The Next Day, by David Bowie - album review
Subscriber contentBy Nick Bollinger in Music
Issue 3802 14th Mar 2013
David Bowie’s first album in a decade finds him referencing past selves, taking out old voices like clothes from a wardrobe.
By Nick Bollinger in Music
Issue 3802 14th Mar 2013
David Bowie’s first album in a decade finds him referencing past selves, taking out old voices like clothes from a wardrobe.
By Nick Bollinger in Music
Issue 3799 21st Feb 2013
Ruban Nielson’s new album feels like it was written in a waking dream.
By Nick Bollinger in Music
Issue 3796 31st Jan 2013
Beck’s new “album” is a folio of sheet music that requires audience participation.
By Nick Bollinger in Music
Issue 3793 10th Jan 2013
The world Scott Walker paints on Bish Bosch is as detailed and terrifying as its artist namesake’s depictions of Hell.
By Nick Bollinger in Music
Issue 3792 3rd Jan 2013
Forget releasing a new album – Elvis Costello is having too much fun performing live.
By Nick Bollinger in Books
Issue 3790 20th Dec 2012
Pete Townshend is ordered and Neil Young near-shambolic, as the two musical giants eschew ghost writers for their autobiographies.
By Nick Bollinger in Music
Issue 3789 13th Dec 2012
Elastic Wasteland contains some of the most satisfying and sophisticated songs Sean Donnelly has ever put to disc.
By Nick Bollinger in Music
Issue 3789 13th Dec 2012
Carefully cast accompanists bring to life cunning unpredictable pop songs, which seem to draw equally on surrealism and childhood memories.
By Nick Bollinger in Music
Issue 3789 13th Dec 2012
It is Aaradhna’s wounded yet defiant lead vocals – not to mention her multi-tracked back-ups – that give these songs the timeless appeal of an old Mary Wells record, says Nick Bollinger.
By Nick Bollinger Jim Pinckney in Music
Issue 3788 6th Dec 2012
A round up of this year's 20 best albums.