I’ll confess, I’m always a little wary about hearing new material from a band that’s been at it for as long as Echo & The Bunnymen. It’s that old Rolling Stones curse – go on long enough, and you’ll inevitably start producing hollow, directionless crap. That sounds incredibly cynical, but it’s simply how I protect [...]

Oh how our little El Perro Del Mar has grown! She started out quirky but good, though she was leaning more toward quirky in the early days. It seems as though she’s honed and expanded her musical repertoire since I last heard her, and is now tipping over out of quirky into full on good. [...]