In an interview published in 2005 Nick Saloman of band The Bevis Frond wrote "Phil McMullen is one of that rare breed, a music fan who doesn't want to be a musician", and praised McMullen's talents.
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McMullen also founded the semi-annual Terrastock indie rock festivals which have taken place in Britain and North America since 1987, and in 2013 curated the first Woolf Music festival.
In March 2005, editor Phil McMullen announced that the magazine would be coming under new management and relocating from Britain to North America.
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A single, "Crystals", and album, Kings of the Desert, were released in January 1990 to favourable reviews and articles from such journalists as Edwin Pouncey (aka Savage Pencil) and Phil McMullen in NME, Melody Maker, Sounds, Ptolemaic Terrascope, and the first issue of Select magazine (which awarded the album 4 out of 5).