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Monday, December 1, 2025

Super Classic Album: The Clash - The Clash (1977)

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The blog’s resident Clash expert Craig Stephen goes way back to ground zero … London, 1976. It was just one year in one city but the Briti...
Monday, November 17, 2025

Top 10: World Albums

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Here, our resident Central African Republic and St Lucia correspondent Craig Stephen looks at some of the best ever ‘world music’ albums. We...
Sunday, October 12, 2025

Reggae Nation: Scientist Wins the World Cup (1982)

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Craig Stephen on an “artistic delight” … I bought this because a dub album featuring some of Jamaica’s finest musicians and producers was ...
Saturday, July 26, 2025

Super Furry Animals’ Furrymania extravaganza

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Craig Stephen recalls a weekend of animal magic … I was working on a Scottish island in the summer of 2001, acting as editor for the local...
Tuesday, June 3, 2025

Top 10: Songs about sex workers

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Who doesn’t love a bit of filth with their harmonies? How can anyone resist the temptations of sexual suggestion and lurid details of carnal...
Sunday, June 1, 2025

Classic Album Review: Public Image Ltd - First Issue (1978)

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Craig Stephen on a game-changing post-punk classic ...  Most commentators head straight to Metal Box for the definitive PiL album. But I’ve ...
Friday, April 18, 2025

Album Review: Haiku Redo – Disco Summer (2025)

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As I read through the Failsafe Records promo blurb for the Auckland-based Haiku Redo’s debut album Disco Summer, I’m reminded of the ancient...
Monday, April 14, 2025

Top 10: Songs about space travel and aliens

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Here’s your mission, should you choose to accept it: make a list of the best songs about space travel, aliens and giant monsters from space,...
Monday, March 3, 2025

Album Review: The The - Ensoulment (2024)

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It’s been a very long time since a truly new studio album from Matt Johnson dropped, a quarter of a century in fact, if you cast aside esote...
Sunday, January 26, 2025

Album Review: Blur - The Ballad of Darren (2023)

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Craig Stephen on the recent-ish Blur return … In a recent review on this site, I noted that The Libertines were no longer spiky, noisy larr...
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