Blänk premiere new single ‘Running’
❉ Swedish hip-hop/electro-pop trio prepare to release their third album.
MUSIC
‘Scarred For Life Volume One: The 70s’
❉ A book about growing up in the dark side of the 70s with the darkest, most inappropriate pop culture ever.
Mesh – Britain’s Best Kept Secret
❉ Ange Chan profiles Bristol-based electronic band Mesh, and chats with Richard Silverthorn.
Brett Anderson – ‘Collected Solo Work’ reviewed
❉ The sound of an artist rediscovering his voice and how to make music without compromises.
The Stranglers + Ruts DC: Nottingham Rock City, March 13 2017
❉ The Stranglers have seen off all competition, to emerge as the living embodiment of how to do alternative rock that defies categorisation.
20 Years of My Life Story’s ‘The Golden Mile’
❉ 12 reasons why The Golden Mile still sparkles, 20 years on…
‘Hits And Pieces: The Best Of Marc Almond And Soft Cell’ reviewed
❉ From Tainted Love to A Kind Of Love, keep a little Marc in your heart with his new singles collection.
Idles – ‘Brutalism’ reviewed
❉ “A short, sharp bracing racket, in the lineage of the Gang of Four school of post-punk.”
Two special Bowie releases for RSD anniversary
❉ Cracked Actor (Live In Los Angeles 1974) 3 X Lp Set ~ BOWPROMO Single-Sided Album Boxset
Matata: ‘Wanna Do My Thing – The Complete President Recordings’ reviewed
❉ Afro-funk pioneers’ complete President recordings, collected for the first time!