Hawkwind Hit a Late-Career High With ‘All Aboard the Skylark’
The nostalgia circuit will have to wait a while. Hawkwind have just released an album that borrows from the 1970s, but still sounds relevant in 2019.
Ian Rushbury
It's all my big brother's fault. If he hadn't played me Abbey Road a thousand years ago, I'd have turned out normal. Being a bassist, writer, and music geek is huge fun though. And the hours are great. Favourite Beatle: still Paul.
Those Pretty Wrongs Get It Pretty Right With ‘Zed For Zulu’
While the rest of the world bickers and sulks, Luther Russell and Big Star's Jody Stephens as Those Pretty Wrongs make an album brimming with love and positivity.
Sean O’Hagan Breathes New Life Into MOR with ‘Radum Calls, Radum Calls’
The head High Llama, Sean O'Hagan reaches way beyond pop to make the surreal easy listening album, Radum Calls, Radum Calls.
The Groundhog’s ‘Blues Obituary’ Gets a 2018 Makeover
They had the tunes, the skill and street credibility for miles. What the Groundhogs didn't have, was the ability to sell records outside of the UK.
The Posies Finally Land the One That Got Away with ‘Amazing Disgrace’
The Posies released the definitive noise-pop album while everyone was still mourning the death of grunge.
The Other Brother in the Kinks Releases a Gem of an Album with ‘Decade’
Dave Davies' lost 1970s recordings finally emerge on Decade, and they sound raw, ragged and lovely.
R.E.M. Grow Up in Public on ‘At the BBC’
R.E.M. at the BBC features eight CDs and a DVD of material recorded live in Britain by R.E.M., who went from cult heroes to global superstars right before our eyes.
Drum and Bass Meets Film Noir on Blackfilm’s ‘Zero One Seven’
Blackfilm's Zero One Seven hints at somewhere drum 'n' bass could go.
Joe Strummer’s Greatest Hits? ‘001’ Compiles the Should-have-been-smashes with Rarities
Pre and post Clash recordings, rarities and a surprise or two on a long overdue anthology of the enduring artist that is Joe Strummer.
Jill Sobule Breaks a Nine-Year Silence with ‘Nostalgia Kills’
Jill Sobule has made a great album with Nostalgia Kills which draws from her past, but points towards her future.
The Durutti Column’s ‘Without Mercy’ Gets the Expansive Reissue Treatment
A forgotten classic or a pretentious misstep? Durutti Column's Vini Reilly doesn't like Without Mercy, but he just might be wrong.
Matthew Cutter Chronicles the Ordinary/ Extraordinary Life of Robert Pollard
On the lo-fi high jinks of unlikely alt-rock legend, Guided by Voices' Robert Pollard.