Mick Middles

Rammstein

ZEIT

Rammstein return with an unexpected nod to the Sound of Music…

Destroyer

Labyrinthitis

Dan Bejar's thirteenth outing as Destroyer finds him pestering Italian renaissance artists and tipping his cap to Mark E. Smith, finds Mick Middles

Spiritualized

Everything Was Beautiful

The rudiments of *Everything Was Beautiful* were originally intended as the second half of a 2018 double album, but the new Spiritualized album is far from an assemblage of outtakes and demos, finds Mick Middles

The Fall

I Am Kurious Oranj

Another magnificent Beggars Arkive reissue (on oranj vinyl)

The Fall

458489 A-Sides

Their singles from 1984 to 1989, aka the Beggars years, aka the Brix era. Originally compiled in 1990 and rereleased this month on sexy white vinyl

Half Man Half Biscuit

No-one Cares About Your Creative Hub So Get Your Fuckin' Hedge Cut

Contemporary culture has obligingly stepped right into the sardonic sights of Blackwell and Crossley. On this new album, they lock target and do not miss

Death And The Maiden

Wisteria

Death And The Maiden come from New Zealand, carry shades of the Haçienda, and venture deep into unknown places

The Lovely Eggs

This Is Eggland

From Lancaster, the perfectly produced sounds of a chip shop burning down.

Go-Kart Mozart

Mozart's Mini-Mart

It's Lawrence, with the most effervescent and creative album of his extraordinary career.

I, Ludicrous

Songs From The Sides Of Lorries

The ninth album from a band who belong firmly in the tradition of angry, magnificent and slightly surreal Englishmen.

The Performance Of A Lifetime: The Granite Shore’s Suspended Second

Who knew an album of global, personal and spiritual disappointment could sound so beautiful, so uplifting? By Mick Middles.

The Lead Review: Mick Middles On Gnod’s Mirror

Where to go? What to do next? And why? Mick Middles assesses the latest output from the Salford group, out tomorrow on Rocket Recordings

Dark Actors

Extraordinary Renditions EP

The Lead Review: Mick Middles On New Order’s Music Complete

As they release their most promising record in recent years, Mick Middles looks back at the tumultuous history of the Manchester group, examining the barrelling acrimony and the quiet influence of Mark Reeder

Richard Thompson

Still

The Damned

Damned Damned Damned/Music For Pleasure/Strawberries (Reissues)

Various Artists

Jon Savage's Secret History Of Second Wave Psychedelia 1988-93

Fotheringay

Nothing More: The Collected Fotheringay

The Anatomy Of A Photograph: Salford Lads Club & The Smiths

The story of an icy cold afternoon, a nervous photographer and the picture that sparked a gazillion copies, by Mick Middles

Drums Not Dead: An Interview With Si Wolstencroft

Mick Middles interviews the man whose book charts turning down a role in The Smiths, being an early member of the Stone Roses and eventually joining The Fall

Various Artists

Deeply Vale Box Set

A Certain Ratio

Sextet (Reissue)

The Hamsters

Bloody Hell!

Elbow

The Take Off And Landing Of Everything

Chrome Hoof

Chrome Black Gold

Northern Uproar

All That Was Has Gone

The Fall

Live In San Francisco

Deep Purple

Now What?!

Durutti Column / Crispy Ambulance

Factory Benelux Reissues

New Order

Lost Sirens

INTERVIEW: Peter Hook

The former New Order bassist talks Mick Middles, author of From Joy Division To New Order, through Unknown Pleasures, his new account of Joy Division

The Loaded Dice

Hindsight of a Brand New Soul. A Poor Man's Prophecy