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Ivo Watts-Russell is one of the great under-celebrated pathfinders for UK 80s indie music. His 4AD label incubated a sharp, profound, melancholic musical aesthetic whose influence has reverberated ever since.…
Review: Yazoo – Four Pieces/Three Pieces
A new boxset – on either four vinyl discs or three CDs – remasters Yazoo’s two classic studio albums and adds BBC radio sessions and remixes Yazoo’s genesis was rooted…
Bananarama limited edition coloured vinyl and cassette reissues!
Bananarama to reissue six albums on coloured vinyl for the first time, as well as multi-coloured cassette tapes. Exciting news for Bananarama fans! For the first time since they…
Review: Pet Shop Boys – Behaviour / Very / Bilingual: Further Listening
These three reissues – plus extras – covering the Pet Shop Boys’ 1990s output prove that we should take their post-imperial phase seriously… In the pre-fame days, when he was…
Review: Morrissey – This Is Morrissey
Morrissey’s cancelling last month of his UK and European tour to promote last year’s Low In High School album was a fresh nadir for an artist whose career has, for…
Review: Various Artists – Now That’s What I Call Music! 1
The original Now! album weaned a whole generation off recording pop songs from the Sunday evening Radio 1 countdown Admittedly it wasn’t the first but it went on to become the…
Reviews: Depeche Mode – Speak & Spell & A Broken Frame – 12″ Singles
Witness the musical growing pains of a band as the Essex electro-poppers get to grips with a new line-up and their own emerging sound. Ian Gittins gives this Sony reissue…
The Police announce Every Move You Make: The Studio Recordings
To celebrate 40 years of Outlandos D’Amour, The Police are releasing a 6 vinyl box set of studio recordings on 16 November 2018 Every Move You Make: The Studio Recordings is…
Review: David Bowie – Welcome To The Blackout (Live London ’78)
Captured in the summer of 1978, this 2CD live set showcases a recovering genius back on top of his game and sounding as vital as ever. Ian Gittins review’s Bowie’s…
The Beatles celebrate the White Album with special anniversary releases
The Beatles are celebrating the 50th anniversary of their self-titled ninth studio album release, better known as The White Album, with fresh releases that include new mixes in stereo and…