Tag Archives: Nik Turner

Dodson and Fogg – Not Just a Pair of Dickensian Lawyers….

March 22, 2015 | Dave Thompson | 0

The name is Dickensian, but the music carves through currents even older than that. A glorious resurrection, and fervent re-investigation, of the instincts that lay at the heart of so much of what is important about British music these days, … ►

Spin Cycle’s Best New Albums of 2013

December 1, 2013 | Dave Thompson | 0

It’s December, which means it’s that time again. Listed alphabetically, because there’s no way to decide, Spin Cycle’s favorite albums of the year. (So far….) Tim Bowness + Peter Chilvers – California Norfolk (label profile coming soon) Beautify Junkyards – Beautiful … ►

Hawkwind – scaling rock’s greatest family tree

November 7, 2013 | Dave Thompson | 0

Reviewing what was then Hawkwind’s latest single, back in the late 1970s, the English New Musical Express responded to its title “25 Years” by asking “have they really been going that long?” They hadn’t. But today, the intrepid spacemen have … ►

Ex-Hawkwind’s Nik Turner releases new album and tours to wild applause… and not a little controversy

October 13, 2013 | Dave Thompson | 3

Forty years on from the epochal Space Ritual, thirty on from Inner City Unit, and almost twenty since his last visit to these shores, one-time Hawkwind mainstay Nik Turner is back on the road in the United States, and promoting … ►

Performers flex their might at the Isle of Wight

August 17, 2010 | Patrick Prince | 4

From Hendrix to The Who, the 1970 festival has become a treasured classic ►