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Classic Albums Revisited: Say Lou Lou – Lucid Dreaming

The debut LP from the Swedish/Australian duo is a perfect combination of uplifting disco and melancholic etherealism, taking you on an emotional journey.

Blonde on Blonde’s Whole Lotta Love

The brief but spectacular disco-rock career from two giants of the Page 3 era.

The Early Days Of Dita Von Teese

The classic fetish magazine of the 1990s presents a new book featuring the iconic model and performer.

My Life With Kate Bush

As a new generation discovers Kate Bush, your editor looks back on his own discovery of and obsession with Britain’s most singular rock star.

Classic Albums Revisited: Random Jon Poole

A collection of predictably unpredictable musical variations from the former Cardiacs guitarist.

Ann-Margret Rocks Around The Christmas Tree

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The Sixties cult movie and music icon returns with a new festive single.

Classic Albums Revisited: Barry White’s Can’t Get Enough

The most seductive album of the 1970s has lost none of its romantic intensity.

The Flowers Of Passion: A Journey Into The Japanese Idol Underground

The mysterious, unexplored world of the strange and wonderful chika idol scene.

How We Listen Now: The Changing Face Of Music Fandom

The way music is commodified and consumed has changed massively in the last twenty years – but is that for the better or the worse?

Hiroshima Metal: Introducing Oldblood

A wall of relentless, atom-bomb driven nuclear blasting metal.

Damnified If You Do, Damnified If You Don’t – The Underwhelming Sounds Of Barbara Black

Hilarious boasts of rock ‘n’ roll excess meet extraordinarily generic Euro Metal.

The Past Lives And Tomorrows Of Sloth Cult

Industrial gloom and bleak noise from the mysterious act known as Sloth Cult.