October 2024

Sparks’ fourth album, Propaganda, proved an admirable sequel to the band’s breakthrough disc, Kimono My House. Again cracking the UK Top 10, it spawned two...

Tangerine Dream first broke through in the UK and mainland Europe with 1974’s critically hailed Phaedra, and, before long, America also succumbed to them. Indeed,...

During the late 80s, Tangerine Dream’s fortunes briefly appeared to be on the wane. Prime mover Edgar Froese’s first lieutenant of 17 years, Christopher Franke,...

Widely feted by the critics and highly rated by influential musicians such as Oasis’ Noel Gallagher, The La’s’ lone, self-titled album remains a thing of...

In 1969, The Who released an album that would irrevocably change their fortunes. Their rock opera, Tommy, was a huge success in their native England,...

On June 9th, 1970, The Who were in Denver, Colorado, having played a storming 27-song show in the city’s Mammoth Gardens. They were at the...