Toyah – The Blue Meaning (Expanded Deluxe Edition): Album Review
Dark, intense and disturbingly graphic –an early masterpiece by Toyah revisited
Procol Harum – Missing Persons (Alive Forever) – EP Review
Procol Harum use lockdown to recapture that classic sound
Howard Jones – In The Running Re-mastered: Album Review
Cherry Red release an extensive remastered version of the 1992 album In The Running by Howard Jones.
Focus – Focus 50, Live in Rio and Completely Focussed: Album Review
Focus release ‘Focus 50’ – a concert recorded in Nitteroi, Rio de Janeiro, in 2017. The amazing show features music from across the history of the band from early signature hits to music released in 2017.
The Almighty – Powertrippin’: Album Review
Powertrippin’ – the chart bothering third album from The Almighty gets a reboot.
Oh! You Pretty Things – Glam Queens and Street Urchins 1970-76: Album Review
We go back to the Seventies with Glam Queens And Street Urchins. It’s Glam, Jim, but maybe not as you know it!
Tommy James and The Shondells – Celebration, The Complete Roulette Recordings from 1966-1973: Album Review
A trip back in time showcasing eight Tommy James and Shondells albums, compilations and Tommy James solo work released on the Roulette label.
Buzzcocks – Late For The Train, Live & In Session (1989-2016): Album Review
Another shedload of post classic Buzzcocks live material from the archive. As usual, Cherry Red do the honours.
Curved Air – The Albums 1970-1973: Album Boxset Review
The early albums from Prog Pioneers, Curved Air, get the 4-disc clamshell treatment
Fairport Convention – Fame and Glory (2020 Reissue): Album Review
Fairport Convention’s Breton adventures – now extended! Immerse yourself in Fame and Glory.
Reissues & Compilations of 2020 – Writers’ Picks
We turn our attention to the many excellent reissues and compilations that have helped to keep many of us afloat in 2020.
Chaz Jankel – Glad To Know You – The Anthology 1980-1986: Album Review
Head Blockhead, Chaz Jankel, has his A&M albums reappraised on the Glad To Know you collection.
Hawkwind – 50th Anniversary Live: Album Review
Hawkwind show no signs of stopping even after fifty years. Here’s a live album to help celebrate their half century…
Medicine Head – New Bottles Old Medicine (50th Anniversary Edition): Album Review
Stage buskers’ lo-fi debut masterpiece gets the deluxe repackage treatment. New Bottles Old Medicine by Medicine Head is fifty.
Dave Brock of Hawkwind: Interview
We chat to a genuine legend. Dave Brock from Hawkwind fills us in on his and the band’s current comings and goings.