Pink Floyd re-release their 1971 compilation album Relics and their 1995 UK Number 1 live album Pulse, both pressed on heavyweight 180g vinyl. Both albums were remastered in 2018 by James Guthrie, Joel Plante and Bernie Grundman. Relics, Pink Floyd’s first ‘compilation’ album, includes singles, B-sides, tracks from their first three albums – The Piper…
This week’s six recommendations kick of with the deep baritone and gothic Americana of Micah P. Hinson, and Live At The BBC is exactly what it says on the tin. Mary Chapin Carpenter’s new album, Sometimes Just The Sky, is effectively a celebration of her acclaimed 30-year recording career and all the better for it.…
Producer/singer/songwriter Neko Case has won a large and loyal audience for her smoky, sophisticated vocals and the downcast beauty of her music. Now more than 23 years into her musical calling, Case is the consummate career artist – fearless and versatile, with a fierce work ethic and a constant drive to search deeper within herself…
This week’s garden of earthly delights opens with Boarding House Reach, an album with a spontaneous approach that takes Jack White all over the genre board. There’s moments of glitchy neo-funk, experimental gospel – yes, experimental – and a very strong influence from early ’90s hip-hop. Basically, it’s the result of one of the music…
Good news – the new Half Man Half Biscuit album is coming! The only information available so far is the track listing, but going by those titles it’s going to be a good ’un! Track list: Alehouse Futsal / Man Of Constant Sorrow (With A Garage In Constant Use) / Knobheads On Quiz Shows /…
In the autumn of 1971, Sly And The Family Stone released the seminal There’s A Riot Goin’ On, a record booming with the passion of revolution. With this in mind, Yo La Tengo have channelled a similar fear (though with an expected tonal shift) into a calming album that functions simultaneously as both a direct…
Well, here we go again – it’s our fourth year of taking part in the fun-fest that is Record Store Day. The list of exclusive RSD releases has just been announced, and it’s bigger and better than ever! Click here for list of what will be available this year. You can click/tap at the head…
Blossoms return with their second album, Cool Like You – 11 tracks of ’80s-inspired synth-layered pop bliss. The band bring the tempo up on lead single ‘I Can’t Stand It’ and combine it with cascading synth riffs, while ‘There’s A Reason Why (I Never Returned Your Calls)’ brings a previously unheard anthemic rock quality to…
Pre-sale of the week is Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves, out on 30 March. Golden Hour – the follow-up to 2015’s Grammy-nominated Pageant Material – represents a shift in perspective for Kacey Musgraves, and is perhaps the most mature work she’s yet undertaken. The title, like much of her new music, was inspired by her…
We kick off this week’s recommendations with Anna Von Hausswolff’s fourth album, Dead Magic, which confirms her formidable reputation as the creator of a singular world, equal parts black magic and beauty. Its five solemn but never less than thrilling tracks extend over 47 uncompromising minutes full of heightened qualities: among them tension, grace and…