New releases for 6 October 2017

First up this week, prog-folker Jon Boden, best-known as the lead singer of Bellowhead, releases his third solo album, Afterglow, which imagines a near future in which the luxuries and comforts of 21st-century life have become scarce and a harder, simpler existence prevails. Rock gods The Darkness return with their fifth, Pinewood Smiles; all the…

New releases for 29 September 2017

Our recommended releases for 29 September start with Live At Pompeii, recorded when David Gilmour returned to the ancient amphitheatre 45 years after the legendary Pink Floyd gig there with a show including songs from throughout his career, including many Floyd classics. Chris Rea plays to his strengths with Road Songs For Lovers, which showcases…

New releases for 22 September 2017

The first of our recommended releases for 22 September is from Reverend And The Makers; if their last album, 2015’s Mirrors, was weird and wonderful, The Death Of A King continues the strange feel that seems to attach itself to much of their music. V is, unsurprisingly, the 5th album from The Horrors, and it’s…

New releases for 15 September 2017

We kick off this week’s releases with Concrete And Gold, the ninth studio album from rock behemoths Foo Fighters and their first since 2014’s Sonic Highways. Dave Grohl has said that he wants this one to be like Motörhead’s version of Sgt Pepper, and while we’ve no idea what that would sound like, the album…

New releases for 8 September 2017

Here are our recommended new releases for 8 September. Of Nothing But Thieves’ second album, Broken Machine, the band say: “The aim on Broken Machine was to create a rock album that feels fresh and exciting.” Job done! Micah P. Hinson is our favourite purveyor of the very darkest and most gothic Americana and his…