Sleevenotes: September’s vinyl news
Bauhaus release The Bela Session via Leaving Records on 23rd November. The 5 track EP features tracks recorded at the band’s very first studio session. 1. “Bela [...]
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My Kind of Town: Lunar Sounds on Leeds
“In space, no-one can hear you scream.” So the tagline goes anyway. But we can dismiss that claim as the work of those so-called ‘experts’ we keep [...]
Alkaline Trio – Is This Thing Cursed?
Always the sullen-looking guys hanging out on the fringe of the party while the likes of Blink-182 and Green Day frolicked in the pool, Alkaline Trio brought a downtrodden [...]
Dave Davies offers unreleased material on ‘Decade’
Kinks guitarist Dave Davies releases a new 13-track collection of previously unreleased recordings, Decade, on 12th October via Red River Entertainment/BFD. Decade includes [...]
Sleevenotes: August’s vinyl news
Bikini Kill re-issue their Singles compilation for the first time on vinyl on 25 September. It can be ordered direct from the Bikini Kill website. Daughters – the [...]
Cherry Red explore UK power pop and new wave scene
Cherry Red has announced a 3CD “power pop and new wave” set – Harmony In My Head – for release on 26th October. From the press release: “New [...]
The Kinks celebrate 50 years of ‘… Are The Village Green Preservation Society’
The Kinks are to release a 50th anniversary edition of The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society via BMG on 26th October. The set includes previously unreleased [...]
Joe Strummer set mines the archives
Ignition Records has announced Joe Strummer 001 for 28th September, the first compilation to span Strummer’s career outside of his recordings with The Clash. Tracks include [...]
The House of Love debut gets super-deluxe treatment
The House of Love‘s debut album has its 30th anniversary in 2018 and to mark the occcasion, Cherry Red is to issue a 5-CD package. The set includes the band’s [...]
Sleevenotes: May’s vinyl news
Ash‘s Music Islands (18 May) comes in a limited silver vinyl edition. Brian Jonestown Massacre has two albums coming out this year – Something Else (1 June) and a [...]
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