My grandparents had these neighbours who were getting rid of a ton of records, which are still among some of my most cherished albums. On the same day, I got Out Of Our Heads by the Stones, Wild Honey by The Beach Boys, and some others. But of those,

DRAG CITY, 2000 Grubbs explores more conventional song structures on his fourth solo album but it’s not all mellow acoustic numbers. His inclination for the experimental comes through loud and clear on the drony majesty of “Stanwell Perpetual”, while

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PARLOPHONE/WARNER MUSIC 9/10 Remaster with rarities for downtempo landmark At a time when a lot of electronica seemed to be proudly displaying its determination to stare into the emotional and aesthetic abyss, the debut album from this Versailles pai

While the startling “Sultans Of Swing” launched the band, the quieter, slower tracks on Dire Straits’ self-titled debut – notably “Water Of Love” and “Wild West End” – paved the way for Knopfler’s 21st-century work. 8/10 Arguably DS’s finest record,

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“THE first time we played America, we had this real connection to the audience,” says Neil Halstead. Even after their absence, Slowdive have returned to discover that this connection has gone from strength to strength. “Genres that I was into when I

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Are there similarities between your music-making process and your day job as a psychoanalyst? When I was younger, it felt like a sort of irreconcilable split. But now I see that they inform each other really nicely, because both are about process, an

WHEN ex-Blasters founder Dave Alvin returned to live performance in 2022, after prolonged treatment for cancer, he chose Jimmie Dale Gilmore as his touring partner. He and the renowned Flatlander have now made good on 2018’s terrific Downey To Lubboc

BARRY ADAMSON INCORPORATED 7/10 Soundtrack king returns in a Cave-ian style Adamson’s first LP in seven years comes after he briefly rejoined the Bad Seeds for a US tour, and the influence of Nick Cave’s poetic mastery looms strongly over this song c

A 14-year-old girl has to choose between staying with her father in war-torn Damascus or following her dreams in this prize-winning film from Syrian director Soudade Kaadan. Kristin Stewart and Katy O’Brien star as 1980s bodybuilders in Rose Glass’s

O2 Forum Kentish Town, London, March 18 IT may not have seemed likely when he first yelled about slicing up eyeballs, but Black Francis has grown up to be a retracer. Indeed, the Pixies frontman has practically written the manual on how bands of his

You’ve described this as the “best” Decemberists album… COLIN MELOY: I’m so in the midst of it that I don’t necessarily have a feel for what a “good” Decemberists record is. But there was a point during the recording process where I was looking at th

TAMLA, 1963 The key to the Motown Sound was the early infusion of gospel music’s fervour, beautifully captured by Holland, Dozier and Holland on this 12-bar blues in which, goaded by Johnny Griffi th’s pounding piano chords and Benny Benjamin’s huge

What did you think of Rolling Stone and other publications centring so heavily on the Hendrix comparisons? I felt what we were doing was something unique, and that can make it difficult to pin down. It’s not always easy to find helpful reference poin