Beth Nielsen Chapman – ‘Hearts Of Glass’
❉ Country-folk – just for old giffers? Jon Arnold listens without prejudice.
Music
Remembering Mark E. Smith
❉ Ace Records’ Liz Buckley on her close encounters of the MES kind.
But You Blew My Mind… Roxy Music
❉ Roxy Music 1972-1976: A Fanboy’s Confession.
Mark E. Smith (1957 – 2018)
❉ Veteran inkslinger Jon Wilde pays tribute to the inimitable, irreplaceable M.E.S.
The Skids – ‘Burning Cities’
❉ Shout it from the rooftops –art punks the Skids have at last released a fifth album. 36 years on, they’re still angry as hell.
Soho Rezanejad – ‘Six Archetypes’
❉ Danish singer and artist Soho Rezanejad’s debut album weaves a fascinating cabaret.
Typhoon – ‘Offerings’
❉ A sprawling, ambitious, dense album, packed with drama and feeling.
Thor & Friends – ‘The Subversive Nature Of Kindness’
❉ Thor & Friends’ second album suits this time of year mightily, offering vivid snatches of pause and recognition.
Edgar Breau – ‘Edgar Breau’
❉ A touching and quizzical album, from a gent who has long deserved far wider exposure.
Duran Duran – ‘Girls on Film 1979 Demo’ EP
❉ An early snapshot of a band that went on to be one of the biggest British groups ever.