Covering louche indie-rock, free jazz and spoken-word meditations, the creativity of Iggy Pop’s ‘Free’ is remarkable for an artist now in his seventies.
A magnum opus of masterful, conceptual songwriting spanning a bewildering number of genres, ’69 Love Songs’ by The Magnetic Fields has not been surpassed.
The best live music coming up in Leeds this week, including SASAMI, Cosmonauts and Modern Nature.
While synthesisers had been around for a while by 1979, Gary Numan’s chilly, immersive album ‘The Pleasure Principle’ represented a Year Zero for commercially successful electronic pop.
An introduction to pioneering British electronica label Warp Records, to mark its 30th anniversary.
The best live music coming up in Leeds this week, including Glaswegian punk newcomers Kaputt, Chilean psychedelic wizards Föllakzoid and indie hero Edwyn Collins.
Four decades on from its release, The Slits’ scintillating debut album ‘Cut’ still blazes a trail for women in the music industry.
Portishead may not have invented ‘trip hop’, but their endlessly cool and inventive 1994 debut album ‘Dummy’ came to define it completely.
Aided by St. Vincent on production, ‘The Center Won’t Hold’ boasts the widest range of sonic influences for any Sleater-Kinney album so far.
The best gigs coming up in Leeds this week, including Sharon Van Etten, Elephant Gym, White Fence, Madlib and Pizza For The People’s 14th Indie Banquet!
