Scratch The Surface
- Scratch the Surface: Urusei Yatsura – We are Urusei Yatsura (1996, Ché Records)
- Scratch the Surface: Children of the Bong – Sirius Sounds
- Scratch The Surface: The Jasmine Minks – Scratch the Surface (Creation Records, 1989)
- Scratch the Surface: The Passmore Sisters – First Love, Last Rites (Sharp Records, 1988)
- Feature: Scratch the Surface: The Wolfhounds albums Bright and Guilty / Blown Away (1989), and an interview with Dave Callahan
- Feature: Scratch the Surface – 14 Iced Bears self-titled album, and an interview with Rob Sekula
Not Forgotten
- News: ‘Amy Winehouse At The BBC’ compilation coming 7th May
- Not Forgotten: Warren Zevon
- NOT FORGOTTEN: Snub TV: when British telly had a decent indie strand
- NOT FORGOTTEN: Mike Flowers and the Easy revival
- NOT FORGOTTEN: The Irresistible Force – ‘It’s Tomorrow Already’: the loud, great finale of British rave-ambient
- Not Forgotten: Rainbow – Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow
- Not Forgotten: ‘wrinkle’, the early EP from 2/3 of ‘The Cribs’
- Not Forgotten: Golden Earring – Golden Earring
- Not Forgotten: The Presidents of the United States of America – The Presidents of the United States of America
- Not Forgotten: Black Wire
- Not Forgotten: Teenage Fanclub – Grand Prix
- Not Forgotten: Peter Gabriel – Peter Gabriel [3]
Buyers Guide
- Feature: A Buyer’s Guide to DEVO
- A Buyers Guide to ZZ Top (The Warner Brothers Years)
- A Beginners Guide to Sparks
- News: Farewell Bastard Song, By Toad – a celebration
- A Buyers Guide to Matt Berry on Acid Jazz
- A Buyers Guide to 80s Live Albums
- A Buyers Guide to Crowded House (1986-1996)
- A Buyers Guide to Electric Light Orchestra
- A Beginners Guide to Ian Hunter & Mott the Hoople
- A buyers’ guide to The Waterboys 1981-1990
- A beginners’ guide to Deep Purple
- A buyers’ guide to Flight of the Conchords
Beginners Guides
- PREMIERE: Seattle’s Acid Tongue stream new album ‘Arboretum’ ahead of release
- Tallinn Black Nights Review: Alice, Through The Looking
- Exclusive: Salvation Jayne and Ashton Rapturous team up to record Arlo Parks’ Black Dog in session for Backseat Mafia
- Premiere: Gefahrgeist Share The Two Part Track ‘Orbit’ (Feat Rapper Conscious Route); We Get First Listen
- Track: El Ten Eleven share the grand alien (post-)funk of ‘New Year’s Eve’ and detail a massive tour
- Premiere: Eucereon releases the beautiful melancholic indie-folk of ‘Go’
- Track: Leo Abrahams pushes six strings into a pyroclastic flow of glitch on ‘Spiral Trem’
- Film Review: The Shop Around the Corner
- Premiere: Lil Seyi – Westside (La Felix) remix; NZ producer brings the funk to a Summer hit
- See: Rival Consoles drops the darkly pulsing choreography of ‘Monster’ ahead of tomorrow’s album
- News: Fresh from trepanning with Squarepusher, SCALPING announce British headlining dates for the start of the year
- News: Seefeel and KMRU warp and weft on a limited remix cassette, ‘Rapture To Rupt’
Classic Album
- News: Blonde Redhead Reissuing Fifth Album
- Droppin’ Knowledge: Nostalgia Ultra: Scarface – The Fix (2002)
- Classic Album: Iron Maiden – Iron Maiden
- Album Reissue: Raviv Gazit – Ze
- News: Lightning Bolt Announce European Tour, Album Reissues
- Classic Album: Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti
- Not Forgotten: The Clash – London Calling
- Classic Album: Pink Floyd – The Wall
- Classic Compilation: Clifford T Ward – Gaye and Other Stories
- Classic Album: Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin II
- Classic Album: The Beatles – Abbey Road
- Classic Album: Bob Dylan – Oh Mercy
