Birth of a Nation – Inevitable Records: An Independent Liverpool (1979-1986)
❉ Another splendid addition from Cherry Red to this fertile and febrile period in pop music history.
XTC
‘What Do You Call That Noise? An XTC Discovery Book’
❉ ‘What Do You Call That Noise?’ corners the what’s, how’s and why’s of what made XTC ecstatic.
Podcast of the Week: The Strange Brew Podcast
❉ This week: The Strange Brew Podcast – one of The Daily Telegraph’s ‘podcasts you need to be listening to’.
Class of ’78: John Leckie Talks
❉ We Are Cult’s Eoghan Lyng chats with one of rock’s most prolific record producers about his work with XTC, Magazine, PiL and more.
Great Aspirations: Colin Moulding Talks
❉ Reuniting with drummer Terry Chambers, the XTC bassist is here to talk about his newest project, TC&I.
Cherry Red Reissue Round-Up
❉ Have a drink and a drive with Mungo Jerry, take a joyride with Rick Derringer, and go motor bikin’ with Chris Spedding.
‘Pet Shop Boys, Actually’ at 30
❉ An appreciation of one of the very best British pop records of the ’80s.
B.A. Robertson – A Square Peg In A Round World
❉ The post-punk polymath’s Elektra trilogy, re-evaluated by Tim Worthington.
Cult Q & A: Jason Hazeley
❉ We’re asking, they’re answering: This week, Jason Hazeley, one of the minds behind ‘Screenwipe’ and ‘Ladybird Books For Grown-Ups’.
‘The Glitter Band: The Albums’ reviewed
❉ ‘Angel Face’ hitmakers get the box set treatment from Cherry Red, but how do their albums hold up?