Music

❉ Stephen Porter presents Part One of his end of year list. Dig the music, kids!

❉ The Alice Cooper-less Alice Cooper Band’s sole album exhumed from the archives. But is it a Killer?

❉ This is the definitive overview of the peak of Stewart’s commercial period, writes James R Turner.

❉ Best known as Ian Dury’s musical lieutenant, Jankel carved out a funky solo career, now compiled as a box set.

❉ Another side of the Genesis founding member uncovered across five discs of film & TV scores.

❉ This set is a fitting testament to the talents of a woman who never quite received the recognition she really deserves.

❉ “After the last couple of singles and a raging pandemic we needed a positive track to see this year out”, Gene Serene tells We Are Cult’s Ange Chan.

❉ Frantic three disc sprawl through the many shades of sixties mod pop!

❉ Brad Shepherd cracks open a six-pack of East End kids, suburban rebels and more.

❉ These original punks may have passed some people by, but their output remains strong.