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Kae Tempest's fifth album Self Titled cements his status as one of the most essential voices in UK music
By Vicky Greer published
Kae Tempest's follow-up to 2022's acclaimed The Line Is A Curve is another hard-hitting, incisive triumph

“The mixing of old and new is exemplary”: Tangerine Dream’s Coventry Cathedral 22
By Jeremy Allen published
An impressive account of the electronic pioneers’ return to the Midlands half a century after their legendary show

The Sisters Of Mercy's First And Last And Always gets a gimmicky 40th birthday makeover
By Alex Burrows published
The Sisters Of Mercy's landmark goth classic First And Last And Always, now a four-disc set on coloured vinyl

The Goo Goo Dolls albums you should listen to... and one to avoid
By Philip Wilding published
Although the strength of the Goo Goo Dolls' songwriting has been frustratingly inconsistent, the band have shown moments of real class

“Intoxicating beauty remains; she enchants in any era”: Judy Dyble’s Darkness To Light
By Johnny Sharp published
Clamshell collection assembles the original Fairport Convention singer’s trio of 21st-century career-reviving albums

Barclay James Harvest probably wouldn’t have made North if Woolly Wolstenholme hadn’t died
By Rachel Mann published
John Lees didn’t want to write or sing any more songs. But he rediscovered an enjoyable process with the 21st-century line-up of his band, ending a 14-year wait for new music in 2013

The Beatles' albums you should listen to... and one to avoid
By Henry Yates published
The Beatles have been gone for more than half a century, but their shadow still looms large over rock music and rock musicians - and these are their best albums

Frank Zappa’s unaired TV special Cheaper Than Cheep is a recovered gem
By Jeremy Allen published
A nearly forgotten 1974 afternoon show, with an audience of 100 and a short-lived Mothers line-up, rises from the avant-prog titan’s basement
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