Colin Newman

Colin Newman: A-Z (Beggars Banquet)

Review by Andy Gill, NME, October 1980

AFTER THE flawed experimentalism of Gilbert and Lewis's Dome and Cupol projects, I wasn't quite sure what to expect from Colin Newman's first solo outing ...

Colin Newman: Not To

Review by Richard Cook, NME, June 1982

I miss Wire. I was always partial to the austere subversiveness, their brittle sense of editing, their hybrid of ghoulish chants and Byrdsy chiming. Though ...