Kinks

A funny year for music so far, personally speaking. It seems that, despite the many albums I’ve liked, there have been a good few that’ve been, one way or another, kind of disappointing: albums I’ve looked forward to very much, then neurotically restrained myself from writing about, due to my self-imposed rule about negative criticism generally wasting time and space. There’s still too much stuff to enthuse about, after all.

Kinks man is 'extremely disappointed'

We count down from 150 to 101...see our choices here

The pair have recorded a new single, together!

A track list is released for 'Scratch My Back'

“You Get What You Deserve”! The ultimate cult band, dissected across four CDs

The more things change, the more he stays the same…

In terms of curious niche side projects, Neil Hannon's cricketing musical manifesto, The Duckworth Lewis Method, takes some beating. Retaining many of the elaborate and melodic elements of his day job as leader of The Divine Comedy, the group's charmingly tongue-in-cheek suite of songs was perfect mid-afternoon fare at a point in history when the Ashes series was nail-bitingly balanced at a draw.

Read the Uncut obituary here

A concept album, and refreshingly, unexpectedly excellent