I got the Transvision Vamp reissues - they did their 1st two albums, Pop Art and Velveteen as 2 CD packages and the extra CD included all the B-sides/remixes. I'm glad they finally reissued them + especially the fact they put all the extra stuff on (now if only Prince would do the same w/some of his albums!). I still liked both albums (tho' their ( Read more... )

The new issue of Classic Pop is amazing - great articles on OMD + Eurythmics + Some Bizarre record label (also giving guides to their best songs) plus reviews of the Wendy + Lisa reissue and the Fuzzbox reissue. Plus interviews w/Alison Moyet and Wendy James (hope they do a longer piece on Transvision Vamp at some point - Wendy was also one of the ( Read more... )

Got new issue of Vive Le Rock which had interviews with Alien Sex Fiend, Pauline Murray, Ginger Wildheart and Peter Hook discussing his new book on Joy Division. They also had a review of the reissue of Generation Terrorists - it turns out if you buy the deluxe collectors edition you do get a CD of B-sides so it's 3 CDs, 1 DVD and a small book plus ( Read more... )

( Music of 2011 )

Also got new issue of MOJO magazine which had big features on New Order, Billy Corgan and Bowie & Iggy in Berlin for the making of the 'Low' album. They also had a little bit on Cosey from Throbbing Gristle/Chris & Cosey who I've always thought deserves more credit ( Read more... )

Also got Uncut as it had a big feature on T-Rex (and I used to love them when I was a kid) & it also had a couple of good, smaller bits on Adam Ant (also interviewed in the Times on Sat) and Amy Winehouse. I loved their description of Amy Winehouse as "the avenging lovechild of Ronnie Spector and Johnny Thunders ( Read more... )

Yay, I have finally posted all the stuff from Issue 2 of PussyRock (which originally came out in October 2005) online ( Read more... )

I got the latest issue of Q magazine which had a couple of book reviews which I really must check out (a book on the impact of disco and Carl Barat's memoirs.)
Also had an interview with Elvis Costello where he (unforgiveably) bitched about Wendy James.
( Elvis Costello on Wendy James )

Also got the new Westworld compilation released by Cherry Red Records (who also sent me a v. nice e-mail when I suggested they release a Honey Bane CD). Westworld were a great band, often get lumped in with Transvision Vamp, BAD and Sigue Sigue Sputnik but they had more of a straightforward 50s retro vibe (very big on a twangy guitar sound). I'm ( Read more... )

I got the new issue of Alternative magazine. To be honest, I wasn't that keen on the bands they featured this issue although it was nice to see Ivy's Itch get a little mention plus there were album reviews for MAB, Thee Merry Widows and Ping Pong Bitches (how long has that album taken? I reviewed the EP about 6 years ago and said they were ( Read more... )