Title: The Complete Recordings 1980-81 Label: Cherry Red A new wave outfit with synths, the Berlin Blondes were not, in fact, from Berlin at all but Glasgow. Yes, that fair city…
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Title: Drive On Label: Floating World Mott was a derivation from the successful rock band, Mott the Hoople. That band was beset by a revolving door of band line-up changes that…
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Title: Misfits – The Mercury Years 1986-1990 Label: Caroline Launched in 1984, Curiosity Killed The Cat teetered on the fence labelled pop and jazz-funk – well, jazz-funk-lite – and added boy band…
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Title: The Last Mile Home for Christmas/Radiant Beams on this Christmas Eve Label: Jasmine I don’t want to worry you unduly but it’s not that far until Christmas. Obviously, for audiophiles,…
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Title: We’re All in the Dance Label: Turtle Ridge A selection of jazz-centred and more contemporary fare, Caswell appears to know her subject, serving as an Adjunct Lecturer in Music at…
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Title: My New Moon Label: Dualtone Lee has an easy-going and laid back approach to music and to his delivery. His take on country, blues, folk and R&B allows the music…
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Title: Qeubra Cabeça Label: Glitterbeat Their fourth album their second on the Glitterbeat label, the 10-piece outfit Bixiga 70 have been in action since 2010 and pushes out an Afro-Brazilian vibe…
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Title: Daega Rek Label: Glitterbeat Well, this is an intriguing one and no mistake. We’ve got dub here, jazz-beats, electronica and world-based rhythms and vocals. The band is based in London…
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Title: The Fifty Eleven Project Label: Kompakt Bjorke hails from Denmark, first making a name for himself during the 90s disco-house oriented outfit known as Filur. That lasted for four albums…
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Title: Bimini Twist Label: Tiny Global They were certainly quirky in style but they also were incredibly attractive as a musical force. There was something about Young Marble Giants that forced…
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Title: Fall Of The Peacemakers 1980-1985 Label: HNE When you have a band name that apparently was drawn from a Southern prostitute who apparently beheaded her clients but not before dabbling in…
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Title: Spaciousness Label: Lo Recordings Pay careful attention to this one, you might need time for everything to sink in. This double album focuses on ambient music and invite a host…
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Title: Elemente Label: Bureau B For those not in the know, this is the third incarnation of one of the most prestigious of all krautrock bands, Kluster/Cluster formed by Dieter Moebius,…
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Title: Schaum Label: Tapete This is the first album by Unhappybirthday in three years. That album, Schauer, was influenced by the Georges Perec novel, Un Homme Qui Dort. Lots of melancholy…
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Title: Sequence Label: Upset the Rhythm Rattle are two ladies from the city of Nottingham, UK namely Katherine Eira Brown and Theresa Wrigley. And they give us? Drums. Plus a few…
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Title: Squier Label: Stolen Body A second album from Dr Chan. Uh-oh. But no, let’s pretend we don’t know and see what happens. Based upon classic nasty rock’n’roll rhythms this French…
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Tite: Easy Label: Stolen Body All the way from Montreal Quebec, ex-one man band the now band-bedecked Paul Jacobs wrote, performed, recorded and mixed this album. Anyone how has seen his…
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Title: Emotional Detox Label: Bureau B The fourth album from the Berlin-based combo, Camera. The band released one LP as a duo, one as a trio but this one is a…
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Title: Science Fiction Label: Mikrokosmos Bailey was the lead singer with the 80s pop combo, the Thompson Twins yet this is Bailey’s debut solo album. The first since the Thompson Twins’…
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Title: Free Spirit Label: Quarto Valley Records This is a 3LP set, presented in a double fold-out gatefold sleeve, captures Paul Rodgers in a live setting, the Royal Albert Hall in…
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Titles: Magnetic Web/Numbers/Beyond the End…Eternity/Zero Gravity Label: Wah Wah Dedicated, hard core Rolling Stones fans will know Nik Pascal as the guy who played percussion on the 1973 Stones LP, Goats…
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Title: Phantasmagoria Label: Esoteric An expanded two disc edition of the original Phantasmagoria album. Originally released in 1972, the album was the first to feature the line-up of Sonja Kristina (vocals,…
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Title: Paradox Label: Reprise Most musicians tend to become increasingly safer in terms of their art and more conservative with age. It’s to do with increasing money and power plus a…
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Title: Singles Label: BMG Formed in Derry in 1974, The Undertones consisted of the O’Neill brothers – John and Damian on guitars, Michael Bradley on bass, Billy Doherty on drums and…
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Title: Carl Palmer’s ELP Legacy Live Label: BMG This set features two live shows. On the CD is a show from 25 November 2015, featuring the ELP album, Tarkus alongside Mars,…
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Title: Best Of Label: Angel Air Scotland-spawned Stone the Crows had everything going from them but luck. They were talented, well known and respected but never received the success they deserved.…
