Mark Lindores has scoured the shelves to bring you the very best books and films on classic pop… Before We Was We Madness Written to mark their 40th anniversary as…
New Releases and Reissues: 9 January
Another day, another dollar, and another weekly roundup of everything new in the world of classic pop… Harry Styles – Fine Line 8/10 Harry Styles’ debut solo single Sign Of The…
New Albums and Reissues
While we’re beyond excited to start talking about all the wonderful new releases 2020 has to offer, we’d be seriously failing you if we didn’t recommend these gems that came…
Review: The Who – Who
The fact that a song called Rockin’ In Rage starts with piano and acoustic guitars indicates where The Who find themselves on their 12th album. Not that it fails to…
Review: Simply Red – Blue Eyed Soul
From the moment Simply Red’s 12th album opens, with staccato horns blaring and “Baby” hollered as if by an overexcited James Brown, it’s clear Mick Hucknall’s not messing around with…
Review: Anna Of The North – Dream Girl
If Anna Lotterud’s 2017 debut lacked distinction, that was partly down to the number of other Scandinavian women operating in similarly frosty fields. Lovers fetishised the 80s effectively, but lacked…
Review: Magne Furuholmen – White Xmas Lies
Given he’s helped write some of the biggest songs by Norway’s biggest band, you’d think A-ha’s Magne Furuholmen would be happy. That his third solo album is a Christmas collection…
Review: The Brand New Heavies – TBNH
SHOP NOW ON AMAZON FROM £9.99 It says a lot that The Brand New Heavies’ co-founder and guitarist Simon Bartholomew describes their 11th album’s cover as “a bit clubby, a…
New Releases & Reissues: 20 December
With Christmas literally five days from our doorstep, we’ve compiled a handy guide for the best new releases and reissues to take the hassle out of that last minute gift…
Review: Bon Iver – i,i
SHOP NOW FOR YOUR COPY OF i,i It’s clear from the start of Justin Vernon’s fourth Bon Iver album it’s not going to be an easy listen. Even when, after…