This week’s featured new releases are: The Anchoress – As We Once Were At last, the long-awaited follow-up to 2021’s The Art of Losing, which was a great album. I’ve seen her live a couple of times and I’m looking forward to this one. I’ve deliberately held off listening to anything from it so…
Sixty years into a career that began with Fairport Convention and has spanned decades as one of rock’s most acclaimed singer-songwriters, Richard Thompson is still chasing surprise. On Hippies, Thugs and Heroes, he lets his subconscious take the wheel, pulling from a cast of old friends, false gurus, former selves and invented characters…
This week’s featured new releases are: The Durutti Column – Renascent The first new studio album in 15 years from Vini Reilly and co. is a welcome return, awash with lush sounds. The band have also recently reissued several albums from their wonderful back catalogue. Mansun – Attack of the Grey Lantern A…
Pure Reason Revolution return with a darker, heavier sound, combining crushing riffs, ominous atmospheres and grunge influences with their signature vocal harmonies. The album explores angels as symbols of both salvation and destruction: themes of love, memory, truth and identity reveal that the forces which transform us are often the same ones that…
Here are our featured new releases for this week: The Strokes – Reality Awaits This has been a popular pre-order: new music from The Strokes. Rick Rubin produced. 2 tracks available so far. I can hear that horrible autotune vocal. I’m out. Sorry! Ancient Infinity Orchestra – It’s All About Liberation Spiritual jazz…
Equal parts crushing and cathartic, Marrow Deep finds Mastodon pushing their sound into new depths without sacrificing what makes them one of heavy music’s most forward-thinking forces, channelling profound grief into one of the most emotionally charged albums of their storied career. A 13-song testament of the effect those close to us can have…
This week’s featured new releases are: Yes – Live at Roosevelt Stadium Jersey City NJ 6/17/76 I love Yes. I love ’70s Yes. This is a live statement from the Patrick Moraz era, with a great set list. The Waterboys – Atlantic Rain: The Lost Fisherman’s Blues Recordings Massively expanded with tracks recently…
Rather than looking backwards, Shed Seven’s new, self-titled album is focused firmly on the present, coming in the most successful periods in the band’s history, scoring two UK Number One albums in 2024. Written and recorded with renewed confidence and purpose, it captures a band continuing to push themselves while staying true to the…
Rolling Stones – Foreign Tongues Mick ’n’ Keef ’n’ Ronnie are back with a new album – their 25th! This one has been popular on pre-orders, and the lead tracks so far are very promising. Mick doesn’t sound at all like he is in his 80s. Jack White – Frozen Charlotte Another popular pre-order.…
