NEVER MIND THE BALEARICS – Ex-Verve Man Blends Rock With Electronica On 4th Solo Album

I’ve always felt that there were two Richard Ashcrofts – the cocksure ‘Mad Richard’ you often see in his interviews – and the sensitive soul who gave us The Drugs Don’t Don’t Work, Lucky Man and A Song For the Lovers.

Both Richards are in evidence on These People, Ashcroft’s first album in six years, but the combination is not entirely successful.

Review of Hopelessness the debut album by Anohni

FLAME ON – Anohni’s Hopelessness Reignites the Counterculture for Whole New Generation

I always felt there was something a bit emperor’s new clothes about Antony and the Johnsons.

There was obvious merit in the music, but I could never quite understand why the likes of Lou Reed were so enamoured.