Richard Barbieri: The Ghosts Of My Life

byJeremy Allen
April 9, 2026

Apparitions, spectres, alternative realities… former Japan and Porcupine Tree synthesist Richard Barbieri returns with ‘Hauntings’, a spellbinding solo work steeped in memory and imagination

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Two pioneering albums, a classical music voiceover, a safari, an imposter, encounters with Blondie, Eddie & The Hots Rods and Devo and, in the midst of a bleak Berlin winter, an ill-fated film, David Bowie had reached almost terminal velocity by December 1977…

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The Wolfgang Press: Back To The Future

byDavid Stubbs

With a sonic reinvigoration, former 4AD outfit The Wolfgang Press are making a surprise comeback with their first album in almost 30 years – a brooding and typically multidimensional return to form

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36 minute read

Cabaret Voltaire: Sensoria Overload

byNeil Mason

Back in the shadows, sheffield’s visionary insurgents Cabaret Voltaire return to the stage with their brutalist electronics and razor-wired energy intact

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Harald Grosskopf: Tempel Pilot

byDavid Stubbs

Having been part of Ash Ra Tempel and its Ashra reincarnation, as well as Wallenstein and the legendary Cosmic Jokers, Harald Grosskopf is krautrock royalty. His scintillating 1986 solo release, ‘Oceanheart’, is now being reissued and given a contemporary rework by the man himself

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9 minute read

Hattie Cooke: Hit or Bliss

byBob Fischer

Entirely in keeping with the frank, confessional pop gems populating her imminent new album, ‘Bliss Land’, a chat with Hattie Cooke proves to be a no holds barred event. Roll up, roll up…

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Sleaford Mods: Close To The Bone

byVel Ilic

Taking aim at hypocrisy, inequality and apathy, the sharp tongue and infectious grooves of the Sleaford Mods album ‘Spare Ribs’ is a proper vitriolic soundtrack for our dystopian times