Live: Killing Joke – Laugh at Your Peril
❉ Over Killing Joke’s forty year lifespan, the state of the world may not have got any better, but that’s good for us as it’s the fuel they still pour on their creative fire.
Music
The Police – ‘Every Move You Make: The Studio Recordings’
❉ The Police’s collection of five albums in six years plus a bonus disc is an arresting one, writes Eoghan Lyng.
Ten Of The Best: Pink Floyd
❉ We Are Cult’s musical majordomo Eoghan Lyng compiles a chronological decalogue of Floydian peaks.
The Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet (50th Anniversary Edition)
❉ Not to mince words, this is the most Brexit package of extras for a major album reissue in living memory
The Beatles: ‘White Album’ Super Deluxe Edition
❉ Time has been very kind to The White Album, fifty years on, and Giles Martin has made every effort to breathe new life into these tracks.
‘State Of The Union – The American Dream In Crisis’
❉ St Etienne’s Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs round up an impeccable collection of cuts by middle-aged artists coming to terms with the late 60s.
Breaking state with Brix & The Extricated!
❉ Don’t Brexit – BRIX IT! Nick Walters meets Brix and the Extricated one year on from their last encounter and reviews their new album Breaking State.
Right Between The Ears: Graham Gouldman
❉ The British pop hitmaker waxes lyrical about Wax, his post-10cc collaboration with the late Andrew Gold.
The Trials of Cato – ‘Hide & Hair’
❉ Rooted in the folk traditions of Ireland and Britain, ‘Hide and Hair’ is far from a trial, writes Eoghan Lyng.
’87 And Cry? ‘David Bowie: Loving The Alien’
❉ Ben Adams assesses the latest doorstop compendium of Bowie’s released work, including 1987’s much-maligned Never Let Me Down and two live albums.