Music Reviews

John Martyn - Solid Air—Classics Revisited

Don't be misled by the title. This is not Martyn's classic 1973 album Solid Air, but a best-of...

Peggy Lee - The Complete Capitol Small Group Transcriptions

Three-CD discovery from original Queen of Cool

Various Artists - Aktion Mekanik

Compilation of hardcore electro and New Beat from Belgium-based label

Jerry Lee Lewis

The Killer's country comeback years on 28-track twofer

Pavement - Slanted And Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe

Indie landmark gets elaborate two-CD reissue

Various Artists - The Wild Bunch

Typical set by the '80s Bristol sound system that predated Massive Attack, mixed by original DJ...

Dandies Of The Underground

Comprehensive collection of Philly pop-soul boys, fronted by Todd Rundgren, who looked to...

Various Artists - Platinum Soul Legends 1960-1975

Strong across-the-board selection of soul classics

A Boy's Own Story

Pick'n'mix four-CD retrospective from original '80s New Popsters, including demos, remixes,...

The Sunshine Company - The Blades Of Grass

The Blades Of Grass

ARE NOT FOR SMOKING

REV-OLA

West Coast ex-folksters The...

Laika - Lost In Space: Volume One 1993-2002

Double retrospective featuring rarities/outtakes disc

Big Brother And The Holding Company

'Frisco hippies who survived the '60s and still go back there for a living

Intastella - Intastella Overdrive

Double CD compendium from Mancunian Deee-lite

John Coltrane - A Love Supreme: Deluxe Edition

New digital version with no shortage of bonuses

Tangerine Dream - Zeit

Edgar Froese's Berlin electronica franchise got into gear with this 1972 double, Tangerine Dream...

Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables

Proto-US hardcore from Jello Biafra and gang

Palace In Wonderland

It's over a decade since former actor Will Oldham took his first faltering steps in a forgotten...

Satyricon - Volcano

Black metal from Norway

Reed shows off "heavy bear" side on two-CD tribute to 19th-century poet

Brokeback - Look At The Bird

Tortoise off-shoot, featuring Stereolab's Laetitia Sadier and Mary Hansen

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Bruce Springsteen, Tame Impala, Rodriguez, George Clinton, John Fogerty, Prince and George Jones in new Uncut


I would have bought the issue of Melody Maker in which I first read about Bruce Springsteen on my way into the art school in Newport, where in March 1973 I was in my last term, only a few months away from moving to London and not long after that fetching up on MM as a junior reporter/feature...