Remembering the glory days of the British rock underground.
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Miles Out To Sea And The Power Pop Conundrum
Trying to define the most slippery of music trends is a fool’s game – but tracing the connections between various genres is fascinating.
Classic Albums Revisited: Out-A Space – The Spotnicks In London
The surf guitar spacemen from Sweden visit London for an incongruous collection of easy listening pop.
Right Back Where We Started From: Female Pop And Soul In Seventies Britain
The criminally underrated female-led pop sounds of the 1970s explored in an essential collection.
Summer Is Icumen In – The Witchy World Of British Folk Music
Exploring the pagan roots and dark traditionalism of 1970s British folk, via a new box set.
Classic Albums Revisited: Toyah’s Sheep Farming In Barnet
Toyah’s debut album remains as startling, experimental and unsettling now as it was on its original release.
The Rise And Fall Of Billion Dollar Babies
The former members of the Alice Cooper band and their ambitious but doomed plan for post-Alice glory.
It’s Hip to be Square-ish. The Residents Set Fire to Popular Music Over Seven Discs
Probing the wonders and frustrations of The Residents’ Cube-E Box extravaganza.
Heavy Metal Thunder: the Highs And Lows Of NWOBHM
Exploring the glory days of 1980s British metal and the bands who made it what it was.
Dyin’ Dogs, Metal, Meat And Bone – The Residents Are Not Done Yet
The uber-experimentalists move on from the loss of their leader with a new, angry and aggressive reconstruction of the blues.
Classic Albums Revisited: Hawkwind’s Warrior On The Edge Of Time
The original space rockers and author Michael Moorcock join forces for a seminal concept album.
Heavy Shit? Sir Lord Baltimore’s Metal Credentials Are Tested
Everything louder than everything else: relentless metal pioneers Sir Lord Baltimore remembered.