Pete Shelley ‘XL1’ (Genetic, 1983)
When Pete Shelley died in December 2018, a universal acknowledgement of just how much we’d lost soon followed.
Yello: Holy Banana
Dieter Meier and Boris Blank are back with a new Yello album. Four years in the making, it’s a collection of typically sassy and surreal electronic pop songs, including one with a mysterious fruit reference…
Ultravox: Ooohhh Vienna
Ultravox’s seminal album ‘Vienna’ took the band from the edge of oblivion to pop stardom. Midge Ure, Billy Currie, Chris Cross and Warren Cann remember the turbulent times and twists of fate that set them on the path to glory
Max Richter: The Rights Stuff
Inspired by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the 1948 United Nations document, Max Richter’s ‘Voices’ album reflects his alarm at the state of our world as the 21st century unfolds
Castles In Space: King Of The Castle
With releases from the likes of Polypores and Concretism, Castles In Space is one of the UK’s most essential independent labels. And it all started in the unlikely setting of the bar at Barrow Association Football Club
Devo: Freedom Of Choice
Forty years on from their synthpop masterpiece ‘Freedom Of Choice’, Devo’s Jerry Casale and Mark Mothersbaugh reflect on a record made for 1980 whose dire warnings are more relevant today than ever
Robert Marlow ‘The Peter Pan Effect’ (Energy, 1983)
The Gods of Pop work in decidedly mysterious ways.
Jah Wobble
Drink, drugs, libraries and gardening… dub maestro Jah Wobble shares a few of his formative influences
The FLK
The man behind The FLK’s sought-after 2011 ‘Chill Out’ homage, ‘We Know Where The Time Goes’, reveals all
Liquid Liquid ‘Optimo’
Liquid Liquid’s Sal Principato tells us about their 1982 ’Optimo’ EP, which features the no wave classic ‘Cavern’, a track that caught Grandmaster Flash’s magpie ears