Note: the LP is available on indies-only silver vinyl. Note: the LP is available on indies-only coloured vinyl, one disc red and the other light blue. We’re offering Hyperspace and The Slow Rush at special pre-sale prices, which won’t be available after release. Click on an item for more details and to order your…
This week’s six recommended releases kick off with From Out Of Nowhere, the new album from Jeff Lynne’s ELO, whose music has touched fans deeply across three generations now. Jeff has found himself in recent years at the peak of his powers as a songwriter, musician and producer. As does its predecessor, 2015’s Alone In…
Seán McGowan’s new EP, Curate Calm, Create Chaos, isn’t getting a general retail release, and will only be available in highly selected stores, of which we are one! And we are pleased as punch to announce that on Saturday 2 November at 2pm, Seán will be launching this EP at Hundred Records! This is really…
We are pleased as punch to announce that on Saturday 2 November at 2pm, Seán McGowan will be launching his new EP, Curate Calm, Create Chaos, at Hundred Records! This is really special. Seán’s new EP isn’t getting a general retail release, and will only be available in highly selected stores, of which we are…
This has been another stellar week for releases, and the task of picking the best 6 hasn’t got any easier. But here we go … His sixth album in just four years, Three Chords & The Truth, is further proof that Van Morrison is one of the greatest recording artists of all time and remains…
Cigarettes After Sex return with their highly anticipated second album, Cry. Recorded during night-time sessions in a mansion on the Spanish island of Mallorca, the album is a lush, cinematic meditation on the many complex facets of love – meeting, wanting, needing, losing … sometimes all at once. The album was self-produced, engineered by Greg…
Record Store Day Black Friday returns this year with the release of a list of limited edition records available in independent record shops all across the UK. Since 2010, organisers of April’s world famous celebrations of independent record shops, Record Store Day, have worked to shift the culture of Black Friday. Moving away from the…
On with this week’s six smashers. There’s a line on the outstanding new Mark Lanegan Band album, Somebody’s Knocking, that sticks in the listener’s mind long after the record stops spinning: “I felt its sound / down to my darkest, deepest root.” Coming towards the close of the final track ‘Two Bells Ringing At Once’…
In 1997, Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age) and a handful of friends retreated to the Joshua Tree desert to isolate themselves from the distractions and comforts of their everyday lives. What began as a casual writing and recording session amongst friends has since become a project of legend. Spanning twelve volumes over the…
Once again we have winnowed 6 splendid recommendations from the chaff of this week’s releases. First is Giants Of All Sizes, the eighth studio album by Elbow. Lead singer and lyricist Guy Garvey describes the album as: “an angry, old blue lament which finds its salvation in family, friends, the band and new life.” This…