Latest articles by Stephen Dalton
Noisy US quintet Candy push the post-hardcore envelope on Heaven Is Here
Wanna know what a cat being attacked by a swarm of robot bees sounds like?
Welcome to Stomu Yamashta's kaleidoscopic musical cosmos
Seasons Island Albums 1972-1976 is the first ever box set from cult Japanese prog-rock percussion maestro Stomu Yamashta
The Smile have just released the best Radiohead album in over a decade
Radiohead's Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood stay close to home with mighty new jazz-rock trio The Smile
Toyah explores unexpected sonic territory on Toyah! Toyah! Toyah!
Expanded 1981 live album Toyah! Toyah! Toyah! captures the end of Toyah’s punk-lite phase
Halestorm are Back From The Dead and into unashamedly maximalist territory
Pennsylvania pop-rockers Halestorm bounce back from lockdown with huge-sounding fifth album Back From The Dead
Cult Of Luna's clobbering drums and shuddering riffs thrill on The Long Road North
The Long Road North features more majestic Scandi Noir anthems from the doom-metal ABBA, Cult Of Luna
Lawnmower Deth: the kings of knob-gag thrash-parody are back
Nottinghamshire stupidcore veterans Lawnmower Deth return after 28-year tea break with Blunt Cutters
Roger Taylor interview: Bowie, Sun City, flying solo and the joy of Adam Lambert
Having just released his highest charting solo album and toured it, Queen's Roger Taylor is enjoying life away from his ‘day job’
The Doors celebrate L.A. Woman's 50th birthday via the medium of diminishing returns
Jim Morrison's boozy, bluesy Doors finale L.A. Woman reloaded with outtakes and unreleased tracks
Deep States by Tropical F**k Storm is an unpredictable and thrilling mess
Deep States contains more filthy, hilarious, freeform ramblings from Australian avant-punks Tropical F**k Storm
Black Honey's Written & Directed: sugar-coated badass swagger with a problem
Sassy Brighton pop-punks Black Honey make a familiar but fun racket on second album Written & Directed
Art-rock fops Japan predict the future on deluxe version of third album Quiet Life
Japan's post-glam synth-rock classic Quiet Life, now remastered and expanded into three-disc set
Rob Halford's autobiography Confess is the heavy metal book of 2020
Rob Halford's book Confess is packed with salacious revelations from the Midlands metal god
The Besnard Lakes thrill on gorgeous baroque psych-prog collection
Canada's answer to the Flaming Lips, The Besnard Lakes, commit to beauty and scale on sixth album The Besnard Lakes Are The Last Of The Great Thunderstorm Warnings
Public Enemy: urgency returns on What You Gonna Do When the Grid Goes Down?
Public Enemy: Still fighting the power, with help from some famous friends on What You Gonna Do When the Grid Goes Down?
Blues Pills attain post-millennial neo-hippy nirvana on Holy Moly!
Swede soul music with a pungent psych-blues kick on Blues Pills' third album Holy Moly!
Absolute Beginners Original Motion Picture Soundtrack: fully restored and still suave
First full CD reissue for Bowie-powered retro-jazz mix-tape musical Absolute Beginners
Be-Bop Deluxe's Axe Victim box set is lavish and charmingly overblown
Lavish reissue for Bill Nelson and Be-Bop Deluxe's ambitious art-glam debut Axe Victim
Sparks' new album A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip refines and amplifies their weirdness
Veteran avant-glam baroque-pop duo Sparks continue their autumnal resurgence on 24th album A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip
The 7 best scenes from the Decline Of Western Civilization
Director Penelope Spheeris reveals her favourite scenes from the three Decline Of Western Civilization films
The story of Rammstein: porno-punk cabaret and pyromania
Over the past 25 years, Rammstein have defied conventional wisdom and become superstars. This is their story
David Bowie - Loving The Alien (1983 – 1988) album review
Bowie’s most critically derided period, remixed, remastered and partially rehabilitated.
Halestorm - Vicious album review
Lzzy Hale channels her inner Joan Jett on US band’s ass-kicking fourth album.
