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Virgin/EMI 4/5 Many a true word is spoken in jest, and never was that more accurate than with Paul Heaton. This, though, is why he’s so undervalued by the muso…
Nick Heyward – Woodland Echoes album review
Nick Heyward – Woodland Echoes Gladsome Hawk 4/5 Former haircut 100 man Nick Heyward returns with remarkable new record ‘Woodland Echoes’ that stands toe-to-toe with past glories. A contender for…
Sparks – Hippopotamus album review
BMG 4/5 Songs about sex and about Scandinavian design. Songs about The Macbeths and about Edith Piaf. Yep, the Mael brothers are back, and as delightfully oddball as ever. If…
OMD – The Punishment of Luxury album review
White Noise 4/5 Halfway through OMD’s 13th album, there’s a brief piece – part song, part collage – entitled Precision & Decay, a requiem for Detroit’s industrial decline. A ghostly…
LCD Soundsystem – American Dream album review
DFA Records/Columbia 5/5 When LCD Soundsystem announced they were disbanding in 2011, a considerable song and dance was made about the news: a four-hour show at New York’s 20,000-capacity Madison…
Liam Gallagher – As You Were album review
Warner Bros Records 4/5 The unfairly maligned Beady Eye may not have set the world alight but the younger Gallagher brother’s solo debut is everything you could reasonably hope for.…
Pet Shop Boys – Nightlife, Release and Fundamental review
Tennant and Lowe kick-start mammoth project featuring expanded reissues of some of their best work… a treasure trove of goodies for PSB fans Parlophone 4/5 These three Pet Shop Boys…
Music legends produce album in the name of Prostate Cancer UK
Eighties pop legend, Nik Kershaw has joined a host of pop and rock icons to produce a album for men’s health in aid of Men United – Prostate Cancer UK’s…
B52s singer Kate Pierson enlists Sia for debut solo album
The B52s singer Kate Pierson releases her debut solo album Guitars And Microphones on June 1. The album is co-written with Sia, who is also the record’s executive producer. Other…
Depeche Mode Must-Have Albums
Here’s the Classic Pop guide to Depeche Mode’s Must Have Albums – taken from our Lowdown feature in issue 1. Look out for more Lowdown instant guides in every issue…