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.…
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…
