Two Hands is the second album in less than a year from American indie rock band Big Thief. Where U.F.O.F. layered mysterious sounds and effects for levitation, Two Hands grounds itself on dried-out, cracked desert dirt. The album had to be different from its predecessor, and it was predominantly recorded live with almost no overdubs.…
This week we’ve gathered a full set of 6 lovelies to recommend to you. We start with Temples, who return with their third album, Hot Motion: a brilliantly crafted, thoughtfully recorded collection. The album’s propulsive, seemingly immediate songs soon reveal an impressive depth of ideas and energy with subsequent listens – as its title warns,…
Michael Kiwanuka’s third studio album, entitled simply Kiwanuka, is Michael serving from the heart, from the mind, and from the soul. The album was recorded in New York, LA and London with Danger Mouse and Inflo at the controls, the same production team that combined so magnificently on Love & Hate. They take the basic…
Released on 26 September 1969, Abbey Road was not the final album by The Beatles, as Let It Be followed in 1970, but it was the last one John, Paul, George, and Ringo recorded together as a band. Abbey Road’s 50th anniversary will be celebrated with a suite of beautifully presented packages. The album’s 17…
Brandi Carlile, Amanda Shires, Maren Morris and Natalie Hemby – four of the most exciting singer songwriters working in modern American country music today – are The Highwomen. With a pedigree like that, this one is not to be missed! We’re offering The Highwomen at special pre-sale prices, which won’t be available after release. Click…
Kicking off 9 August’s famous five is Any Human Friend, which London-based indie-rock provocateur Marika Hackman wrote over a year in moments of grief after a painful break-up. “This is me diving into myself and peeling back the skin further and further,” Hackman says. “It’s blunt, but not offensive. It’s mischievous.” The New Adventures Of…