Articles by: Everett True

Everett True started life as The Legend!, publishing the fanzine of that name and contributing to NME. Subsequently he wrote for some years for Melody Maker, for whom he wrote seminal pieces about Nirvana and others. He was the co-founder with photographer Steve Gullick of Careless Talk Costs Lives, a deliberately short-lived publication designed to be the antidote to the established UK music magazines.

Articles by: Everett True

David Bowie: Aladdin Sane (50th Anniversary) packshot

David Bowie's Aladdin Sane: still better than 99% of all other pre-'77 rock

By Everett True published 14 April 23

Aladdin Sane's fiftieth birthday celebrated via the medium of half-speed master and picture disc reissues

35 years on, Mudhoney are as feral and incisive and sarcastic as ever

By Everett True published 6 April 23

Plastic Eternity is the 11th studio album for Sub Pop’s flagship band Mudhoney

Girlschool: The School Report 1978-2008 cover art

Lemmy told us that Girlschool rocked and Lemmy was right

By Everett True published 27 January 23

This five-disc collection of Girlschool recordings is a fascinating evisceration of a trailblazing rock band

Neil Young's Harvest: 50 years on, flawlessly imperfect from beginning to end

By Everett True published 4 December 22

If you’re a Neil Young fan, you’ll want this: an expanded, 50th anniversary edition of the classic Harvest

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Hawkwind continue to wig out furiously on new live album We Are Looking In On You

By Everett True published 7 October 22

There’s no release on Hawkwind's We Are Looking In On You, no letting up on the celestial gas pedal

Paul McCartney: 50 years, three McCartney albums, one box set

By Everett True published 5 August 22

Welcoming into the world a boxed trio of eponymous solo albums from that cheery fella who was in The Beatles

The story behind Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana

By Everett True published 7 January 22

From the game-changing Nevermind album, we take a look at Smells Like Teen Spirit, the incendiary single (and video) that catapulted Nirvana from virtual unknowns to superstardom

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Nirvana's Nevermind: still incendiary after all these years

By Everett True published 12 November 21

Nirvana's game-changing Nevermind, now available in a range of wallet-busting formats

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The Replacements are reliably raucous on 100-track expansion of debut album

By Everett True published 22 October 21

The deluxe edition of The Replacements' debut album Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out The Trash is, if not ‘the’, certainly ‘a’ motherlode

George Harrison's solo creative peak expanded but still charming

By Everett True published 6 August 21

All Things Must Pass shows former Beatle George Harrison really hitting his creative stride

Motorhead - No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith - 40th Anniversary Edition

Motorhead's No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith: one of the greatest live albums ever, now even greater

By Everett True published 25 June 21

Out now: Motorhead's No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith finds itself seriously expanded for its 40th anniversary, but there's no reduction in the levels of destruction

Dinosaur Jr's Sweep It Into Space is rampant, windswept, and classic

By Everett True published 23 April 21

Pioneering alt-rockers Dinosaur Jr revive their classic line-up for Sweep It Into Space, and it's like they've never been away

Chris Cornell: No One Sings Like You Anymore

Chris Cornell a melancholy, bittersweet listening experience on No One Sings Like You Anymore

By Everett True published 19 March 21

Chris Cornell's No One Sings Like You Anymore is a collection of covers from the late, great singer

Telescopes: Songs Of Love And Revolution

The Telescopes stay spooky and mesmeric on Songs Of Love And Revolution

By Everett True published 5 February 21

The kaleidoscopic dream-pop of The Telescopes is distilled beautifully on 12th album Songs Of Love And Revolution

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Nick Cave cuts a truly formidable figure on Idiot Prayer: Alone at Alexandra Palace

By Everett True published 20 November 20

A demonstration of the power of stripped-back simplicity on Idiot Prayer: Nick Cave Alone at Alexandra Palace

Ace of Spades 40th Anniversary – Motorhead box set

Motorhead's deluxe edition of Ace Of Spades is four hours and 11 minutes of beautiful madness

By Everett True published 30 October 20

As you’d expect, the 40th anniversary edition of Motorhead's Ace Of Spades is metallic KO. Metal overload. Over the top. Overkill.

Idles' Ultra Mono is stripped-back, brutal, and lacerating

By Everett True published 25 September 20

Forged during lockdown, Idles' Ultra Mono feels entirely appropriate for these times

Joy Division's Closer: foreboding, painful, and still wreathed in shadow

By Everett True published 17 July 20

Joy Division's Closer: as the NME commented with wry understatement: “[This album] cannot have been easy to record”

The Residents' Metal, Meat & Bone - tricky, bewildering, and irritating

By Everett True published 10 July 20

The eyeballs have it on The Residents' tribute to possibly imaginary bluesman Alvin ‘Dyin’ Dog’ Snow, Metal, Meat & Bone

King Gizzard & The Wizard Lizard: Chunky Shrapnel

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard's Chunky Shrapnel: demented wig-outs and noodle jams

By Everett True published 29 May 20

King-sized psychedelic delight on King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard live album Chunky Shrapnel

Ash's Teenage Wildlife: 25 years of teenage effervescence

By Everett True published 14 February 20

How long can three boys (and one woman) stay teenage? Quite a long time, it appears, if you're Ash

Jeff Lynne’s ELO: From Out Of Nowhere - frailty and manufactured perfection

By Everett True published 1 November 19

Mostly a sparkling continuation of Jeff Lynne’s return to form on From Out Of Nowhere

Soundgarden's Live From The Arts Den is a worthy, career-spanning memorial

By Everett True published 26 July 19

Soundgarden's Live From The Arts Den was recorded in Los Angeles in 2013

Chris Cornell: Chris Cornell - album review

By Everett True published 15 November 18

Chris Cornell. He had one hell of a voice. And some legacy

Therapy?: Cleave album review

By Everett True published 20 September 18

Therapy?'s Cairns, McKeegan and Cooper live to destroy another day

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