Josef Herman: Warsaw, Brussels, Glasgow, London, 1938-1944
Josef Herman's early, cathartic work should not be missed
Josef Herman: Warsaw, Brussels, Glasgow, London, 1938-1944
Josef Herman's early, cathartic work should not be missed
Red Army Faction Blues
Red Army Faction Blues persuasively blends fact and fiction in its account of Germany's turbulent times from the '60s to the '80s, writes Paul Simon
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Introducing...
Friday 15 September 2006
OI Polloi are a Scottish punk band who sing in Gaelic. They declare, in Gaelic of course, "this is our music, this is our language. It's alive. It aint dead. We're speaking it, we're not dumb. And we're here to stay."
Capturing REM's early years
Friday 15 September 2006
THIS is the third and most successful attempt at compiling the early years of REM.
Vital as ever
Friday 15 September 2006
WITH an ear for a tune and a nose for trouble, The Stranglers have sustained three decades of deranged fluctuation between mass popularity and cultural ostracisation.
Claustrophobic
Friday 15 September 2006
UP there with the finest chroniclers of twisted relationships and hopeless co-dependency, Nina Nastasia returns with her fourth album after a three-year hiatus since the outstanding John Peel-endorsed Run to Ruin.
Continuing the fight
Friday 08 September 2006
RICHARD FENNING reports on the launch of a new CD with the aim of awakening young people to the horrors of state injustice.
It's a good time to be a Dylan fan
Friday 08 September 2006
BOB Dylan has always given good copy. His recent, well-timed statement that he doesn't "know anybody who has made a record that sounds decent in the past 20 years," proves that the 65-year-old contrarian is still alive and kicking.
Down the house road
Friday 08 September 2006
THE Jaxx - if I may - are a funny one. A dance band who burst onto the scene with a raft of exciting, illuminating tracks. Red Alert, Rendez-Vu, Romeo - all dancefloor fillers, but all with a little soul, a little heart and, yes, a little pop.
Nastasia's diminutive delight
Friday 08 September 2006
THE last time I saw New York's best-kept secret, she was playing to a hushed and reverent Royal Festival Hall alongside, incongruously, a group of Tuvan throat singers.
Healing balm for the world
Friday 08 September 2006
IF the summer seemed frighteningly brief and the autumn rains have set in all too soon, this record will make it all better.
Shades of Lambchop
Friday 08 September 2006
IF you ever had your doubts about the influence, benign or otherwise, a producer can have, then take a listen to this album and then anything by Lambchop and see if you can spot the difference.