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,…

New releases for 21 June 2019

We start our hot six for this week with Originals, the latest archive release from Prince, which presents his own versions of the songs he wrote for other artists. From ‘Manic Monday’ through to ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’, this collection of previously unreleased recordings demonstrates again, as if there’s anyone who would doubt it, the…

Pre-sale of the week: Bat For Lashes – Lost Girls, out 6 September

Bat For Lashes – aka Natasha Khan – releases her fifth studio album. Lost Girls is the latest brilliant full-length in Khan’s incredible, acclaimed discography, mixing sounds she’s always loved – heavy bass lines, synth arpeggios, Iranian pop beats, cascading choruses – with some of her finest songwriting to date. It’s an album full of…

New releases for 14 June 2019

This week’s six of the best start with Doom Days, the grippingly confident third album from Bastille. This is a record of hope for turbulent times that sees the Grammy-nominated, Brit-winning four-piece stretch out and open up like never before. Doom Days marks something of a shift in perception from its widely acclaimed No.1 predecessor,…

Pre-sale of the week: Wildwood Kin – Wildwood Kin, out 4 October

Wildwood Kin is the self-titled second studio album from the West-Country trio: sisters Emillie and Beth and their cousin Meghann. The album is self-titled because it captures the band’s artistic vision so completely. The most striking thing about the album is just how natural it sounds: it is a beautifully reflective body of work, characterised…