30th June brings a fantastically diverse selection of new releases. Following on from their acclaimed debut Elaenia, Floating Points have created Reflections: Mojave Desert, an album inspired by and reflective of that singular location. Stone Sour’s Hydrograd is straight-ahead rock’n’roll; Corey Taylor says “It’s probably one of the best records we have done since the…
Pre-sale of the week is Concrete And Gold by Foo Fighters, out on 15 September. Rock titans Foo Fighters will release their ninth studio record, Concrete And Gold, on 15 September. Talking about the record, their follow-up to 2014’s Sonic Highways, Dave Grohl said: “I wanted it to be the biggest sounding Foo Fighters record…
23 June brings us the following aural delights: Danny & The Champions Of The World’s sixth studio album, Brilliant Light, is more of the infectious country soul that makes them so beloved. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s second album of the year so far, Murder Of The Universe, posits as its main theme the…
Pre-sale of the week is A Deeper Understanding by War On Drugs, out on 25 August. A Deeper Understanding is the first album from War On Drugs since 2014’s universally acclaimed Lost In The Dream, and follows the Record Store Day release of the 11-minute ‘Thinking of a Place’. For much of the three-and-a-half-year period…
Our batch of recommended releases for 16 June could well be our favourite of the year so far for its depth and quality. Crack-Up represents a real change for Fleet Foxes; instead of an expansive, sunny outlook we are ‘treated’ to a collection of inward-searching songs suffused with a bleak melancholy, resulting in a jarring,…
Pre-sale of the week is Everything Now (Night Version) by Arcade Fire, out on 28 July. Everything Now was produced by Arcade Fire themselves, along with Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter and Pulp’s Steve Mackey, with co-production coming from Markus Dravs (Coldplay, Mumford & Sons). It was recorded at Boombox Studios in New Orleans, Sonovox Studios…
Our crackers out on 9 June start with Truth Is A Beautiful Thing, the follow-up to London Grammar’s critically acclaimed smash from 2013, If You Wait. Heartbreak is a bit different: Lady Antebellum rented a house together and wrote it while living under the same roof; the result is their most intimate and heartfelt work…
Pre-sale of the week is Presents The Holy Strangers by Micah P. Hinson, out on 8 September. Our favourite purveyor of the very darkest, most gothic Americana returns with Micah P. Hinson Presents The Holy Strangers. Hinson describes Presents The Holy Strangers as being a “modern folk opera.” The album tells the story of a…
Our recommended new releases for 2 June are a fine bunch. Keep It Hid, the second solo album from Black Keys frontman Dan Auerbach, is a love letter to his adopted hometown, Nashville. Many of the songs were co-written with the legendary John Prine, and it’s a fine piece of work. Roger Waters’ latest solo…
Pre-sale of the week is Every Country’s Sun by Mogwai, out on 1 September. Mogwai return with their 9th studio album, recorded with renowned producer Dave Fridmann (Mercury Rev, The Flaming Lips, Mogwai’s Come On Die Young and Rock Action) at his Tarbox Road Studios in New York State. Every Country’s Sun, which takes its…