We bring news of a couple of new releases that may have passed you by. U2: Easter Lily EP Photo: Anton Corbijn I have to confess that I totally missed the boat on U2 s first new music in a few years (first original stuff since 2017s Songs of Experience ), when the Days of Ash EP came out in February, and that has now been swiftly followed by the Easter Lily EP . With the promise of a new album later in 2026, these two precursor EPs have taken some different angles. Days of A

It’s been a while since we did one of our Six Degrees of Kevin Shields episodes, so to honour the new year, we are looking at musicians born on New Year’s Day to start proceedings. There are a few potential starters for this honour; Joe McDonald , the ‘Country’ one in Country Joe & the Fish ; Morgan Fisher, keyboard player with Mott The Hoople ; Ari Up (John Lydon’s stepdaughter) of The Slits ; Brody Dalle (Bree Robinson), the Australian born singer with punk band The Dist

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Following on from my chronicling of my favourite drummers and bass players, I thought it was high time to start considering the...

I needed an idea for a jump off point for the next Six Degrees of Kevin Shields - and then sadly, last weekend it became clear who was...