This new slant on the events is at least a small recompense for all that bad feeling.
...anyone fearing that finally finishing 'Smile' would diminish its status can now...
Tragedy was lurking just around the corner, but for these precious moments they were,...
Not a release for beginners; but most satisfying for those who already know Frank's...
Let's be unequivocable here. These two albums represent the most important re-releases...
An album that's always going to sound box fresh: 5.1 surround sound just adds a little...
But always that voice wins you over, turning history into passion before your very...
He succeeded because he knew nothing about how to make pop records. And he failed...
Listening to Cuckooland is akin to having a cup of tea with a very, very intelligent...
While there's no denying the oft-comical aspects of all things heavy and metallic only...
...Just another, utterly spellbinding collection of trad and self-penned tunes...
This is a band at the height of its powers. Forget their prestigious past. The future...
They go cycling. They don't give interviews. Every day they turn up at their Kling...
Bill's approach is, on the surface, a little more traditional than many, yet get a...
This is, quite simply, the best way to hear Kraftwerk in a fresh setting.
Hicks (and his Hot Licks) has been titillating our ears now for nearly 35 years with...
An essential glimpse of what makes Young an enigma and a genius.
The songs here return to the simple acoustic heartland that lies at the centre of some...
An ability to disregard the weight of the past and restlessly seek new ground is to be...
A life of poverty, tradition and religious dread suffuses songs steeped in misery and...
Sylvian alone is his most compelling incarnation yet. Prepare to get close...
Following a virtually albumless 90s he gives us his third album of high-wire...
He was the greatest guitarist of the 60s until some wild-haired guy from Seattle...
Forget Nick Cave - Shirley and Dolly got there first...
His critically-lauded albums had made little money and Miller, himself injured in a...
On this evidence he still has the energy, not only to keep pace with the contemporary...
Those of a sensitive nature can leave now. They came from the land of the ice and...
On this evidence it'll be a long (or should that be lang?) time before Reader and her...
Like the wild-eyed bloke muttering next to you on the bus, John Cale refuses to go...
The man who, in the 70s, used to present one of the most disturbing live shows ever...
...it's business as usual. If only all other bands' business were this crisp, funky...
The phrase that strikes home again and again is: 'I said: your Daddy loves you very...
He emotes, he urges and, above all, he convinces. It's about as far as you can get...
...listening to the oddball irreverence applied to these radio sessions reminds one...
Few bands today would dare to be so audacious...
You'll find no rolling, highway-chewing numbers on this album. McCusker and Rusby have...
It's still not yer average party album, but it is a brave and necessary step away from...
Never before or since has so much volume been made for so many by so few. And that...
Breezes from the Baltic seem to make as good a muse as the dry Mojave winds of Tuscon...
Brooding soundtrack to Soderbergh's remake of the classic sci-fi film. Set adrift in...
This reissue goes some way in restoring an unnecessarily tarnished reputation.
Not for the faint-hearted.
As with his finest Lemonheads songs, the bitterness is always delivered with a...
Reissued at last, now the world can finally catch up...
Spacey improv meets post rock and fragile folky constructions in the debut from...
He may be working on the West Coast these days and his muse may still reside in Middle...
...Mambo Sinuendo doesn't exactly redress the balance, but he's back in full electric...
Two volumes in, and it's already looking like a memorable ride...who cares if it's...
There's no escaping Oldham's darker viewpoint and Greatest Palace Music is unavoidably...
This is a peaceful album, but it contains very little peace.
