
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

Scott Walker And Sunn O))): Soused
By Stephen Dalton published
Irresistible force meets immovable cult icon.

Electric Wizard: Time To Die
By Stephen Dalton published
Satan’s favourite sludge-metal stoners get high on their own supply.

Leonard Cohen: Popular Problems
By Stephen Dalton published
The Canadian Barry White rages softly against the dying of the light.

High Hopes: Red Racer
By Stephen Dalton published
Blues-punk desert rock trio, fresh out of the actual desert... via South London.

Electric Wizard: Time To Die
By Stephen Dalton published
Things we learned from the new album by Dorset’s premier dope-smoking doom-metal overlords

Black Moth: Condemned To Hope
By Stephen Dalton published
What we learned from Condemned To Hope, the Jim Sclavunos-produced second album by West Yorkshire's premier garage-punk sleaze-metallers Black Moth.

Leonard Cohen: Popular Problems
By Stephen Dalton published
What we learned from Leonard Cohen’s new album, Popular Problems

Black Moth: Condemned To Hope
By Stephen Dalton published
Yorkshire’s answer to L7 deliver 50 shades of black.

Empress AD: Still Life Moving Fast
By Stephen Dalton published
Ambitious debut from new kids on the prog-metal block.

Camper Van Beethoven: El Camino Real
By Stephen Dalton published
Alt.rockers mix sardonic social commentary with sincerity.

John Cale & Terry Riley: Church Of Anthrax
By Stephen Dalton published
Troubled collaboration that set the 70 avant-rock blueprint.

Steve Earle at the Kelvingrove Bandstand
By Stephen Dalton published
Grammy award-awinning troubador plays Glasgow's Kelvingrove Park

Trans Am: Volume X
By Stephen Dalton published
Post-rock veterans delight but fail to dazzle with tenth album.

Peter Gabriel: Back To Front – Peter Gabriel Live In London
By Stephen Dalton published
Leaden concert video.

The Raveonettes: Pe’ahi
By Stephen Dalton published
Gorgeous West Coast noir from the retro pop rock duo.

Linkin Park: The Hunting Party
By Stephen Dalton published
Nu metal veterans reboot their sound with help from Tom Morello and friends.

Welcome Back: Bob Mould
By Stephen Dalton published
The Sugar-coated Nirvana favourite with more cred than most is no longer miserable. Yes, really.

Rod Stewart, Brighton
By Stephen Dalton published
Sandpaper-voiced singer still going strong at 69

Linkin Park: The Hunting Party
By Stephen Dalton published
The nu metal pioneers return with a new, guest-laden album. Is it the return to their roots they're claiming?

Five Things Bob Mould Wants You To Know About His New Album
By Stephen Dalton published
Beauty & Ruin finds Bob Mould operating at his pop-punk best. But what's it all about?
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