Tim Cooper
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Dry Cleaning: Stumpwork
“Nothing works. Everything’s expensive. Things are shit. But they’re going to be OK.” No, it’s not our new Prime Minister’s address to the nation (though it could be). It’s Florence Shaw on Dry Cleaning’s brilliant second album Stumpwork. → Read More
Watch this! Alice Low unveils new song and video Sodomizer
Trans artist Alice Low unveils an outrageously funky new single that continues her quest to challenge prejudice through her music. → Read More
Watch this! Gender-fluid NY punks cumgirl8 release new single & video
Brooklyn punk quartet cumgirl8 have defied the censors as self-styled "gender outlaws and sexual provocateurs" with new single Dumb Bitch. → Read More
Sharon Van Etten Album Of The Week
Sharon Van Etten delivers a spellbinding sixth album filled with bangers and big ballads about starting a new life in a pandemic. → Read More
Fontaines D.C.: Skinty Fia
Fontaines D.C. return with their third album in three years. It’s the widescreen masterpiece they’ve been working towards, says Tim Cooper. → Read More
Combat Rock At 40 – The Clash’s fifth album repackaged
Combat Rock gets the full re-release treatment with extra discs to mark the 40th anniversary of the fifth album by The Clash. → Read More
Shoun Shoun: Monsters & Heroes
Annette Berlin's Bristol quartet Shoun Shoun release a memorable debut album filled with lo-fi lockdown anxiety and tales of bad behaviour. → Read More
WATCH THIS! The Luka State release incendiary new single Oxygen Thief
Straight outta Winsford... here come Cheshire quartet The Luka State with the incendiary blast of Oxygen Thief. → Read More
Listen now! Ultimate Alternative Christmas Playlist
Sick of Wham!, Mariah and all the Christmas shit on the radio? Listen instead to Tim Cooper's Ultimate Alternative Christmas playlist. → Read More
Reggae And Dub Pioneer Lee 'Scratch' Perry Dies At 85
The word "legend" gets chucked about a lot but Lee 'Scratch' Perry really was one. Keith Richards called him "the Salvador Dali of reggae." → Read More
Teen punks The Linda Lindas perform Racist Sexist Boy in a public library
Punk schoolgirls The Linda Lindas have broken the internet with their real-life-inspired anthem Racist Sexist Boy. → Read More
Wire: 10:20 – album review
Wire release their second album of 2020, breathing new life into old songs and releasing tracks that were left off previous albums. → Read More
Neil Young: Homegrown
Neil Young releases the deeply personal breakup album he shelved at the last minute in 1975. So can Homegrown can live up to its myth, asks Tim Cooper. → Read More
The Dears: Lovers Rock – album review
The Dears have been doom-mongering for the past 25 years. Tim Cooper finds the Montreal band still searching for love in the time of coronavirus. → Read More
The Dears: Lovers Rock – album review
The Dears have been doom-mongering for the past 25 years. Tim Cooper finds the Montreal band still searching for love in the time of coronavirus. → Read More
Sparks: A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip
Sparks have been making their idiosyncratic brand of quirky pop since the Sixties. After 53 years, they may have reached their peak, says Tim Cooper → Read More
Matador Mike: Angry? No. Sad, Maybe
Matador Mike, aka one-man-band Daniel Reith, has made the perfect album for our lockdown times. He just didn’t know it, says Tim Cooper. → Read More
LISTEN! Bon Iver makes a song for health workers
Bon Iver release an uplifting message of hope to the world today, with a brand new song supporting health workers on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic. → Read More
Ash: Teenage Wildlife: 25 Years Of Ash
Ash celebrate their silver jubilee with a hand-picked collection of more than 50 pop-punk classics, including all the singles. Tim Cooper celebrates. → Read More
The Sweet: Islington Assembly Hall
The Sweet celebrate their 51st anniversary with a hit-filled show that stirs schoolboy memories for a packed audience including LTW's Tim Cooper. → Read More