Album reviews: Iggy Pop | Little Simz | Joesef
Iggy Pop: Every Loser (Atlantic Records/Gold Tooth Records) ****
Little Simz: No Thank You (Forever Living Originals) ****
Joesef: Permanent Damage (AWAL) ****
All hail the clean and mean Iggy Pop, healthy and fulfilled with music, nay life, as his drug, a septuagenarian survivor who can get away with just about anything through force of personality and a keen ear for suitable collaborators. Following diverse adventures in jazz, French, poetry and electronica (with Underworld), his latest album Every Loser is a return to wild man rocking, featuring 11 lean and loud songs to “beat the s**t out of you” and a supergroup musical line-up including Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, Guns N Roses bassist Duff McKagan, the late Taylor Hawkins of Foo Fighters and various members of Jane’s Addiction, Pearl Jam and Blink 182, all queuing up to play with the godfather of punk.
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