The Magnetic Fields: ’50 Song Memoir’ reviewed
❉ A brilliant musical journey across Stephin Merritt’s timeline.
Music
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…
Peel Slowly And See: 50 years of ‘The Velvet Underground & Nico’
❉ We celebrate the debut of the band who accidentally invented modern alternative rock music.
‘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!