Spotlights
by Nick Smith
Nick Smith casts a fond eye back to a super-successful career reinvention and some out-and-out pop classics, 20 years on
by Sam Shepherd
Black Francis and co’s space-themed third, released just a year after their second, became their only Top 3 album. Is it their best?
by Graeme Marsh
On its 30th anniversary, Graeme Marsh looks back on how Happiness became the band’s defining moment
by Ross Horton
Marking an anniversary reissue, Ross Horton examines the enduring influence and impact of the band’s second and final album
by Ross Horton
Examining the Germans’ classic phase, without which entire genres of music would not have existed
by Ben Hogwood
The user-friendly resource, waiving its fees again, is used by small-scale music makers and larger record labels alike. Where to begin?
by Ben Hogwood
The outpouring of shock, love and reverence at the passing of Andrew Weatherall speaks volumes. The conclusion reached by musicians and listeners alike was unanimous: electronic music has lost not only one of its pioneering...
by Rob Mesure
“There are some nice parts of London / You can see them from here” – Archway People “Rainy cafe, Kentish Town, Tuesday / Barry’s looking through the Racing Post / Orders coffee, another round of...
by Ian Roullier
The Prodigy‘s Keith Flint, who has died aged 49, was one of the most recognisable figures in modern music, a pioneering life force of a man whose very silhouette marked him out. As part of...
by Ben Hogwood
To quote a famous song, it’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year. Christmas is – with very few exceptions – recognised as a time to down tools, to appreciate those around you, to spend...
by Nick Smith
The year was 1984. Wham!, Nik Kershaw, Queen and Frankie Goes To Hollywood were everywhere, swatting away toxic masculinity with their bleached-blonde and toussled bouffants, leather and sexual ambiguity. Yet, it was a particularly bleak...
by Rob Mesure
Back in February, Cherry Red began the A Decade In Music reissue programme, releasing the first five of 10 studio albums by sainted indie-poppers Felt. We covered those first five albums here. Now the remaining...
by Michael Hubbard
This year’s Mercury Music Prize nominations have been announced, with Lily Allen, Florence + The Machine, Arctic Monkeys and Wolf Alice among the 12 artists whose albums have made the cut. Here’s the full list,...
by musicOMH
Wire frontman Colin Newman & Minimal Compact‘s Malka Spigel are Immersion, a project which provides an outlet for the Brighton-based duo’s ongoing fascination for crafting enthralling, unique musical soundscapes. New album Sleepless, a suite of...
by musicOMH
musicOMH has been publishing articles about John Howard‘s music since he picked up where he’d left off with his debut album, 30 years after its release. His comeback calling card, appropriately for one rudely interrupted...
by Rob Mesure
“How we felt/Did you feel low?/Not at all…” – Television – Venus “Some things generate their rewards in second-hand ways” – Brian Eno, Los Angeles Times, May 1982 The first Felt album didn’t sell many...
by Steven Johnson
The work of Jóhann Jóhannsson may not have featured much in the way of voices, but it was richly emotive and deeply human in its approach, drawing vivid parallels between mankind and the world we...
by Sam Shepherd
One of the most influential figures of the post-punk era, Mark E Smith died on 24 January 2018. Smith was present at the infamous Sex Pistols gig at Manchester’s Free Trade Hall in 1976, and...
by Graeme Marsh
1997 was a year of snapshots, moments in particular days never to be forgotten. We’re not talking about the grossly over-hyped arrival of Oasis’ Be Here Now album either, despite the date of its arrival...
by Graeme Marsh
For more recent generations, it’s difficult to view Irish megastars U2 as anything other than annoying. From arrogantly gatecrashing Apple users’ iTunes accounts with their mediocre 2014 album Songs Of Innocence to listening to Bono’s...
by Michael Hubbard
Dave Gahan, Martin Gore and Andy Fletcher return this spring with Depeche Mode‘s 14th album and second for Columbia, Spirit. Four years on from the chart-topping success of Delta Machine, the new work sprawls across...
