April Reviews
The Primitives, Jack White, Lightships, Jah Wobble, Graham Coxon
Updated here.
May
What to look forward to here.
Public Image Limited
Live and gone to Heaven here.
The Doors
40 years since LA Woman
The enduring appeal of Jim Morrison here.
Is This Really 2012?
The Cranberries, Cast, Dodgy, Sinéad O'Connor, The Wedding Present
The surprising return of the old school here.
February Album Reviews
Sorting the wheat from the chaff here.
Howlin' Wolf and Hood
Still singing the blues.
Two very different box sets share the feeling here.
The Smiths
Why they still matter.
Complete - all their albums nicely boxed here.
Kristin Hersh talks to Isolation
"I still feel that it's worth it."
25 years of making music that matters. Some musings here.
January Album Reviews
2012 opens with a deluge of new albums here.
Review of 2011
Thank God that's over.
A look at a disappointing year and some rare gems here.
Manic Street Preachers
The last farewell?
A night at the O2 Arena remembered.
This Mortal Coil
Remastered, repackaged, unreleased track sees the light of day.
The new box set reviewed.
Throwing Muses
On the road in the UK.
Thoughts on Bexhill and Shepherd's Bush here.
The Jesus & Mary Chain
"We always wondered why nobody made pop music with the
backing of something like Einstürzende Neubaten."
Their albums repackaged and reviewed.
Crime & The City Solution
"I went to buy some milk in 1994 and didn't come back until 2010."
Simon Bonney looks to pick up the pieces.
Their story so far.
Throwing Muses
New 4AD Anthology chosen by the band reviewed.
Forthcoming UK Tour dates.