A Past Gone Mad: The Best of The Fall 1990-2000 - October 2018 October 30th, 2018

Stew compiled and annotated this compilation by The Fall. …this is a fine collection; brave, broad and admirably biased… It is, of course, an appalling concept. Allowing writer/ comedian Stewart Lee to compile a selection of his favourite, latter-day Fall tracks smacks of misguided marketing;an ill-informed attempt to glean the collegiate vote for what surely…

Peach – Giving Birth To A Stone - October 2018 October 30th, 2018

Giving Birth to a Stone is the debut album of UK metal band Peach, released in 1994. It was rereleased in 2000, with different artwork, designed by Adam Jones of Tool. It was re-released again globally on April 2, 2007 through Sony BMG – and is also being made available in downloadable formats. Stew improvises…

Evans The Death – Catch Your Cold - October 2018 October 30th, 2018

The b-side of this indie-pop single, Crying Song, features Stew crying. Following-up their critically acclaimed self-titled debut album, Evans the Death return with their third single in the form of “Catch Your Cold,” one of the highlights of their excellent LP. One of the first songs written by the band, guitarist Dan Moss says of…

Walking Down The Road: A History Of Ted Chippington - October 2018 October 30th, 2018

I am credited as an executive producer on this 4 cd box set of the best of 80’s cult comedian Ted Chippington. It sells for only £15 and is only available here. There is none of my material on here. Only Ted’s.

Alan Parker: Urban Warrior – Blast From The Past - October 2018 October 30th, 2018

Stewart is the uncredited and unpaid guitarist, bassist and co-writer on most of these messy, lo-fi, hardcore anarcho-punk pastiches from the comedian Simon Munnery in his alter ego, or real self, of Alan Parker.

John Cage: Indeterminacy CD - October 2018 October 30th, 2018

John Cage’s Indeterminacy performed by Steve Beresford, Tania Chen and Stewart Lee. Two different passes on Cage’s chance composition, recorded in 2011. This is a recording of a performance of John Cage’s Indeterminacy recorded by Stewart Lee (who is reading the cards) and Steve Beresford and Tania Chen (playing piano and objects). ‘Indeterminacy reminds those…