Spray return with reSPRAY Vol. 3 – the last in the series
❉ More excellent back catalogue action with the third and final instalment of the reSPRAY series is coming our way in September.
Music
Three sides of Arc of Triumph
❉ With all three albums now on physical CD for the first time, James R Turner reviews the Leeds-based post-rock duo’s back catalogue and new album.
Lou Reed: ‘Sunday Morning’ Quarterback?
❉ Ty Matejowsky examines the allusions to America’s pigskin pastime that add yet another wrinkle of contradiction to one of rock’s most complex artists.
Lost Horizon: Himmelaya reviewed
❉ Stuart Douglas takes a modern kosmische journey from driving rhythms to hypnotic dream pop.
Saint Etienne: International reviewed
❉ Bob, Pete and Sarah’s thirteenth and final album isn’t a sad and regretful farewell but a joyous final party.
Jim Bob: The Return! Automatic and Stick reviewed
❉ Two albums in one day: An act of artistic ambition or the stupidest marketing plan ever?
Dion announces new album The Rock ‘N’ Roll Philosopher
❉ Pre-order the new 16 track Dion album and watch I’m Your Gangster of Love video here!
Unsung Murder Ballads: The Screaming Blue Messiahs
❉ Ty Matejowsky on how a London trio plunged audiences headlong into the warped contours of a gonzo Reagan-era America.
Out now: MacArthur Park recorded by Barb Jungr with Simon Wallace
❉ Released today, internationally renowned singer and We Are Cult favourite Barb Jungr takes on Jimmy Webb’s modern standard!
Micko & The Mellotronics Announce New Single ‘Would You Believe It’
❉ The first single from upcoming album ‘The Trinity’ arrives later this month.