Pre-sale of the week: Sleaford Mods – The Demise of Planet X, out 16 January

The Demise of Planet X boasts Sleaford Mods’s most varied and expressive musical approach yet and charts, critiques and satirises our times, while offering a universal cry of anger and release of energy that pushes against the encroaching cultural darkness. The album, which features a rare guest appearance from former Life Without Buildings frontwoman Sue…

New releases for 24 October 2025

On to this week’s smashers! After years of writing, wandering and starting over, The Lemonheads return with Love Chant: a bold, melodic reaffirmation of one of alternative rock’s most distinctive voices. Evan Dando’s relocation to Brazil, where much of the album was recorded, has offered a chance to reset, reconnect and finally bring these songs…

Pre-sale of the week: Katherine Priddy – These Frightening Machines, out 6 March

These Frightening Machines was written over the course of a year as Katherine Priddy made the transition from her 20s to her 30s, and follows The Pendulum Swing, which firmly established her as one of the most exciting artists on the contemporary British music scene. Produced by Rob Ellis (PJ Harvey, Anna Calvi, Bat for…

New releases for 17 October 2025

We kick off this week’s picks with Deadbeat, on which Kevin Parker sculpts a collection of wickedly potent club-psych explorations as a vehicle for some of his most direct, brain-wormy songwriting to date, recasting Tame Impala as a kind of future-primitive rave act in the process. Deadbeat sounds like the work of an artist with…

Pre-sale of the week: Kula Shaker – Wormslayer, out 30 January

  Kula Shaker reaffirm their place as one of Britain’s most fearless and imaginative rock bands with their 8th studio album. From its opening moments, Wormslayer surges with evangelical fervour: a whirlpool of ’60s psychedelia, sumptuous soul, retro-funk and cosmic storytelling. At its core runs a thematic thread that unfolds like a psychedelic rock opera…

New releases for 10 October 2025

Here are the week’s hottest new releases! In a changing, unpredictable and turbulent world, something we can always rely on is a new Orb album, with the next holiday-for-the-head never far away. On what is quite possibly the millionth long-player helmed by electronic lifer Alex Paterson, partnered with the now firmly entrenched boy wonder Michael…