentary become a part of Bowie iconography?
‘Further Perspectives & Distortion’ reviewed
❉ A fearsome challenge to those with more adventurous ears than most, writes Daniel Marner.