Posts by author
Wyndham Wallace
Wyndham Wallace moved to Berlin, Germany, in 2004, after eight years running City Slang Records’ UK office. Lee, Myself & I, his acclaimed book about singer / songwriter / producer Lee Hazlewood was published in 2015, and in 2018 he fronted Almost Fashionable: A Film About Travis, which won the Edinburgh Film Festival’s Audience Award. He also provides English subtitles for award-winning German films, including Oh Boy (aka A Coffee In Berlin) and Victoria.
We look back on the albums of Thompson Twins and their frontman Tom Bailey… A Product Of… (Participation), 1981 The Thompson Twins were never two. Once they were four, now they…
Kevin Godley interview
In 2017, Kevin Godley, ex of 10cc and Godley & Creme, and a director behind some of the finest videos ever made, was planning a new album, Muscle Memory. That…
It’s Immaterial interview: Getting their house in order
In 2020 It’s Immaterial released their first new album since 1992. That year, members John Campbell and Jarvis Whitehead opened up to us about their three-decade struggle to complete it……
The legends of Mark Hollis
Between 1998’s solo album and his death in 2019, Talk Talk singer Mark Hollis retreated into a reclusive, enigmatic silence. Aided by a new book and a documentary, we…
Sparks – 21st Century Sparks Collection review
A welcome invitation to reassess the oft-neglected but ingenious back catalogue amassed by the dynamic duo during this century’s first decade Given Edgar Wright’s documentary The Sparks Brothers and their…
Review: xPropaganda – The Heart Is Strange
Nearly 40 years after A Secret Wish, Propaganda’s frontwomen reunite with their producer to reclaim their rightful place among synth-pop’s finest… All that we see or seem is but a…
Making The Blue Nile: A Walk Across The Rooftops
They only made four albums in 20 years, so The Blue Nile’s every record is precious. but the Scottish trio’s debut, A Walk Across The Rooftops, offered an as yet…
The Specials: Protest Songs 1924-2012 review
Such was the excitement surrounding Terry Hall’s return to The Specials for 2019’s Encore that they swiftly reconvened in early 2020 to begin a new album. This – for obvious…