"Dr. Otter Bickerdike's You Are Beautiful And You Are Alone is a welcome addition to the small canon of Nico books, particularly for its insight, empathy, and, crucially, its respect for the subject" Matthew Barton reviews Professor Jennifer Otter Bickerdike's biography of Nico: bit.ly/3ioWXQ9

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Post day of joy … @SaintCharlesss’ beautiful new album Young Buck on tape - check it out 🥰

"Voyage is a 37-minute orbit around some of the things that made ABBA so successful in the first place and so enduring in the years following their low-key exit from centre stage" - Matthew Barton reviews the Swedish legends' comeback album: bit.ly/3DU4YpQ

The West’s Asleep: PJ Harvey’s Let England Shake and Hope Six Demolition Project and Their Demos Matthew Barton continues his detailed exploration of PJ Harvey's catalogue by delving into her two most recent albums and their demos Dig in: bit.ly/3NxEy1v

30 today! Thank you Bright Light Bright Light for a lovely quote about the meaning and impact of Erotica 🤍

It’s 20 years today since Scarlet’s Walk was released. Here’s an article I wrote about tori amos, in which I talk a bit about why Scarlet is so great

"I Inside The Old Year Dying is the sound of an artist who had been uncertain where to go and how to go about it but has pulled the threads together into something meaningful for her creative future" -Matthew Barton reviews PJ Harvey's RECOMMENDED new album: bit.ly/46AhCJm

"I Inside the Old Year Dying is an album that seems to hinge on fault-lines – between the corporeal and the imagined, the poetic and the prosaic, the bridge between childhood and adulthood" - Our review of PJ Harvey's RECOMMENDED new album: bit.ly/46AhCJm

WIN! - A Copy of Sufjan Stevens’ ‘Javelin’ Sufjan’s anticipated new album drops next week, and there’s a copy of the indies-only variant with a Norman Exclusive art print up for grabs. Simply like, retweet, and follow us to be entered. Asthmatic Kitty Records normanrecords.com/records/199070…

34 years of The Sensual World Kate Bush today. Here is a piece I wrote The Quietus about it, and its autumnal beauty | thequietus.com/articles/27276… #KateBush

Good to see Madonna bringing out some Erotica songs on the Celebration Tour. Here is an article I wrote last year about Madonna and Erotica on its 30th anniversary The Quietus thequietus.com/articles/32216…

WIN! - A Copy of Cocteau Twins’ ‘Milk & Kisses’ To celebrate the reissue of the dream pop group’s final album next Friday, we’re giving away a vinyl copy. Just retweet and like the tweet, then leave a comment and give us a follow. normanrecords.com/records/82395-…

Ace reissues of Nico now out on Domino Recording Co - Reissue of the Week at The Quietus