Kris Needs

Kris Needs

Articles by: Kris Needs

Cover art for The Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesties Request...album

The Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesties Request...album review

By Kris Needs published

1967 time capsule returns to haunt and be re-evaluated

Cover art for The Doors - The Singles album

The Doors - The Singles album review

By Kris Needs published

The music isn’t over yet

Cover art for Albert King - Born Under A Bad Sign album

Albert King - Born Under A Bad Sign album review

By Kris Needs published

Sign of the times

Cover art for 36 Crazyfists - Lanterns album

36 Crazyfists - Lanterns album review

By Kris Needs published

Baked Alaska

My Tricksy Spirit album artwork

My Tricksy Spirit - My Tricksy Spirit album review

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Knifeworld-affiliated psychedelic gamelan trip hop lives!

Cyril Davies (right) and Ramblin’ Jack Elliott at The Roundhouse, London in 1958

How bluesman Cyril Davies inspired a generation of British bands

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What do The Kinks, Stones and The Who all have in common? For one thing, a bluesman nicknamed ‘Squirrel’, who inspired and gave a helping hand to the brightest of early British bands

Redbone - Potlatch/Message From A Drum/Cycles reissues cover art

Redbone - Potlatch/Message From A Drum/Cycles reissues album review

By Kris Needs published

Native-American rock pioneers’ steamy threefer

Cover art for Living Colour - Shade album

Living Colour - Shade album review

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Black-rock veterans still harder than the rest on mind-blowing blues-rock milestone

The NJE - Afloat album artwork

The NJE - Afloat album review

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The progressive jazz spirit lives in audacious East End trio The NJE

Sendelica - Lilacs Out Of The Deadlands album artwork

Sendelica - Lilacs Out Of The Deadlands album review

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Epic split personality double set from prog’s best-kept secret Sendelica

Psychic TV - Pagan Day album cover

Psychic TV - Pagan Day/Allegory And Self album reviews

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1980s P-Orridge oats repackaged

Cover art for The Ramones - Leave Home: 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition album

The Ramones - Leave Home: 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition album review

By Kris Needs published

Their glorious second album, now with previously unheard trimmings and still housed in the sleeve blamed for its downfall

Cover art for The Rolling Stones - Reissues album

The Rolling Stones - Reissues album review

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Got live if you still want it

Nirvana - Local Anaesthetic album artwork

Nirvana - Local Anaesthetic/Songs Of Love And Praise: Remastered album review

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Original ‘weird’ Nirvana’s two early 70s rarities expanded

Cover art for Various - Silhouettes & Statues: A Gothic Revolution 1978-1986 album

Various - Silhouettes & Statues: A Gothic Revolution 1978-1986 album review

By Kris Needs published

Landmark goth motherlode spreads its web

Tangerine Dream - Particles album artwork

Tangerine Dream - Particles album review

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Edgar Froese may have passed but the Tangerine Dream machine floats on

Harald Grosskopf & Eberhard Kranemann - Krautwerk album artwork

Harald Grosskopf & Eberhard Kranemann - Krautwerk album review

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Krautrock royalty Harald Grosskopf & Eberhard Kranemann make a modern classic

Cover art for Doll Skin - Manic Pixie Dream Girl album

Doll Skin - Manic Pixie Dream Girl album review

By Kris Needs published

School Of Rock graduates’ shiny second shot

Principle Edwards Magic Theatre - The Works album artwork

Principle Edwards Magic Theatre - The Works 1969-1971 album review

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John Peel’s favourite hippie multimedia big band’s total output

Cover art for The Band FAQ: All That’s Left To Know About The Fathers Of Americana

The Band FAQ: All That’s Left To Know About The Fathers Of Americana...review

By Kris Needs published

Lovingly forensic fans-angle exploration

Cover art for Van Morrison - The Authorized Bang Collection album

Van Morrison - The Authorized Bang Collection album review

By Kris Needs published

The Man’s first solo efforts, plus bonus frivolity

The Dandelion Set - A Thousand Strands 1975-2015 album artwork

The Dandelion Set - A Thousand Strands 1975-2015 album review

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Alan Moore-approved Northampton underground weirdness straddling 40 years

Cover art for Chuck Berry - Chuck album

Chuck Berry - Chuck album review

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First new music in 38 years becomes epitaph for rock‘n’roll’s original guitar heror

Faust - Fresh Air album artwork

Faust - Fresh Air album review

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Still bringing the noise, a US tour becomes a live album

Cover art for Michael Bloomfield - Bloomfield A Retrospective album

Michael Bloomfield - Bloomfield A Retrospective album review

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Posthumous 1983 double album now on two CDs

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