In which introspective, personal studies of human frailty and despair are turned into vacuously bouncy dancefloor bangers, metal misfires and saccharine pop show tunes.
Tag: cover versions
The Alternative Cartoon Reality Of Spin A Magic Tune
An oddball collection of easy listening show tunes inspired by the children’s TV favourites of the early 1970s.
Dora’s World: Remembering Dora Hall, Queen Of The Vanity Record
The prolific and pointless musical career of a woman with limited talent but unlimited resources.
Die Crazy Girls Take On The Leader Of The Pack
The spectacular German-language cover version of the immortal pop classic.
Arthur Brown Reheats Fire
The God of Hellfire returns with a new, all-star version of his classic hit song.
The Unexpected Joys Of Lockdown: Toyah Willcox And Robert Fripp’s Sunday Lunches
The eccentric performances from the married couple have been an unexpected highlight of the last year.
Champion! Stuart Damon’s Musical Career
The unheralded musical career of the star of The Champions and General Hospital.
Danger! Low Voltage – Electric Six’s Album Of Lacklustre Cover Versions
The disco-rock miscreants return with an album of other people’s songs that offers nothing new to the original versions.
Mah Na Mah Na – The Sound Of 1977
Forget Rod Stewart vs the Sex Pistols – this was the real battle for chart supremacy in the summer of 1977.
No Matter How Great You Think The Beatles Were, You’re Wrong. They Were Even Greater
Why the Fab Four really were fab.
Re-Tainted Love From Soft Cell
The Eighties classic of despair and desperation returns as a new recording in a fancy limited edition.
Welcome To The Duplication Machine
We scratch our heads over Still Wish You Were Here, an efficient but entirely pointless recreation of Pink Floyd’s masterpiece Wish You Were Here.