New releases for 6 April 2018

The first of our recommended releases this week is Sex & Food, listening to which leaves you filled with pleasure; as always Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s work is hardly simple, but it’s a riot of rich harmonies and Prince-like virtuosity casually deployed. Kylie’s fourteenth studio album, Golden, is the result of an intensive working trip to…

Pre-sale of the week: Pink Floyd – ‘Relics’ & ‘Pulse’ Vinyl Reissues, out 18 May

Pink Floyd re-release their 1971 compilation album Relics and their 1995 UK Number 1 live album Pulse, both pressed on heavyweight 180g vinyl. Both albums were remastered in 2018 by James Guthrie, Joel Plante and Bernie Grundman. Relics, Pink Floyd’s first ‘compilation’ album, includes singles, B-sides, tracks from their first three albums – The Piper…

New releases for 30 March 2018

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.…

New releases for 23 March 2018

This week’s garden of earthly delights opens with Boarding House Reach, an album with a spontaneous approach that takes Jack White all over the genre board. There’s moments of glitchy neo-funk, experimental gospel – yes, experimental – and a very strong influence from early ’90s hip-hop. Basically, it’s the result of one of the music…

Pre-sale of the week: Half Man Half Biscuit – No One Cares About Your Creative Hub So Get Your Fuckin’ Hedge Cut, out 18 May

Good news – the new Half Man Half Biscuit album is coming! The only information available so far is the track listing, but going by those titles it’s going to be a good ’un! Track list: Alehouse Futsal / Man Of Constant Sorrow (With A Garage In Constant Use) / Knobheads On Quiz Shows /…

New releases for 16 March 2018

In the autumn of 1971, Sly And The Family Stone released the seminal There’s A Riot Goin’ On, a record booming with the passion of revolution. With this in mind, Yo La Tengo have channelled a similar fear (though with an expected tonal shift) into a calming album that functions simultaneously as both a direct…