Typhoon – ‘Offerings’
❉ A sprawling, ambitious, dense album, packed with drama and feeling.
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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.
Blind Idiot God ‘Undertow’ & Azonic ‘Prospect Of The Deep Volume One’
❉ We look at the reissue of 1989 album Undertow, and Andy Hawkins’ revived solo project Azonic.
Cherry Red Reissue Round-Up
❉ Hidden treasures from Dudley Moore in ivory-tickling mode, and guilty pleasures from Carly Simon in all her ‘80s AOR pomp.
Joan Baez returns with new album ‘Whistle Down The Wind’
❉ Whistle Down The Wind is Joan’s first new studio album in a decade
Hy Maya – ‘The Mysticism of Sound And Cosmic Language’ reviewed
❉ Never-before-released recordings from the ‘Brotherhood Of The Unknown’ that prefigured Pere Ubu.
Morrissey – ‘Low In High School’
❉ Perhaps the ‘real’ title of this album should be: Morrissey Doesn’t Give A Fuck What You Think.
Before Pere Ubu… The Mysticism of Sound And Cosmic Language by Hy Maya
❉ Music recorded in 1972-1973 by experimental musical collective Hy Maya, presented by Smog Veil Records.
The Fall – ‘Singles 1978-2016’ (7CD Box Set) reviewed
❉ The Fall have never really cared less about being “understood”, and in this respect, deserve to be regarded as a true pop band.