Latest articles by David Stubbs
In the age of dystopian catastrophe Hawkwind are still looking to space
Hawkwind's 37th album There’s No Space For Us finds the space travellin' veterans in cosmic shipshape form
A brief history of cult Paisley Underground psychonauts The Dream Syndicate
How The Dream Syndicate built a career on self-sabotage
Phil Manzanera's collegiate spirit evident on the sprawling box set 50 Years Of Music
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
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)
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
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
The jarring Rise is the tenth album from metallic Finnish Eurovision also-rans The Rasmus
Pink Floyd - Reissues album review
Not yet ratedLatest in chronologically ordered vinyl reissues of early Floyd.
Pink Floyd - The Early Years 1965-72 album review
Seven-volume box set including DVDs, Blu-rays, vinyl and memorabilia
Pink Floyd - A Collection Of Great Dance Songs/Delicate Sound... album review
Vinyl reissues of 1981 compilation and 1988 live album
Pink Floyd's reworked A Momentary Lapse Of Reason fails to fly
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Afro-rockers Osibisa are still with us after 50 years, and New Dawn shows them still rejuvenating
