The Lemon Twigs Have Written a Rites of Passage Musical About a Chimp
On Go to School, the Lemon Twigs have taken a lot of what made the first part of the 1970's vibrant and colorful and fascinating and applied those things to a contemporary work.
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.
We Are Muffy Turn the Clock Way Back with ‘The Charcoal Pool’
The Lilac Time's Nick Duffy polishes up his autoharp and makes a quietly wonderful record with his new duo We Are Muffy.
‘Gathered From Coincidence’ Plugs the Gap Between Merseybeat and Psychedelia
Three CDs of obscure, left field British folk-pop? Who needs that? The answer my friend, isn't blowing in the wind... the answer is you.
How the New Wave of British Heavy Metal Changed Rock Music Forever
Winds of Time is a three-CD collection of songs by bands that barely anyone outside the UK have even heard of. It's also the Rosetta Stone of thrash metal.
Matthew Sweet Prolongs His Winning Streak with ‘Tomorrow’s Daughter’
It's album 13 for Matthew Sweet and although the old dog isn't performing many new tricks, the old ones are working just fine, thank you very much.
Loudon Wainwright III’s ‘Liner Notes’ Is Witty, Sad and Wonderful — Like His Music
As the patriarch of a dynasty which makes The Osbournes seem as staid as The Waltons, Wainwright III muses on life, death, and public swimming pools.
Anton Barbeau Flirts With the Mainstream on ‘Natural Causes’
Anton Barbeau polishes up the back catalog, calls on some heavy friends, and makes an album that's hard not to love.
The Last Punks Standing: The Damned Team With Bowie’s Producer for ‘Evil Spirits’
They were the first and at this rate, they'll probably be the last. The least hip band of UK punk's first wave outlast the competition by 30-plus years and make a polished rock album.
Blackberry Smoke Party Like It’s 1974 with ‘Find a Light’
The 'Smoke move forward by digging down further into country and folk and then step a little harder on the fuzz pedal for album #6.
Believe the Hype: Paul Gorman’s Story of Style Bible ‘The Face’
Pop culture in the Thatcher/Reagan years and beyond, all photographed beautifully and polished to a high sheen. Paul Gorman guides us through the A-List parties and the corporate takeovers of 24 years of The Face.
Eels Swerve Into the Middle of the Road With ‘The Deconstruction’
Are they tired? Hungover? Four years after their last album, Eels meander into the studio and make an uncharacteristically anodyne record.
‘Bunk’ Joins the Dots Between Barnum and Trump
Kevin Young painstakingly presents the history of hoaxes and why we keep falling for the same old shtick.