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Lewdly funny adventure fantasy. Bow down for a new star...

David Sitek and co decamp to LA, hot-rodding their arch art-rock with sunny celebration and West Coast weirdness...

Long-lost document of the pre-fame Bob: even then, a mercurial live performer...

As some of you have probably deduced, I’ve had a copy of Bill Callahan’s excellent “Apocalypse” for a couple of months or so now. It’s a lovely perk of the job, getting an album like this so early, compromised a little by Drag City insisting I didn’t mention its existence on the blog for what seemed like an age.

I believe this new album by Metronomy, “The English Riviera”, may well be out today, which means I’m pretty late at getting round to it. Truth be told, I didn’t pick it up for a while; not having hugely positive, or even particularly clear, memories of their previous records.

Mean, whimsical, portentous, playful… It’s complicated...

This month, I’ve been listening a lot to a band (or solo project; it’s not entirely clear) called Purling Hiss. It’s been fun but, at times, quite a challenge, even for those of us who can deal with lo-fidelity music that’s disseminated through several thick coats of distortion.

Jay Griffiths speaks about free publication

It's out on April 16

Winwood and pals’ pastoral funk apogee, remastered...