Beggars

Emerging in 1983, The Cult is fronted by Ian Astbury on vocals and Billy Duffy on guitar. 1994 saw the release of their seif-titled sixth long-player The Cult, sometimes also known as the "Black Sheep" album due to it cover image. Recorded with Sonic Temp

The follow-up to 2005's Alligator is filled with lush arrangements and sees the band incorporating new instrumentation and expanded musical elements such as piano, trumpet, and more prominent background vocals.

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Beggars Arkive offer up a vinyl LP reissue of The Cult's second album Love, originally released in 1985. It was their breakthrough and produced many singles including "Rain", "Revolution" and the epic anthem "She Sells Sanctuary" - songs that still reso

Formed in 1978, The legendary and hugely influential Bauhaus is comprised of Peter Murphy, Daniel Ash, David J and Kevin Haskins. The dark, dramatic music that they made, possessed far more force, variety and playfulness than the "founding fathers of goth

It's safe to say that Mark Lanegan knows everyone. For his 2004 album Bubblegum he drafted in members of Queens of the Stone Age (Joshua Homme and Nick Oliveri), Afghan Whigs, Guns 'n' Roses as well as his own ex-wife, Wendy Rae Fowler. The critically-acc

Bauhaus were singer Peter Murphy, guitarist Daniel Ash, bassist David J and drummer Kevin Haskins. The dark, dramatic music that they made in their short time together possessed far more force, variety and playfulness than the "goth" tag that they were un

THE WONDERFUL AND FRIGHTENING ESCAPE ROUTE TO... This package contains material from the two singles and the EP, Call For Escape Route, that the band released in 1984, which were also part of the extended cassette version of the original album. These were

Describing The Fall to a new listener is a task that even the most talented word smith would find problem with. A mixture of punk fury, spoken word and shamanic chanting that basks in repeated, near-cacophonous guitar riffs and tribal drum textures...it’s

The Wonderful and Frightening World of the Fall is the apex of the Fall's Brix era in which Mark E. Smith, unheralded hip priest of Manchester punk, finally met his match (Smith and young American Brix met at a Chicago gig and quickly wed.) With Mrs. Smit

Described by Uncut as 'a genuine treasure,' The National are five friends from Cincinnati, Ohio, who started making music in 1999, when they found themselves living near one another again in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. Alligator is the group's third critic

I Am Kurious Oranj is The Fall's eleventh studio album. Released by Beggars Banquet 30 years ago, in 1988, it contains some of their most loved songs including "Cab It Up!", "New Big Prinz" and "Jerusalem" which takes its lyrics from a poem by William Bla

The 17-songs collected here come from The Fall's Brix Smith era, aka "the golden era of Fall releases." This is a perfect introduction to the band, and as legendary critic Robert Christgau said, it's "The only Fall record any normal person need own." Orig