There’s a strong opener to our recommendations for 2024: Little Rope (out 19 Jan) is one of the finest, most delicately layered records in Sleater-Kinney’s nearly 30-year career. To call the album flawless feels like an insult to its intent: it careens head-first into flaw and brokenness, a meditation on what living in a world…
This week’s six recommendations kick of with the deep baritone and gothic Americana of Micah P. Hinson, and Live At The BBC is exactly what it says on the tin. Mary Chapin Carpenter’s new album, Sometimes Just The Sky, is effectively a celebration of her acclaimed 30-year recording career and all the better for it.…
My release of the week is, unusually, a re-release. However, it is such a great album and has been so long out of print that it deserves its place. It’s Ryan Adams’ seminal debut, Heartbreaker, and every home really should have a copy! This week also sees new albums from The Vaccines, Ash, Pokey Lafarge,…