Songs From The Sound Pit: Marc Bolan’s ‘Zinc Alloy’ Revisited
❉ 40 years on from Bolan’s passing, a personal appreciation of an underrated album.
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Psychedelic Furs, Lene Lovich Band: Norwich Waterfront, 11/09/2017
❉ Two New Wave acts from the last century sound as good today as they ever did.
Swan Song: Siouxsie Sioux’s ‘Mantaray’
❉ Looking back on Siouxsie’s first and only solo album, released a decade ago today.
I Speak Machine – ‘Zombies 1985’ reviewed
❉ An abrasive and ethereal love letter to the pioneers of industrial and electronica.
Devo – ‘Recombo DNA’ reviewed
❉ Career-spanning Devo rarities set expanded and reissued!
B.A. Robertson – A Square Peg In A Round World
❉ The post-punk polymath’s Elektra trilogy, re-evaluated by Tim Worthington.
‘Noise Reduction System: Formative European Electronica 1974-1984’
❉ Journey into the origins of electronica in Europe – from early techno and electro to synth-pop, industrial, ambient and noise experiments.
Lou Reed’s ‘Sally Can’t Dance’ revisited
❉ Sally Can’t Dance remains a hidden gem – you can feel the venom leap from the record.
Paul Draper – ‘Spooky Action’ reviewed
❉ The music world is a better place for the return of former Mansun frontman Paul Draper.
Richard Thompson – ‘Acoustic Classics Vol. II’ reviewed
❉ Richard Thompson blazes with passion as he revisits 14 classics from his catalogue.