The Residents: Gingerbread Man, pREServed Edition
❉ With a wealth of extra material, Cherry Red give new life to a previously undervalued Residents album.
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Monsieur Pompier’s Travelling Freakshow: ‘Teatime Terrors’
❉ A manic musical sensibility married with vaudevillian theatrics and songs full of grotesque characters – it’s all here.
Covered In Snow – ‘Glasgow Smile’
❉ Ange Chan catches up with the Swedish electronica duo’s latest release.
All-star charity line-up asks, (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding?
❉ Nick Lowe steps out of studio retirement for a historical reunion with The Damned’s Rat Scabies.
Echoes: Will Sergeant – ‘Bunnyman: A Memoir’
❉ Will’s memoir is a brilliant evocation of his often-brutal childhood, his musical influences and the birth of the Bunnymen.
Digital Resistance: ‘Alternative Facts’
❉ A musical call to action with strong messages promoting human rights and raging against social injustice.
Bunnyman: Will Sergeant talks
❉ James Collingwood talks to the Echo and the Bunnymen guitarist about his life and his new memoir.
Onepointwo – ‘Synchronization’
❉ This is a dense album, where every track contains multitudes, and there’s much to unravel across the entire play length.
XTC’s Colin Moulding to release ‘The Hardest Battle’
❉ XTC co-frontman Colin Moulding is back with new music, this time as a solo artist.
The Frixion Go ‘To Hell And Back’
❉ Ange Chan reviews the synth duo’s highly accomplished debut album.