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Spotlighting the impact of cultural landmarks

30 Years On: The Curiously Ignored Lyricism In Slint’s Spiderland

Three decades after the release of Spiderland, Joe Kennedy argues that those who waffle endlessly about post rock have made a mistake in ignoring "a lyrical blueprint which places Gothic imagery at the service of modernist ambiguity"

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The Story Of This Is The Sea: An Interview With Mike Scott Of The Waterboys

Wyndham Wallace talks to Mike Scott of The Waterboys about his classic album This Is The Sea, 25 years on from its release…

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C86 And All That: The 25th Anniversary

Jim Keoghan explains why the C86 cassette compilation has a far more important legacy in independent music than just giving rise to jangly indie-pop

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35 Years On: Searching For The Young Soul Rebels By Dexys Revisited

An old review in Creem magazine first got Valerie Siebert interested in the Dexys Midnight Runners' classic debut. And here it is again, 35 years after its first release

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40 Years On: The Jam’s Sound Affects Revisited

The Jam released Sound Affects four decades ago. Val Siebert assesses how it has weathered the intervening years

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40 Years On: The Dead Kennedys’ Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables

Jack Davies looks back at the Dead Kennedys first proto hardcore statement...

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Memories Of Genius: 40 Years On Prince’s Dirty Mind Revisited

John Freeman is not a fan of post-Witness rebirth Prince. Here he recalls happier days with Dirty Mind

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Peter Gabriel 3: Melt 40 Years On By Chris Roberts

This was the exact moment Peter Gabriel showed us what he was capable of, says Chris Roberts

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Looking For Water: JJ72’s Debut Revisited 20 Years On

Dean Sobers charts the history of Irish rock band JJ72, while Matt Kaufman speaks to Mark Greaney on the anniversary of their debut

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The Crypts Of 35 Years: Tom Araya On The Anniversary Of Slayer’s Hell Awaits

More influential than _Reign In Blood_? Mark Eglinton talks to Slayer's Tom Araya about the legacy of their brutal and nasty second album _Hell Awaits_. All live photos courtesy of Shot2Bits.net

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The Power Of Propaganda: A Secret Wish 35 Years On…

Celebrating 35 years since its release, Wyndham Wallace confronts the Sturm und Drang of Propaganda’s _A Secret Wish_

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35 Years On: Remembering The Colourfield’s Virgins & Philistines

Terry Hall's reunion with The Specials may have hogged the limelight for the last year or two, but – argues Wyndham Wallace – the debut album from his short-lived project The Colourfield is equally worth revisiting

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Adolescent Awkwardness: U2’s Boy 40 Years On

Ben Graham confesses his love for early U2, and implores us to remember them before they became the biggest band in the world.

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Sweetest Perfection: Depeche Mode’s Violator 30 Years On

Three decades on from its release, Emily Bick remembers how as a teenager in Mall America, _Violator_ was a record that spoke of sex with style, and paved the way for _Twilight_

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25 Years On: Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s Welcome To The Pleasuredome

Wyndham Wallace celebrates the remastered reissue – with bonus disc – of an unfairly neglected classic a quarter of a century since its title track’s release as a single

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30 Years On: Remembering Public Enemy’s Fear Of A Black Planet

David Stubbs takes a look at Public Enemy's classic LP _Fear Of A Black Planet_, which was released 30 years ago

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All That Useless Beauty: 25th Anniversary Of Lush’s Mad Love

Graham Bendel writes a love letter to 90s shoegazers Lush, and in the process wonders if they were better, in fact, than My Bloody Valentine…

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30 Years On: Remembering The Sundays’ Reading, Writing and Arithmetic

Iain Moffat looks at The Sundays' 'Reading, Writing and Arithmetic', originally released in 1990

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Anniversary

30 Years On: The Curiously Ignored Lyricism In Slint’s Spiderland

The Story Of This Is The Sea: An Interview With Mike Scott Of The Waterboys

C86 And All That: The 25th Anniversary

35 Years On: Searching For The Young Soul Rebels By Dexys Revisited

40 Years On: The Jam’s Sound Affects Revisited

40 Years On: The Dead Kennedys’ Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables

Memories Of Genius: 40 Years On Prince’s Dirty Mind Revisited

Peter Gabriel 3: Melt 40 Years On By Chris Roberts

Looking For Water: JJ72’s Debut Revisited 20 Years On

The Crypts Of 35 Years: Tom Araya On The Anniversary Of Slayer’s Hell Awaits

The Power Of Propaganda: A Secret Wish 35 Years On…

35 Years On: Remembering The Colourfield’s Virgins & Philistines

Adolescent Awkwardness: U2’s Boy 40 Years On

Sweetest Perfection: Depeche Mode’s Violator 30 Years On

25 Years On: Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s Welcome To The Pleasuredome

30 Years On: Remembering Public Enemy’s Fear Of A Black Planet

All That Useless Beauty: 25th Anniversary Of Lush’s Mad Love

30 Years On: Remembering The Sundays’ Reading, Writing and Arithmetic

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30 Years On: The Curiously Ignored Lyricism In Slint’s Spiderland

The Story Of This Is The Sea: An Interview With Mike Scott Of The Waterboys

C86 And All That: The 25th Anniversary

35 Years On: Searching For The Young Soul Rebels By Dexys Revisited

40 Years On: The Jam’s Sound Affects Revisited

40 Years On: The Dead Kennedys’ Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables

Memories Of Genius: 40 Years On Prince’s Dirty Mind Revisited

Peter Gabriel 3: Melt 40 Years On By Chris Roberts

Looking For Water: JJ72’s Debut Revisited 20 Years On

The Crypts Of 35 Years: Tom Araya On The Anniversary Of Slayer’s Hell Awaits

The Power Of Propaganda: A Secret Wish 35 Years On…

35 Years On: Remembering The Colourfield’s Virgins & Philistines

Adolescent Awkwardness: U2’s Boy 40 Years On

Sweetest Perfection: Depeche Mode’s Violator 30 Years On

25 Years On: Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s Welcome To The Pleasuredome

30 Years On: Remembering Public Enemy’s Fear Of A Black Planet

All That Useless Beauty: 25th Anniversary Of Lush’s Mad Love

30 Years On: Remembering The Sundays’ Reading, Writing and Arithmetic

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Deftones Private Music

Life is a Jumble Sale: Dale Cornish’s Favourite Albums

Noel Gallagher Selects His Thirteen Favourite Albums

Wolf Alice The Clearing

Peel the Layers: Nilüfer Yanya’s Favourite Albums

Maximum Drama: Lee Ranaldo’s 13 Favourite Albums

The Strange World Of… Joe McPhee

Sometimes Easy, Sometimes Hard: Harmonia’s Deluxe at 50

Water From Your Eyes It’s A Beautiful Place

Supersonic 2025: Your Quietus Essential Picks

Labour of Love: Nourished By Time’s The Passionate Ones

Various Artists The Alien Territory Archives: A Collection of Radical, Experimental, & Irrelevant Music from 1970s San Diego

Columnfortably Numb: Psych Rock for August by JR Moores

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Deftones
Private Music

Wolf Alice
The Clearing

Water From Your Eyes
It’s A Beautiful Place

Various Artists
The Alien Territory Archives: A Collection of Radical, Experimental, & Irrelevant Music from 1970s San Diego