
Stephen Dalton
Stephen Dalton has been writing about all things rock for more than 30 years, starting in the late Eighties at the New Musical Express (RIP) when it was still an annoyingly pompous analogue weekly paper printed on dead trees and sold in actual physical shops. For the last decade or so he has been a regular contributor to Classic Rock magazine. He has also written about music and film for Uncut, Vox, Prog, The Quietus, Electronic Sound, Rolling Stone, The Times, The London Evening Standard, Wallpaper, The Film Verdict, Sight and Sound, The Hollywood Reporter and others, including some even more disreputable publications.
Latest articles by Stephen Dalton

The Lovely Eggs - This Is Eggland album review
By Stephen Dalton published
Alt.rock legend helps Lancashire indie pranksters expand their horizons

Ruby Boots - Don’t Talk About It album review
By Stephen Dalton published
Full-throated country-rock diva puts another dime in the jukebox

Delta Deep - East Coast Live album review
By Stephen Dalton published
Def Leppard guitarist his spots

Black Moth - Anatomical Venus album reviewed
By Stephen Dalton published
Yorkshire grit meets goth-metal glamour

Robert Plant And The Sensational Space Shifters - Live At David Lynch’s...review
By Stephen Dalton published
Not yet ratedRoots-rocking lion king shares his appetite for disruption

Laura Jane Grace: I want music to have more diversity
By Stephen Dalton published
She may be Punk Rock’s Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout, but the Against Me! singer’s public transsexual transformation gives her a unique view of sexuality in today’s music industry

Skids - Scared To Dance (Expanded) album review
By Stephen Dalton published
Scottish art-punks 1979 debut, now as a three-disc box set

Mike Garson Plays Aladdin Sane at 02 Academy, Liverpool - live review
By Stephen Dalton published
Not yet ratedPianist on Bowie classic plays it again

Why the Dio hologram is just the beginning... and who's coming up next
By Stephen Dalton published
We go behind the scenes with the company that made the Dio hologram, and discover that they're only getting started

Twisted Sister - A Twisted Christmas album review
By Stephen Dalton published
Get thee behind me, Santa

U2 - Songs of Experience album review
By Stephen Dalton published
The disappointment continues

Evanescence - Synthesis album review
By Stephen Dalton published
Goth-rock superstars give themselves an electro-orchestral remix

Black Sabbath - The End of The End review
By Stephen Dalton published
Grizzled godfathers of metal bow out to a home-town crowd

The Sisters Of Mercy - Some Girls Wander By Mistake album review
By Stephen Dalton published
Fifty shades of black, newly reissued on deluxe vinyl

The Smiths - The Queen is Dead – Deluxe Edition album review
By Stephen Dalton published
Teenage dreams are hard to beat

Bad Religion at Bristol Academy - live review
By Stephen Dalton published
Not yet ratedPopcore stalwarts persist in preaching SoCal’s punk gospel

Kaipa - Children Of The Sounds album review
By Stephen Dalton published
Pagan prog-folkers thank the Wicker Man for the harvest

The Horrors - V album review
By Stephen Dalton published
Southend post-punk revivalists shoot for the big league

The Darkness - Pinewood Smile album review
By Stephen Dalton published
Clown princes of self-spoofing glam continue their bumpy comeback

U2 at Olympic Stadium, Berlin - live review
By Stephen Dalton published
Not yet ratedA slick set of undisputed anthems

Inger Lorre - Live At The Viper Room album review
By Stephen Dalton published
Former Nymph returns to her ragged glam-punk heartland

Epica - The Solace System album review
By Stephen Dalton published
More octave-vaulting rock operatics from the mad-eyed lady of the Lowlands

Prince - Purple Rain Deluxe album review
By Stephen Dalton published
Priapic perv-pop pioneer at the peak of his purple-headed powers
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