Latest articles by Alex Burrows
Essex pistols The Meffs know what they want and are stopping for no one
The recorded manifesto of politically charged folk-punk-rock survivors Levellers, still casually ignoring musical trends in 2026
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds was released in June 1978
Garbage and Skunk Anansie embark on a co-headlining UK tour next week
Hüsker Dü, Sugar and solo songwriter and musician Bob Mould picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance
A decade in the making, the classic ballad featuring Moody Blues singer Justin Hayward was a standout on Jeff Wayne’s epic prog sci-fi album The War Of The Worlds
Buying guide Goth’s bleak misanthropy was upcycled and infused with hippiefied glam by The Mission, who celebrate their 40th this year
Buying guide With their sharp songwriting and lyrical flair, Blondie are the pop-punk disco titans who embraced rap before it went mainstream. These are their best albums
Fields Of The Nephilim's second album blends mysticism and the occult, referencing Aleister Crowley and HP Lovecraft
Buying guide Producer Steve Lillywhite has his fingerprints all over a number of top rock, post-punk, new wave and art-rock albums
The Sisters Of Mercy's landmark goth classic First And Last And Always, now a four-disc set on coloured vinyl
Beyond The War Of The Worlds he filled you with Eastern promise, put a tiger in your tank, gave you a World Of Sport and more
The Pogues’ second album Rum, Sodomy & The Lash remains the late Shane MacGowan’s finest moment
Buying guide The best albums from producer Robert John ‘Mutt’ Lange, unparalleled audio perfectionist and man with the Midas touch, whose sonics sent the careers of AC/DC and Def Leppard soaring
Composer of prog’s greatest conceptual album – among many, many overshadowed works – recalls cutting the invaders’ language in half, casting Phil Lynott as a vicar and scraping his wife’s best pots for a tension-building sound effect
Unbroken is album number 16 from enduring British punk/folk/rock mainstays New Model Army
How hardcore heroes Bad Religion recorded a prog album mid career!
Shane MacGowan, bandleader of iconic punk group The Pogues, has died aged 65, his wife confirms
Release the bats! Your essential guide to the best of '80s goth
The collected works of grunge's definitive band, analysed and arranged in order of merit
Pick it up! Pick it up! No, really, pick up any of these ska-punk stormers and you're in for a treat
Expanded version of the debut album from underrated second-gen UK pop-punk from The Senseless Things
