Finally! The sixth studio album Dinosaur Jr. have recorded in the 20 years since their triumphal rebirth. Created in short, intense bursts over the course of a year at Amherst’s Bisquiteen Studio, There Near was recorded almost entirely by Dino’s core trio – king of the thunder tubs, Murph; human tornado Lou Barlow on…
There aren’t many releases for next week, but I’ve picked out a few gems. Deep Purple – Splat! 2026 Deep Purple sounding like ’70s Deep Purple – and there’s nothing wrong with that! Mary in the Junkyard – Role Model Hermit I’ve heard great things about this band from those who attended the…
Following 2022’s collaboration with electronic producer Blanck Mass on Surface, Editors have found themselves somewhere new entirely. When the band regrouped in summer 2025 to work on a follow-up, after three albums written and recorded very much as in-the-studio projects, the band took a stripped-back, acoustic-based approach to the new material, trying different things…
Here are our featured new releases for this week: Muse – The WOW! Signal The Devon trio return! Their run of albums from Showbiz through to Black Holes & Revelations is excellent. The tracks available so far from the new album sound great, and I’m looking forward to hearing it in full. Lunatic…
This is Jack White at his best, backed by an incredible band (Patrick Keeler on drums, Dominic Davis on bass, Bobby Emmett on keys) whose collective hand is scorching hot after coming off a tour of universally acclaimed performances. Instead of resting on a job well done, they went straight to work in…
Our release of the week is the one we’ve had the most pre-orders for: The Hanging Stars – Just a Day A summery sound featuring harmonies and chiming 12-string guitars, and full of well crafted pop songs. Joe Bonamassa – The Spirit of Rory – Live from Cork Current blues maestro does late…
The band use distortion and perception as a lens through which familiar shapes are refracted into something slightly alien, as if seen through a different kind of light. Synthesisers, strings, acoustic guitars and percussion are integrated into the fabric of the songs, expanding the palette while revealing colours already latent within it, resulting in…
Here are our featured new releases for this week: Angine de Poitrine – Vol. II Do you like bonkers-looking bands and music featuring microtonal guitar tunings and weird time signatures (think King Crimson or even King Gizzard)? You do? I certainly do! Then this is for you. Having recently taken the internet by storm…
This is the sound of Britain’s most vital band at the peak of their powers: a body of work split into three spiritual and geographical movements that traces the movement of black people across continents and decades, from the music of Africa to the rhythms of the Caribbean and home to the streets of…
