Reviews

Barely six months after the demise of Theatre Of Hate, Kirk Brandon was braving it on stage in Manchester in March 1983 with a new band, name and repertoire. That his audience look mighty perplexed by SOD's brassier tribal goth-dub makes his fearless performance, caught here, even more compelling.

Reissue of Mr Echoplex's 1977 classic

Glammy tribute to a clothes shop a bit hipper than Primark

Twentieth anniversary edition of '80s classic expanded with live songs, sessions and rarities

Dazzling, genre-dodging debut from young American five-piece

Mekons singer from Venus takes on the men from Mars

Confederate quintet follow last year's Decoration Day with strapping sixth LP

Underrated US singer-songwriter employs appealing simplicity

The new hick hop movement starts here

Mississippi bluesman remixed for the hip hop generation