‘The Public Image is Rotten: Songs from the Heart’
❉ A sonic biography of both the band and the man. Honestly, you won’t spend a better 60 quid this year.
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The 40 Best Tracks of 2018 (So Far)
❉ “We’re halfway through the year….. and it’s been brilliant.” Half-Term Report: Forty Assorted Classics You May Have Missed!
Interview: John Dowie
❉ Andy Murray in conversation with the incomparable comedian, author, poet, playwright, musician, actor, director… and cyclist.
Cowboy Junkies – ‘All That Reckoning’ reviewed
❉ For all that Cowboy Junkies’ first new recording since 2012 may musically call to mind 1988, it’s very much an album for 2018.
Pet Shop Boys: Final set of Catalogue reissues announced
❉ Pet Shop Boys announce that the fourth set of ‘Catalogue’ reissues, ‘Behaviour’, ‘Very’ and ‘Bilingual’, will be released on August 31st, 2018.
Chris Payne’s Electronic Circus
❉ Gary Numan sideman and co-writer of Visage’s Fade To Grey, on the new Electronic Circus LP, working with Katja von Kassel, playing SynthWave 2 and more.
‘The Freewheeling John Dowie’ reviewed
❉ Dowie may have left stand-up behind but his bone-dry sense of humour certainly hasn’t abandoned him, writes Andy Murray.
Allen Ravenstine – ‘Waiting for the Bomb’ reviewed
❉ Pere Ubu co-founder Allen Ravenstine back in full effect, and his work has never been more alluring whilst never loosening its abstract grip.
The Joy Formidable announce new album “AAARTH”
❉ Following their sold-out spot at last week’s Robert Smith-curated Meltdown Festival, the band share full details of the album and new single “The Wrong Side”.
The Mystery of the Bulgarian Voices ft. Lisa Gerrard – ‘BooCheeMish’ reviewed
❉ Folkloric musical legends release first new album in 20 years in collaboration with vocalist Lisa Gerrard of Dead Can Dance.