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In praise of Bear Family Records

April 25, 2017 | Dave Thompson | 0

One of the most exciting announcements of the last year or so was the news that the MVD Entertainment Group is now handling the Bear Family catalog. ►

The Brain Box – Cerebral Sounds Of Brain Records 1972-1979

April 20, 2017 | Dave Thompson | 0

Throughout the first half of the 1970s, and on from there, too, Germany’s Brain label was one of the pillars of the Krautrock community, and more. ►

Reviews: Humble Pie, Michael McGear, Zombies, Peter Hook, Flamin’ Groovies, Jackie Lee, Kopf Musik,

April 15, 2017 | Dave Thompson | 0

Michael McGear Woman (CD) (Estoteric/Cherry Red) The biggest surprise about Michael McGear’s first solo album was probably the fact that it didn’t sound like Michael McGear. Far more familiar as a member of the Scaffold et al, than a “serious” … ►

Reviews: Bordellos, Lionel Bart, Unicorn, Brinsley Schwarz, Us and Them, Steve Hackett, Judge Smith, Jah Wobble, Moloko+, Cary Grace, Mark & the Clouds

February 14, 2017 | Dave Thompson | 0

The Bordellos Underground Tape Volume 5 (Bandcamp – free download) There’s two ways of looking at the Bordellos. Either they are the most exhilarating noise your garage has made since the days when you were doing useful things in there … ►

Ian Hunter – the Golden Age Lives On

January 16, 2017 | Dave Thompson | 0

To say that Ian Hunter and, before he launched his solo career, Mott the Hoople mean a lot more than they ever sold is something of an understatement. Mott’s biggest hit single was their first, more than two years before … ►

The First Lady’s First Lady – Samantha Dubois, from Caroline with Love

January 13, 2017 | Dave Thompson | 0

Of all the anniversaries set to be celebrated this year, good and bad, no doubt the fiftieth anniversary of the death of British pirate radio will be among the most loudly discussed… and so it should be. After three years … ►

Review: Action Time Vision – Independent UK Punk 1977-1979

December 28, 2016 | Dave Thompson | 0

various Action Time Vision – A Story of Independent UK Punk 1976-1979 (Cherry Red) Strange, but true. The most telling observation on the post-punk passage of time is the scene in the video for Shampoo’s “Trouble.” A middle-aged dad is … ►

Spin Cycle’s Twelve Days of Christmas, 2016

December 7, 2016 | Dave Thompson | 0

A countdown of this year’s top releases according to Goldmine’s Spin Cycle’s columnist Dave Thompson. ►

Reviews: John Cale, Jethro Tull, Dave Swarbrick, Adrian Sherwood, Black Sabbath, Glitter Band, Theatre of Hate

December 5, 2016 | Dave Thompson | 0

John Cale Fragments of a Rainy Season (Domino 2CD) First released back in 1992, in an age when you didn’t trip over Cale live albums every time you left the house, Fragments of a Rainy Season was also issued in … ►

Reviews: Mortlake Bookclub, Sleepyard, Paolo Sala, Sendelica, A Year in the Country, United Bible Studies,

December 2, 2016 | Dave Thompson | 0

Mortlake Bookclub Exquisite Corpse (Reverb Worship) You know what the problem is with modern music? There’s not enough secret societies, gathering in the shadows to make deliciously dismal sounds, which they then unleash upon a world which… well, you can fill … ►