Articles by Douglas Baptie

About Douglas Baptie (208 Articles)

Editor at Words & Guitars. Lives in Carlisle, far away from 'that London'.

The Kinks celebrate 50 years of ‘… Are The Village Green Preservation Society’

August 16, 2018 // 0 Comments

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

June 29, 2018 // 0 Comments

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

June 19, 2018 // 0 Comments

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

May 8, 2018 // 0 Comments

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 [...]

Rat Scabies trails debut solo album

April 20, 2018 // 0 Comments

Rat Scabies has announced his forthcoming debut solo album P.H.D. (Prison, Hospital, Debt) for release on Cleopatra Records on 18 May. Recorded over several years, the album [...]

Doc N Roll Film Festival hits Manchester

April 20, 2018 // 0 Comments

The Doc N Roll Music Documentary Festival has announced it will roll into Manchester for the very first time from 23rd to 28th May 2018. With screenings taking place at the [...]

Couch Potatoes: DiabloFurs on their favourite films

April 17, 2018 // 0 Comments

Straight out of Notts, DiabloFurs have been catching a lot of local attention with their hot take on post-punk pop scuzz. With a couple of well received singles in the bank, [...]

Chapter & Verse: Be Like Pablo

March 26, 2018 // 0 Comments

Los Angeles. Florida. These are the natural homes of arena-sized power pop. You need a bit of sunshine to accompany all those chunky riffs and soda pop lyrics about girls and [...]

Bauhaus’ Kevin Haskins compiles new band visual archive

February 28, 2018 // 0 Comments

Bauhaus‘ member Kevin Haskins releases Bauhaus – Undead: The Visual History and Legacy of Bauhaus on 16th March via Cleopatra Records, described as “a [...]

Reunion dates for Thee Hypnotics – plus archive release

January 29, 2018 // 0 Comments

A heavyweight vinyl anthology, including rare and unreleased material from 90s rock’n’rollers Thee Hypnotics, is due out via Beggars Arkive, with an accompanying tour [...]

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