Pre-release of the week: Sunn O))), Kannon

Pre-sale of the week is Kannon, an exuberant new release from doom metal overlords Sunn 0))), available at a discounted price prior to its release on 4th December. Kannon was composed in the aftershadow of Sunn O)))’s immersive collaborations with Scott Walker and Ulver, and from the broad and influential wake of Monoliths & Dimensions.…

New releases for 23 October 2015

There are some fine new releases for 23 October. If you like your pop witty and exceptionally well crafted then Paul Heaton and Jacqueline Abbot’s new release, Wisdom, Laughter and Lines, is for you. Joanna Newsom’s latest, Divers, continues prove what a singular songwriter she is. Killing Joke’s Pylon snarls in all the right places,…

New releases for 16 October 2015

Out on 16 October, The Twilight Sad’s Òran Mór Session is a bewitching companion to last year’s acclaimed album. There are spme wonderful John Foxx’s soundscapes in London Overgrown. Alela Diane has teamed up with Ryan Francesconi to deliver a fine new release. There’s also a couple of folk releases seeing the light of day…

Live in-store performances for October and November

We’ve got a couple of in-store performances coming up, to bring to your attention. First, on 17 October at 2.30pm, Continental Liaison will bring their lo-fi electro-pop to Hundred Records. Then on 21 November at 2.30pm, Ray ‘Chopper’ Cooper, former mainstay of folk legends Oysterband, will be with us. Check Ray’s website for more details.…

New releases for 9 October 2015

This week sees the pace of new releases drop slightly, but there are still some belters due out on 9th October. This week’s eclectic selection starts with Jesse Malin, who returns with a fine effort, Outsiders. I have fallen in love with Israel Nash’s Silver Season – a fine example of cosmic American music. Small…

New releases for 2 October 2015

There are some great new releases for 2nd October – unusually for the first week of the month. Mercury Rev return with a fine new album, and the brilliantly named Eagles of Death Metal – don’t worry, it’s rock not death metal! – have a new one. The hardest-working man in blues, Joe Bonamassa, has…

Hundred Records pops up at Audio T!

On 25th and 26th September we’ll be running a pop-up Hundred Records in Audio T, 12 Hursley Road, Southampton in celebration of all things vinyl and the new Queen box set in particular, so if you’re close by, come along and say hello! Hundred Records in Romsey will of course still be open as normal…