Momus: ‘Create 2 – Recreate’ reviewed
❉ A trio of albums from the Creation years in one package, re-mastered and with additional bonus material.
ALBUM REVIEW
The Monochrome Set – ‘Eligible Bachelors’ (3CD) reviewed
❉ Stephen T Porter takes a closer look at Cherry Red’s Deluxe Re-Issue of The Monochrome Set’s classic 1982 album.
‘The Invisible World of Beautify Junkyards’ reviewed
❉ A fifteen-track journey into something mesmerisingly otherworldly and out of time.
Nona Hendryx And Gary Lucas – The World of Captain Beefheart
❉ This collection of Beefheart covers will likely surprise you and delight you.
‘When The Day Is Done – The Orchestrations Of Robert Kirby’ reviewed
❉ The arrangements of Drake’s Admiral, curated by Bob Stanley.
Japan Suicide – ‘Santa Sangre’ reviewed
❉ Gothic post-punk, referencing Jodorowsky, True Detective, 2666 and Dave Eggers.
‘Jon Savage’s 1965: The Year The Sixties Ignited’ reviewed
❉ Garage rock, powerpop, bubblegum pop, girl-group angst, gnarly R&B, proto-Americana, and a large serving of soul.
I’m With Her – ‘See You Around’
❉ A beautifully crafted album that has the confidence and grace of a band at their peak.
Beth Nielsen Chapman – ‘Hearts Of Glass’
❉ Country-folk – just for old giffers? Jon Arnold listens without prejudice.
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.