This is the first reissue for Ridgeley’s debut, originally released in 1990, in the wake of his former Wham!-mate’s ascension to global megastardom with Faith. It evinced a hard rock…
Hiroshi Sato – Orient review
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…
Parker’s Band – Our Hands Are Tied review
Though it sounds like it’s been agonised over, and some tracks were written over a decade ago, it’s because Owen Parker’s been busy writing for acts like Pet Shop Boys…
The Fiction Aisle – Jupiter, Florida review
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…
Skids – Burning Cities review
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…
Torn Sail – This Short Sweet Life review
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…
They Might Be Giants – I Like Fun review
Johns Flansburgh and Linnell currently knock out new material at such a pace one wonders whether they have gambling debts to pay. This year they’ll revive their Dial-A-Song website, but…
The Go! Team – Semicircle review
Ah, the sound of youth. We’re not talking about The Go! Team themselves, of course. The project – essentially the brainchild of Brighton’s Ian Parton – has been around a…
Wild Beasts – Last Night All My Dreams Came True review
Always quit while you’re ahead, they say, and Wild Beasts were doing pretty much that when they called last orders late in 2017. There will be some who argue they…
Janice – Fallin’ Up review
Sweden’s Janice Kavander recently stated that: “I don’t make super commercial music”. That claim is open for debate, and may surprise her major label advocates, especially since she’s apparently been…