'Ashes to Ashes' Is the Second Half of Chris O’Leary’s Deep Dive into All Things Bowie
What began as a blog becomes Ashes to Ashes: The Songs of David Bowie, 1976-2016, a tome for fans and critics.
21 Mar 2019
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The 21 Best Album Re-Issues of 2018
In 2018, the music world saw amazing reissues spanning rock titans to indie upstarts and electronic to pop of all stripes.
20 Dec 2018
Stumbling Into Town Like a Sacred Cow: 'Loving the Alien' Chronicles David Bowie in the '80s
The fourth in a series of David Bowie boxed sets, Loving the Alien (1983-1988) covers a period in the late artist's career than many hardcore fans would prefer to forget. Time for a reassessment.
19 Oct 2018
David Bowie's 'Welcome to the Blackout' Is a Triumph
David Bowie's well-received Record Store Day 2018 collection goes on general release via CD, streaming and download.
11 Jul 2018
One Life, Breathlessly Lived: On Artist and '70s Scenster Duncan Hannah's Memoir
Things get hazy with drugs and bloody with violence, but hipster Hannah remains happy.
24 May 2018
'David Bowie Made Me Gay' Raises the Question, How Do We Define LGBT Music?
The World's Worst Records blogger is funny, catty, and gossipy. Capturing the history of LGBT music in book form, however, outwits the author.
29 Jan 2018
The Roots of Romanticism in David Bowie's Berlin Triptych
In its response to modernity, Romanticism's grand enterprise inspires us to question the current state of things, to ponder how we might "be heroes / just for one day".
24 Jan 2018
'David Bowie: The Last Five Years' Compellingly Reflects on the Final Projects of the Artist's Life
If you are unfamiliar with the final, fertile phase of Bowie's career — which followed his retirement from performing, after a 2004 onstage heart attack — this is a fine introduction.
08 Jan 2018
'Smithsonian Rock and Roll' Welcomes the Amateur Concert Photographer
This new book featuring concert photos taken by fans is a stylish, interesting, and absorbing, yet somewhat incomplete look at the history of popular music.
06 Nov 2017
Filtered Through the Prism of David Bowie's Quixotic Mind: 'A New Career in a New Town'
The third installment of the series of deluxe David Bowie box sets covers some of his most celebrated albums but not without controversy.
12 Oct 2017
David Bowie Tributes: Complexions Dance + Sound & Vision Celebration + Royal Mail Stamps
Through stamps, dance and musical tributes, David Bowie lives on.
25 Jan 2017
Space Oddity: ‘The Man Who Fell to Earth’ is Strictly a Vehicle for David Bowie
Nicolas Roeg’s mid-'70s sci-fi misfire about an alien (Bowie) trying to save his planet but falling prey to Earth’s temptations is self-indulgent garble with a haunting premise.
23 Jan 2017
Glam Is Good
Simon Reynold's Shock and Awe is a thorough investigation into the many facets of rock's most maligned moniker.
18 Jan 2017
David Bowie in Conversation
Turn and face the strange: a posthumous interview compilation shows David Bowie as a brilliant artist and a warm conversationalist, an all-too-rare combination.
29 Dec 2016
Form Follows Function: 'The Life of Pablo' and 'Blonde' Challenge the Notion of an Album
Kanye West and Frank Ocean have created imperfect perfect albums which invert our notions of flaws and challenge our perception of the album as an art form.
19 Dec 2016
Phish and the Spiders From Mars Take Las Vegas
Phish has personally transformed Halloween into the holy high holiday of the rock world due to their legendary musical costume performances...
29 Nov 2016
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