Gallery red tape, a painting behind glass and the need to hide the album title meant a rocky road for creating this New Order LP cover, writes Steve Fairclough

Goth’s bleak misanthropy was upcycled and infused with hippiefied glam by the band, who celebrate their 40th this year.

XTC’S 1986 ALBUM, Skylarking, is fairly beloved today, but for Andy Partridge, the British band's co-founder, chief songwriter and guitarist, it was difficult to make. The main issue? Partridge's disa

Martin Barre MCNIDDER & GRACE

 nce upon a long ago, records of other people’s songs were commonplace as many acts relied on the songwriting services offered by publishing offices such as Tin Pan Alley – even chart heavyweights li

Praise be! Prog’s most devout figure, Neal Morse, gets the gang back together, dials back the sermonising and reaches for the stars on his band’s sparkling first album in five years.