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Album Review: Orbital – Optical Delusion
Alan Sircom says the Hartnoll brothers are back with their 10th album of electronica, this time with more of a collaborative feel and even some angry ranting from Sleaford Mods.
- Alan Sircom
- Mar 2024
Album Review: Young Fathers – Heavy Heavy
With its fast pace and indie hip-hop vibe, the fourth studio album from Mercury Prize-winning Scottish indie band Young Fathers might just be their best yet, according to Shaun Marin.
- Shaun Marin
- Feb 2024
Music Interview: Jenny Don’t and the Spurs
Vocal cord surgery, crashed hard drives, studio fires, floods, pandemics and even the death of their drummer couldn’t stop Jenny Don’t and the Spurs latest album, Fire On The Ridge!
- Sean Hannam
- Feb 2024
Album Review: Bennett Wilson Poole – I Saw A Star Behind Your Eyes, Don’t Let It Die Away
UK Americana at its finest from Robin Bennett, Danny Wilson, and Tony Poole. Their second album moves from America’s West Coast to The Beatles and The Zombies ‘60s British psych-pop.
- Sean Hannam
- Feb 2024
Album Review: Mahler Symphony No 5, Berlin PO, Claudio Abbado
Who would have thought that Deutsche Grammophon released Abbado’s recording of Mahler’s 5th Symphony in 1993 that exactly three decades later it would be re-released on vinyl, asks Jimmy Hughes.
- Jimmy Hughes
- Feb 2024
Album Review: The World In Air Quotes by The God in Hackney
All 11 tracks of this sensational, if occasionally very dark, slice of avant-garde pop meets jazz defy description. This multi-instrumental LA band with strong English vibes have captivated Jason Kennedy.
- Editor
- Feb 2024
Music Interview: Midge Ure
Legendary new wave frontman Midge Ure returns with a six-disc reworking of Ultravox’s third, George Martin-produced album, Quartet. Sean Hannam spoke to the Scottish singer during his recent UK tour.
- Sean Hannam
- Feb 2024
Black Country, New Road: Live at Bush Hall
Imagine the scenario: you’re in your early 20s and you’re […]
- Shaun Marin
- Jan 2024
Music Interview: Bennett Wilson Poole
Sean Hannam speaks to the UK Americana trio Bennet Wilson Poole about their latest album and the shift in inspiration from The Byrds to the psychedelic pop of The Zombies.
- Sean Hannam
- Jan 2024
Music Interview: Billy Valentine
Sean Hannam speaks to US soul singer-songwriter Billy Valentine about his latest album, Billy Valentine and The Universal Truth, the first new music on jazz label Flying Dutchman since 1976.
- Sean Hannam
- Dec 2023
Music Interview: The Long Ryders
The Long Ryders pretty much founded the Americana/alt-country movement when they formed in L.A. in the early ‘80s. Sean Hannam talks with the band about their new album September November.
- Sean Hannam
- Dec 2023
Music Interview: Third Lung
Darlings of the Reading music scene, this up-and-coming four-piece British band have a big sound and even bigger ambitions. Sean Hannam speaks to Third Lung, and their producer, Michael Smith.
- Sean Hannam
- Oct 2023