New releases for 13 May 2022

This week’s six smashers start with Dropout Boogie, released one day before the twentieth anniversary of The Black Keys’ first album, The Big Come Up. As they have done throughout their entire career, the duo of Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney wrote all of the material in the studio, and the new album captures a…

New releases for 14 May 2021

We open this week’s selection of tasty treats with a brand-new album from Paul Weller. We may be cursed to be in the midst a global pandemic, buffeted by all of its stresses and pain. But everyone knows that art provides succour, that music is the most reliable balm. And for many there is further…

Pre-sale of the week: The Black Keys – Delta Kream, out 14 May

The Black Keys release their tenth studio album, Delta Kream. The record celebrates the band’s roots, featuring eleven Mississippi hill country blues standards that they have loved since they were teenagers, before they were a band, including songs by R.L. Burnside and Junior Kimbrough, among others. Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney recorded Delta Kream at…

New releases for 28 June 2019

As we approach the height of summer and the release schedule slows, we’ve distilled our recommendations for this week down to 4, with each taken from a different genre. Kylie belongs to that elite group of pop stars who need just the one name to be recognised. Now with decades of hits under her belt,…