Colin Newman

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Essential, Magical New Albums from Immersion and Daniela Mars

April 3, 2025 Tim Sommer 0 Comments Colin Newman, Daniela Mars, Immersion, Malka Spiegel, Nanocluster Vol. 3, SUSS, Swim, VOCES8 Records, Wire

Two LPs that explore the fearlessness of beauty

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Electronic Experimental Post-Punk 

Immersion: Where the Seagull Meets the Autobahn

June 27, 2024June 27, 2024 Tim Sommer 0 Comments 2024, Colin Newman, Cuboza, Immersion, Malka Spigel, Nanocluster Vol. 2, Swim, Thor Harris, Wire

Some nutty and extreme words about the stunning new release(s) from Colin Newman and Malka Spigel

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Electronic New Wave 

Colin Newman on Bastard, Wire and the Business of Running a Profitable Record Label

January 15, 2024January 24, 2024 Tim Sommer 0 Comments 154, 1997, 2024, Bastard, Chairs Missing, Colin Newman, Malka Spigel, Pink Flag, Swim, Wire

“I have always been interested in things that have a very strong unique selling point”

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Electronic Electronics Punk Rock 

Wire’s Colin Newman to Reissue 1997 Solo LP

November 1, 2023November 1, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1997, Bastard, Colin Newman, Malka Spigel, Swim, Wire

Bastard will be released on vinyl and deluxe CD on January 26th

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Art Pop Experimental Rock 

The Shimmer Shiver That Knows All

June 22, 2022June 22, 2022 Tim Sommer 0 Comments 2022, Colin Newman, Gliding and Hiding, Malka Spiegel, Swim, Wire

With Gliding and Hiding, Malka Spigel has made one of the most beautiful new/old albums of the decade

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Art Pop Electronic Experimental Post-Punk 

ALBUMS: Immersion Surrenders to Beauty, and Achieves Transcendence 

September 22, 2021September 23, 2021 Tim Sommer 0 Comments 2021, Colin Newman, Dennis Wilson, Immersion, Krautrock, Laetitia Sadier, Malka Spigel, Nanocluster, Nanocluster Vol. 1, Pet Sounds, Robin Rimbaud, Ronald Lippok and Bernd Jestram, Scanner, Stereolab, Swim, Tarwater, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The White Album, Ulrich Schnauss, Wire

With the help of such collaborators as Laetitia Sadier, Ulrich Schnauss, Tarwater and Scanner, Nanolcuster Vol. 1 is so beautiful, exotic, immediate and compelling as to defy description

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Post-Punk Punk 

The Wire Miracle Continues with PF456 Deluxe

June 11, 2021June 11, 2021 Tim Sommer 3 Comments 2021, Bruce Gilbert, Colin Newman, Graham Lewis, PF456 Deluxe, Pink Flag, Post-Punk, Wire

This anticipated Record Store Day exclusive is the UK punk icons’ most feral and creative release

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New Wave Post-Punk 

On 10:20, The Wire Miracle Continues

June 19, 2020June 19, 2020 Tim Sommer 4 Comments 10:20, Colin Newman, Graham Lewis, Margaret Fielder, Matthew Simms, Pink Flag, Robert Gotobed, Robert Grey, Wire

The English post-punk institution continues its latest hot streak with LP no. 18

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Post-Punk 

ALBUMS: Inside Wire’s Hive

January 23, 2020January 23, 2020 Tim Sommer 1 Comment 2020, Colin Newman, Graham Lewis, Mind Hive, Pink Flag, Pink Floyd, The Go-Betweens, The Kinks, The Who, Wire

43 years after its debut, Mind Hive proves this British punk institution is still making flawless records

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Pop Punk Rock 

‘The 70s Album We Enjoyed the Most Making’

August 31, 2018September 1, 2018 Tim Sommer 1 Comment 1978, 40th Anniversary, Colin Newman, Graham Lewis, Wire

We mark the 40th Anniversary of Wire’s Chairs Missing with a lot of adjectives from Tim and insightful comments from Colin Newman

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