Whilst The Maccabees’ new album is mighty impressive, particularly on lovely limited edition dark blue vinyl, release of the week goes to Lianne La Havas with the extra funky Blood. Also sneaking out her latest, a genre-bending effort which even comes in a dub version, is Joss Stone. The first Placebo album gets a wildly…
Just the four new releases recommended for 24 July, as a number of releases have been pushed back a week. This week seems to be mainly re-releases, however some, like the two Northern Soul 7” box sets and Roger Waters’ classic Amused to Death, are worthy of attention. Release of the week goes to Daniel…
We had a fabulous afternoon at Hundred Records’ first Beggars Fair, with four very different performances. First up was ex-music journalist Martin James, now a professor of journalism, who read from his new book about Dave Grohl and also provided some frankly scary stories about Iggy Pop and Ice-T, among others. Tom Lowman then got…
Release of the week is Jason Isbell’s Something More Than Free, his follow-up to my favourite album of 2014, Southeastern. The week also brings a long overdue reissue of Michael Head’s The Magical World of The Strands, a stone classic, and new albums from The Chemical Brothers, Alan Jackson, Iron And Wine & Ben Bridwell,…
Two releases come out on 6 July with the rest arriving on Friday, which will be the day for all new releases from now on. The week brings new albums from Lucy Rose, Years & Years, Cradle Of Filth, Little Boots, Shelby Lynne and Owl City, plus a retrospective from Groove Armada. Release of the…
Friday brought the latest in a line of fabulous live music in store, when the multi-award-winning trio Martin Simpson, Andy Cutting and Nancy Kerr took time out of their touring schedule to play at Hundred Records. These three acknowledged masters of their trade roared through six songs taken largely from their latest CD, Murmurs, to…
Release of the week for 29 June is the magisterial Still from Richard Thompson. Other new releases run from Neil Young through Sea Of Bees and on to Joy Williams by way of Trembling Bells, Tom McRae, Samantha Fish and Tess Parks & Anton Newcombe. Click here for more details and to order your copy.…
22 June is a great week for fans of American music, with new releases from Kacey Musgraves, Leon Bridges, Wolf Alice, Royal Southern Brotherhood, Meg Baird, Rickie Lee Jones and a 10th anniversary edition of Black Mountain’s debut. There is also a new album from British pop superstar Mika. Album of the week is Wolf…
Release of the week for 15 June is a close thing between Sarah Cracknell’s Red Kite and the Keston Cobblers Club’s WIldfire, and Sarah Cracknell just gets it. The week also brings new albums from James Taylor, Giorgio Moroder (his first since 1985!), The Selecter, Hilary Duff, Kathryn Williams and Hudson Mohawke. Click here…
I am delighted to be able to announce two forthcoming in-store performances during June: First up, Larkin Poe will be appearing at 2pm on Saturday 20th June. They are currently supporting Elvis Costello on his UK tour. Wikipedia describes them as an American roots rock duo who feature strong southern harmonies, heavy electric guitar riffs,…