| Vulgar Boatmen : Profile - Profiles |
 Erick Mertz reflects on the musical career of cult American alternative rock band the Vulgar Boatmen, who have just had re-released three of their albums, 1989's 'You and Your Sister', 1992's 'Please Panic'and 1995's 'Opposite Sex' released on vinyl.
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| Kristin Hersh : Interview - Interviews |
 Throwing Muses leader, 50 Foot Wave member and solo artist, US alt. rock pioneer Kristin Hersh chats to Erick Mertz about her time in the music industry and future plans.
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| Television Personalities : Beautiful Despair - Favourite Album Reviews |
 Erick Mertz examines 'Beautiful Despair', a 'lost' Television Personalities from 1990, which has finally come out on Fire Records.
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| Pere Ubu : Interview - Interviews |
 Erick Mertz talks to David Thomas, the front man with influential alternative rock act Pere Ubu, about his group's experimental new album, ‘20 Years in a Montana Missile Silo’.
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| Car Seat Headrest : Ten Songs That Made Me Love... - Features |
 Erick Mertz reflects on ten of his favourite songs by Car Seat Headrest, the project of Virginia-bred singer-songwriter and lo-fi alternative rock musician Will Toledo
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| ELF : Profile - Profiles |
 Erick Mertz examines the legacy of blues rock act Elf, the early band of Rainbow, Black Sabbath and Dio's Ronnie James Dio, whose 1974 second album 'Carolina County Ball'and 1975 third album 'Trying to Burn the Sun' have both been reissued by Cherry Red
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| Emerson Lake And Palmer : Profile - Profiles |
 Erick Mertz examines double Cd reissues of Emerson Lake and Palmer's 1972 and 1973 albums, 'Trilogy' and 'Brain Salad Surgery'
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| Emerson Lake And Palmer : Profile - Profiles |
Erick Mertz reflects on Emerson, Lake and Palmer's reissues of their first three albums which have just been re-released in double CD editions
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| Scientists : Profile - Profiles |
 With a new eighty track box set 'A Place Called Bad' having been just released of their music, Erick Mertz examines the immersive career of influential Australian post punks, the Scientists
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| Fun Lovin Criminals : Come Fun Yourself - Favourite Album Reviews |
 In our 'Re:View' section, in which we look back at albums from the past, Erick Mertz examines the Fun Lovin' Criminals masterwork of 90's funk, blues and hip-hop, 'Come Find Yourself', which has just been re-released for its twentieth anniversary in a three CD box set edition
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| Still in a Dream : Profile - Profiles |
 Erick Mertz reflects on the memories that a bonanza of shoegaze classics enhances on a new five CD box set, 'Still in a Dream'
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| Everything But The Girl : Profile - Profiles |
 Erick Mertz is by impressed dance pioneers Everything But The Girl's final two albums, 1996’s 'Walking Wounded' and 1999’s 'Temperamental', which have just been re-released in two CD editions, but finds dull the remixes that accompany them
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| Neds Atomic Dustbin : La Luna, Portland, Oregon, June 1996 - Features |
 In 'Gig of a Lifetime' Erick Mertz writes of attending a Ned's Atomic Dustbin show in Portland in 1996 with a friend, who at his first gig, believes that he attending a Doors show and ends up having his life changed by rock and roll
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| Nap Eyes : Whine of the Mystic - Favourite Album Reviews |
 Erick Mertz is impressed by the ragged glory of Canadian album 'Whine of the Mystic', which originally released by Nova Scotia band Nap Eyes in a limited edition of just 200 LPs is now receiving an extensive reissue
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| Looper : Profile - Profiles |
 Erick Mertz examines 'These Things', a career-defining box set from legendary Glaswegian genre benders, Looper
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| Looper : Interview - Interviews |
Erick Mertz talks to Looper's Stuart David on the eve of the release of their five disc retrospective, 'Offgrid:Offline'
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| Pop Will Eat Itself : Interview - Interviews |
 Pop Will Eat Itself frontman Graham Crabb talks to Erick Mertz about three decades of stirring the underground pot and returning to the stage for the Gigantic Festival
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| UB40 : Labour of Love - Favourite Album Reviews |
 Erick Mertz reflects upon UB40's 1984 fourth album and covers record 'Labour of Love', which is about to reissued in a three CD extended edition
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| Belle and Sebastian : Ten Songs That Made Me Love... - Features |
 In our series, in which our writers write about ten songs that made them love a particular artist or band, Erick Mertx writes about his favourite songs by Belle and Sebastian
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| Motorpsycho : Demon Box - Favourite Album Reviews |
 In our 'Re;View' section, in which we look back at albums from the past, Erick Mertz refelects on Norwegian heavy metal/psychedelic rockers Motorpsycho's classic third album, which has just been re-released in a four CD box set
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