In the age of dystopian catastrophe Hawkwind are still looking to space By David Stubbs published 18 April 25 Hawkwind's 37th album There’s No Space For Us finds the space travellin' veterans in cosmic shipshape form
"We were even rebelling against the people who embraced us": A brief history of cult Paisley Underground psychonauts The Dream Syndicate By David Stubbs published 15 January 25 How The Dream Syndicate built a career on self-sabotage
"A demonstration of Manzanera's unending quest to make music without borders": Phil Manzanera's collegiate spirit evident on the sprawling box set 50 Years Of Music By David Stubbs published 3 November 24 11-CD collection of Roxy Music guitarist Phil Manzanera's solo work
"States of epic rock grace, bubbling and oozing with beauty": Swervedriver's 99th Dream emits clouds of psychedelia at every turn By David Stubbs published 19 January 24 Three CD/double vinyl reissue of guitarscape specialists Swervedriver's 'lost' 1998 album 99th Dream, featuring concert and studio outtakes
"In a year in which both pop and rock found themselves in a sort of hiatus, Hounds Of Love represented a standout achievement:" Kate Bush's Hounds Of Love (Baskerville Edition) By David Stubbs published 3 December 23 A reissue of Kate Bush's 1985 album Hounds Of Love with new artwork, illustrations, and solar-powered flashing LEDs
Captain Beefheart's Clear Spot: a slick storm of blues, boogie, poetry, avant-garde jazz, space-rock, feminism, soul and zig-zag wandering By David Stubbs published 25 November 22 Two-disc clear-vinyl 50th-anniversary reissue of Captain's Beefheart and the Magic Band's Clear Spot, now with tasty extras icing the cake
Rise by The Rasmus is not the fightback album against covid you were looking for By David Stubbs published 23 September 22 The jarring Rise is the tenth album from metallic Finnish Eurovision also-rans The Rasmus
Pink Floyd - Reissues album review By David Stubbs last updated 20 September 22 Not yet rated Latest in chronologically ordered vinyl reissues of early Floyd.
Pink Floyd - The Early Years 1965-72 album review By David Stubbs last updated 20 September 22 Seven-volume box set including DVDs, Blu-rays, vinyl and memorabilia
Pink Floyd - A Collection Of Great Dance Songs/Delicate Sound... album review By David Stubbs last updated 20 September 22 Vinyl reissues of 1981 compilation and 1988 live album
Pink Floyd's reworked A Momentary Lapse Of Reason fails to fly By David Stubbs last updated 20 September 22 The remixed version of Pink Floyd's A Momentary Lapse Of Reason from the 2019 The Later Years box set released in 360 reality audio
Review: The Red Hot Chili Peppers are back and it sure feels good By David Stubbs last updated 20 September 22 Unlimited Love is Red Hot Chili Peppers' first album in six years, with much-loved guitarist John Frusciante back for a third stint
Frank Black & The Catholics: an ever-evolving post-Pixie career, collected By David Stubbs published 8 July 22 Out now: A box set of six albums (three new to vinyl) by Black Francis’s post-Pixies project
Crobot's Feel This is an energetic celebration of straight-up, fat-free riffery By David Stubbs published 3 June 22 Feel This, the fourth album from Pennsylvania hard rockers Crobot, gives the hairdryer treatment to life’s vicissitudes
Jade Warrior's second album is visionary, pan-ethnic, and worthy of restoration By David Stubbs published 27 May 22 Half a century on, British prog rockers Jade's second album Released and been re-released
The Mothers 1971 will test the patience of Zappa completists, but there are highlights By David Stubbs published 1 April 22 Exhaustive, eight-disc collection of Frank Zappa & The Mothers's 1971 recordings, including infamous Rainbow gig
Sunn O))) sustain their black arts on session album Metta, Benevolence By David Stubbs published 28 January 22 Live from the BBC: The Metta, Benevolence studio sessions by avant-metallurgists Sunn O))) develops on their previous album recordings
The Band's Cahoots successfully reheated for its 50th birthday By David Stubbs published 10 December 21 Box-set reissue of The Band’s 1971 album Cahoots, with alternative mixes, bootleg concert, Blu-ray audio disc
Dream Theater exhaust their armoury on A View From The Top Of The World By David Stubbs published 22 October 21 A View From The Top Of The World is the 15th studio album by veteran prog metallurgists Dream Theater
David Crosby's If Only I Could Remember My Name: still triumphant, 50 years on By David Stubbs published 15 October 21 2-CD reissue of David Crosby's 1971 debut solo album If Only I Could Remember My Name featuring bonus out-takes, extra tracks, alternative versions
The Who Sell Out: newly expanded and now a veritable capsule in pop/rock time By David Stubbs published 24 April 21 This Super Deluxe Edition of The Who Sell Out is a 5-Disc set of The Who's 1967 album with unreleased tracks, Townshend demos and other goodies
Dumpstaphunk's Where Do We Go From Here is determined and timely By David Stubbs published 23 April 21 Dumpstaphunk's Where Do We Go From Here funks up a storm for this New Orleans offspring of the Neville Brothers and The Meters
Osibisa's New Dawn is pleasurable, infectious and colourised By David Stubbs published 23 April 21 Afro-rockers Osibisa are still with us after 50 years, and New Dawn shows them still rejuvenating
Kitten Pyramid's Koozy!! finds beauty in the gradual pain of human existence By David Stubbs published 2 April 21 Kitten Pyramid's Koozy!! is excellent Brit neo-psychedelia underpinned by COVID sadness
Raunch and social consciousness meet on Edgar Broughton Band's Speak Down The Wires By David Stubbs published 29 January 21 Speak Down The Wires: The Recordings 1975-1982 is a useful compilation of four albums by hardy veteran Midlands rockers Edgar Broughton Band
