New releases for 20 February 2026

Jazz Sabbath – Jazz Sabbath Live The UK trio helmed by long-time Black Sabbath / Ozzy Osbourne member Adam Wakeman reimagines Sabbath songs as jazz: basic and raw with just an upright bass, drums and piano.   Paul Draper – Mansun Retold Nearly three decades on, Paul Draper revisits his Mansun days, approaching these songs…

Pre-sale of the week: The Black Keys – Peaches!, out 1 May

Peaches! is a raw, visceral 10-song collection from The Black Keys made in a similar DIY spirit to their 2002 debut, recorded with all musicians playing in the same room with few overdubs, with songs chosen to reflect Auerbach and bandmate Patrick Carney’s obsessive record-collecting habit. Note: The LP is initially available on white vinyl,…

New releases for 13 February 2026

First out the box this week is Masquerade, the much-anticipated debut album from Cork’s acclaimed Cardinals, at once grand and intimate: a set of emotionally expansive songs with influences from the brittle honesty of folk to the theatrical melodrama of goth-rock. Charli xcx, whose innovative style and entrepreneurial drive have reshaped pop culture, has now…