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Amy Winehouse - Lioness: Hidden Treasures

Amy Winehouse - Lioness: Hidden Treasures

The final album, compiling offcuts into heartbreaking shape...This is, perhaps, the most...

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here Immersion Box Set

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here Immersion Box Set

Five whole remastered discs and a mountain of trinkets. But is it worth a ton?JEEZ, THE SOUND...

KATE BUSH - 50 WORDS FOR SNOW

KATE BUSH - 50 WORDS FOR SNOW

Wenceslasaire! Spangladasha! Shnamistoflopp'n! Come frolic in Kate Bush's winter wonderland......

CAN - TAGO MAGO R1971

CAN - TAGO MAGO R1971

40th anniversary reiossue of Krautrock's greatest double album...

FLORENCE + THE MACHINE - CEREMONIALS

FLORENCE + THE MACHINE - CEREMONIALS

Bigger not necessarily better for Florence...

LOU REED & METALLICA - LULU

LOU REED & METALLICA - LULU

Metallica blow away Lou Reed’s cobwebs. Great stuff...

THE BEACH BOYS - THE SMILE SESSIONS

THE BEACH BOYS - THE SMILE SESSIONS

The unfinished symphony, in five formats, with a wealth of extras...

RADIOHEAD - TKOL RMX 1234567

RADIOHEAD - TKOL RMX 1234567

This year’s remodel: The King Of Limbs, remixed across two CDs...

TOM WAITS - BAD AS ME

TOM WAITS - BAD AS ME

Growling, whooping, yelping and crooning: a swaggering, multifarious tour-de-force...

FEIST - METALS

FEIST - METALS

Single-minded Canadian’s fearlessly original tour de force – a genuinely great leap forward......

NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING' BIRDS

NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING' BIRDS

High-altitude birds; mid-tempo songs. So that’s Liam 1, Noel 0...

BJORK - BIOPHILIA

BJORK - BIOPHILIA

App-loaded mother of all concept albums from Icelandic myth-maker...

THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN - REISSUES

THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN - REISSUES

All six studio albums reissued, with many extras...

NIRVANA - NEVERMIND (REISSUE)

NIRVANA - NEVERMIND (REISSUE)

The album that spray-painted the mainstream, now expanded to five discs...

WILCO - THE WHOLE LOVE

WILCO - THE WHOLE LOVE

Self-released, and self-assured. Tweedy and co’s redemptive return.

THE JAYHAWKS - MOCKINGBIRD TIME

THE JAYHAWKS - MOCKINGBIRD TIME

Melancholy reunion for alt.country pioneers...

THE SMITHS - COMPLETE

THE SMITHS - COMPLETE

You've got everything now. The albums and more, remastered.

LAURA MARLING - A CREATURE I DON'T KNOW

LAURA MARLING - A CREATURE I DON'T KNOW

A prodigious talent finds new intensity on her third album

JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE - WINTERLAND

JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE - WINTERLAND

Three San Franciscan nights with Jimi in October ’68

LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM: SEEDS WE SOW

LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM: SEEDS WE SOW

The Mac maverick goes his own way, again. Lush and reflective...

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Editor's Letter

Nick Cave - The Ultimate Music Guide, on sale this week!


“I think I was reaching quite high from the beginning. I may not have had any right to be, but I was. I was always interested in people that were older than me and I looked up to them – people really from a different era to me: Johnny Cash, John Lee Hooker, even writers like Bob Dylan and...