Lloyd Cole will release his 12th solo album, On Pain, on June 23 via EarMUSIC. The record features his former Commotions bandmates Blair Cowan and Neil Clark, who co-wrote four of the songs on the ...

Unlike many of his contemporaries, Lloyd Cole started and has never stopped. Through peaks and troughs, he has beaten his own path to wherever he wanted to go. With his twelfth solo record, On Pain, ...

Summertime, and the livin’ is easy. Except this week which was absolutely bonkers with music-related announcements. It’s a little calmer on the release front, though: I review new albums from alt-rock ...

“It didn’t go very well, but then I found myself thinking, ‘I want to see if I can make something using my aesthetics for songs, and also for sound, as much as music,” says. Cole. “One of the reasons ...

Lloyd Cole remains cryptic when “describing” his new single “Warm By the Fire,” much less any of his songs. The lead single from his 12th solo album, On Pain, out June 23, “Warm By the Fire” is a ...

Lloyd Cole had to get creative during the pandemic, in more ways than one. Deprived of touring income, the British-born singer-songwriter and longtime Easthampton resident turned elsewhere to keep ...

Lloyd Cole and his band the Commotions were one of the few bright spots of rock and roll in the Eighties, his fetching melodies and sly lyrics woven in and out of understated musicianship via ...