One of the few post-punk bands from the early 1980s that I can still listen to without squirming with embarrassment for my own naiveté, Magazine were hugely underrated at the time but proved to be much admired with the benefit of hindsight. Name-checked by Radiohead, covered by Morrissey, Magazine defined the best of the “art-rock” [...]

A recent fundraiser at W2 helped raised money for legendary DJ Kool Herc’s medical bills.

Currently on the Wise Monkeys playlist: the blissful sound of Guinea’s African Virtuoses. This acoustic guitar quartet’s one and only album, produced in the late 70s, evokes languid Latin rhythms.