New albums

“All I’ve got is a red guitar, three chords, and the truth,” Bono announced on Rattle & Hum, borrowing a phrase from country music’s Harlan Howard. Judging from his latest…

Rupert Holmes is a British- American tunesmith largely remembered – or despised – for his somewhat anomalous 1979 hit single, Escape (The Piña Colada Song), probably because listeners assumed he…

Flesh For Lulu were a bunch of South Londoners who, in the 80s and early-90s, specialised in new wave pop-rock with a hint of glam, all dressed up in the…

“I don’t care about you,” former Kaiser Chief Nick Hodgson confesses early on this solo album, “But I’m trying to get you to smile.” How noble that is, though in…

Genesis founder and keyboardist Tony Banks said he didn’t appear on his last LP, 2012’s Six Pieces for Orchestra, because: “It had always been an ambition of mine to have…

If you like synth-pop, you’ll love this obscure, cult-ish, previously hard to find and expensive treat. Actually, it’s synth-pop meets jazz-funk with more than a touch of exotica and Oriental…

Despite considerable plaudits, Thomas White’s parent band, Electric Soft Parade, have often struggled to convert kudos into commerce. Perhaps conscious of this, White has immersed himself in other activities, including…

Their career was short, but left its mark, as a recent reissue of 1979’s Scared To Dance will remind you. All it takes is Kings Of The New World Order’s…

Huw Costin has been promising his ‘new’ project’s debut for almost a decade. Perhaps he was waiting for middle age to arrive: having once rocked with Earth The Californian Love…