
Tim Batcup
Tim Batcup is a writer for Classic Rock magazine and Prog magazine. He's also the owner of Cover To Cover, Swansea's only independent bookshop, and a director of Storyopolis, a free children’s literacy project based at the Volcano Theatre, Swansea. He likes music, books and Crass.
Latest articles by Tim Batcup

Rush - 2112 40th album review
By Tim Batcup published
Not yet ratedIt came from the future, 40 years ago. As the three starmen appear to be winding down, they’re still light years ahead. Here’s the Canadians’ pivotal opus buffed, bolstered and boxed

The Afghan Whigs - Black Love (20th Anniversary Edition) reissue album review
By Tim Batcup published
Fear and loathing in Cincinnati: noir classic redux.

Hawkwind - The Charisma Years: 1976-1979 album review
By Tim Batcup published
Nobody ever called him Al: Calvert-era quartet remastered and boxed.

Various - I’m A Freak Baby album review
By Tim Batcup published
This compilation album offer a comprehensive trawl through Britain’s hard-rock genealogy

Gilli Smyth - Mother album review
By Tim Batcup published
Musings on motherhood from Mother Gong herself

The top 10 best U2 songs
By Tim Batcup published
U2 are one of the more divisive bands in rock's canon, but love them or hate them, you can't deny they've had moments of brilliance. Here are 10 of the best

Matteo Guarnaccia - Bob Dylan Play Book review
By Tim Batcup published
Dylan’s early years. In paper dolls and cartoons.

Hugo Race Fatalists - 24 Hours To Nowhere album review
By Tim Batcup published
Heartache and gumbo from down under.

Rival Sons – Hollow Bones album review
By Tim Batcup published
Sex and death… Coming and going… Rival Sons' new album keeps on swinging.

Jethro Tull: Aqualung: 40th Anniversary Edition Repack
By Tim Batcup published
2011’s box set trimmed, tucked and tweaked.

Tax The Heat: Fed To The Lions
By Tim Batcup published
All killer, no filler: outstanding debut from the Bristolians.

Godsticks Live In Wales
By Tim Batcup published
Not yet ratedWelsh outfit impress with their first gig of the year.

Live: Stereophonics
By Tim Batcup published
Not yet ratedLocal lads in festive form unwrap their glittering singles and more.

Mick Wall: Foo Fighters: Learning To Fly
By Tim Batcup published
No more Mr Nice Guy? Wall extricates man from myth.

Gong: Radio Gnome Invisible Trilogy
By Tim Batcup published
Not yet ratedQuintessential trilogy buffed, bolstered and boxed. Hare Hare Supermarket!

The Mission: Singles A’s & B’s
By Tim Batcup published
Goth rockers’ career charted through their singles.

Alanis Morissette: Jagged Little Pill: Collector’s Edition
By Tim Batcup published
20th-anniversary reissue for Canadian singer-songwriter’s landmark confessional.

Nik Turner: Space Fusion Odyssey
By Tim Batcup published
Ex-Hawkman excels on jazz-fusion record.

Live: Mostly Autumn In Cardiff
By Tim Batcup published
Not yet ratedMostly Autumn make a welcome return to the Welsh capital.

Metallica: Vinyl Reissues – The Complete Studio Albums
By Tim Batcup published
Not yet ratedBlackened is the end: heavyweight reissues from the heavyweight masters.

Stereophonics: Keep The Village Alive
By Tim Batcup published
Telling tales from vernacular Wales spun with craft and assurance.
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