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“I don’t care about you,” former Kaiser Chief Nick Hodgson confesses early on this solo album, “But I’m trying to get you to smile.” How noble that is, though in…
Stealers Wheel – The A&M Years review
If you ever watched that scene in Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs – in which Michael Madsen’s Mr Blonde character tortures a cop as he makes neat terpsichorean moves to the…
Roxy Music – Roxy Music review
Along with Marc Bolan and David Bowie, Roxy Music formed part of the holy early- 70s trinity of acts in terms of impact on the musicians that appear in the…
Sweet – Sensational Sweet review
The early-70s weren’t all Bowie, Roxy and Bolan. In fact, there’s a tendency to see the aforementioned trio as “good glam” or “high glam”, while their contemporaries, such as The…
Tony Banks – 5 review
Genesis founder and keyboardist Tony Banks said he didn’t appear on his last LP, 2012’s Six Pieces for Orchestra, because: “It had always been an ambition of mine to have…
Bonnie Tyler – Remixes and Rarities review
Bonnie Tyler’s music is already OTT – power balladry at its most epic and bombastic – so what better than a CD full of extensions and extrapolations? Remixes And Rarities…
Andrew Ridgeley – Son of Albert review
This is the first reissue for Ridgeley’s debut, originally released in 1990, in the wake of his former Wham!-mate’s ascension to global megastardom with Faith. It evinced a hard rock…
Hiroshi Sato – Orient review
If you like synth-pop, you’ll love this obscure, cult-ish, previously hard to find and expensive treat. Actually, it’s synth-pop meets jazz-funk with more than a touch of exotica and Oriental…
Parker’s Band – Our Hands Are Tied review
Though it sounds like it’s been agonised over, and some tracks were written over a decade ago, it’s because Owen Parker’s been busy writing for acts like Pet Shop Boys…
The Fiction Aisle – Jupiter, Florida review
Despite considerable plaudits, Thomas White’s parent band, Electric Soft Parade, have often struggled to convert kudos into commerce. Perhaps conscious of this, White has immersed himself in other activities, including…