The Lurkers get the retrospective treatment
Beggars Arkive has announced a 5-CD box set for British punk band The Lurkers for 28th July. Formed in West London in 1976, they had 5 UK top 75 chart singles with resultant [...]
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Ride – Weather Diaries
Against a background of comebacks from scene contemporaries Lush and Slowdive, Ride‘s – well-received – return to the stage after two decades away was [...]
Brian Eno back catalogue gets vinyl revamp
UMC / Virgin EMI have announced deluxe gatefold, 2LP heavyweight vinyl editions of Brian Eno‘s Here Come The Warm Jets, Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy), Another [...]
Formative European electronica explored on new box set
Cherry Red have announced a new 4CD box set – Noise Reduction System: Formative European Electronica 1974-84 – for release on 21st July. The set features 62 [...]
New compilation of Australian 70s/80s synth music scheduled
Festival Records and Warner Music Australia have announced the release of Closed Circuits: Australian Alternative Music of the 70s & 80s – Volume 1 for 28th July. [...]
Ride announce UK tour
Ride have announced a run of UK tour dates for later this year, kicking off at London’s Kentish Forum on the 7th November. Tickets go on general sale 10am Wednesday 7th [...]
Disco Inferno – In Debt
Our re-embracing of the more commercial end of British experimental indie rock c.199x (Lush, Ride, Slowdive) offers an opportunity to acknowledge some of the fertile fields [...]
The Happening: w/e 19 May
The Pains of Being Pure of Heart release The Echo of Pleasure on 14th July via the band’s own Painbow label. A limited edition (500 copies) gold metallic vinyl with [...]
The return of Twin Peaks: Lemuria interview
Back – way back – in the midsts of time, we used to publish a little Twin Peaks fanzine/newsletter thing; a youthful endeavour that not very many people read but which [...]
The return of Twin Peaks: John Thorne interview
Back – way back – in the midsts of time, we used to publish a little Twin Peaks fanzine/newsletter thing; a youthful endeavour that not very many people read but [...]
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