A review of an anthology of the sounds of late 1960a swinging London. Plus, new albums from Paul Collins and Gordon Grdina.
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A new Beatles covers collection features a fair number of luminous artists and a few famous covers, but the focus is more on obscure artists and recordings.
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U2 reimagines many of its best tunes on Songs of Surrender, plus reviews of a Kinks anthology, Lynn Miles, the Black Watch, and Lisa Said.
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A big box set marks the 50th anniversary of the Kinks' "Muswell Hillbillies" and "Everybody's in Show-biz – Everybody's a Star"
Read More »The Kinks: Chapter 22. The Kinks disappoint with UK Jive.
Read More »The Kinks raid the vaults for a new six-disc box set.
Read More »The Kinks: Chapter 21. The Kinks think visual on their 1986 album.
Read More »The Kinks: Chapter 20. Word Of Mouth was one of Dave Davies' finest hours.
Read More »The Kinks: Chapter 18. Give The People What They Want found The Kinks rocking hard with mixed results.
Read More »The Kinks: Chapter 17. The Kinks ended the 1970s on a high note.
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