17 March brings some great new releases our way. First up is Gary Clark Jr, an incendiary guitarist who mixes blues and soul to great effect; Live In North America 2016 really showcases his extraordinary live show. Conor Oberst brings us Salutations, a full-band rework of last year’s astonishing Ruminations plus an extra 10 songs…
Pre-sale of the week is Relaxer by alt-J, out on 9 June. Relaxer is the follow-up to alt-J’s number 1, Grammy- and Brit-Award-nominated album This Is All Yours, and was recorded all over London – from Shoreditch to St John’s Wood, Crouch Hill to Brixton – with producer Charlie Andrew at the helm for a…
There’s a cracking batch of new releases for 10 March. The Navigator by Hurray For The Riff Raff is the cinematic tale of a wandering soul and can be read as a kind of concept album, which in this case is a good thing! The Shins’ first album for 5 years, Heartworms, is a delight…
Pre-sale of the week is Into The Woods by Hawkwind, out on 5 May. Into the Woods is the new studio album from the legendary Hawkwind. It is in part “a continuation of the story begun in The Machine Stops,” says Hawkwind’s head honcho Dave Brock, “living above the ground and Into the Woods.”. Warm-up…
We have 6 recommended releases for 3 March to give you all. Iggy Pop has described Sleaford Mods as “undoubtedly, absolutely, definitely, the world’s greatest rock’n’roll band”, so give their latest, English Tapas, a try, it’s great! Ed Sheeran returns with ÷ (Divide), which may just find him in his finest form to date. It…
Pre-sale of the week is Pollinator by Blondie, out on 5 May. Blondie return with their 11th studio album, Pollinator, lighting up 2017 with an incredible new record befitting one of the world’s greatest bands. Pollinator was produced live in the studio by John Congleton (St. Vincent, John Grant, War On Drugs, David Byrne), and…
Our recommended releases for 24 February certainly bring the noise! The wonderfully named King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard release what they claim will be the first of five albums during 2017, blimey! Flying Microtonal Banana is a subtle shift from last year’s Nonagon Infinity. Sleeping Through The War is the boldest album to date…
Releases for 17 February cover a wide range of genres, all hitting our spot! Firstly, alt.country pioneers Son Volt release an album influenced and inspired by the blues, so Notes Of Blue represents something of a departure for them, and a mighty fine departure it is too. Please Be Mine is a debut album of…
Pre-sale of the week is Triplicate by Bob Dylan, out on 31 March. Bob Dylan’s latest studio album, the three-disc Triplicate, features 30 brand-new recordings of classic American tunes and is the first triple-length set of Dylan’s illustrious career. With each disc individually titled and presented in a thematically arranged 10-song sequence, Triplicate showcases Dylan’s…
The new releases for 10 February are a particularly pert bunch. Kicking us off are The Sadies, a band whose fans cling to them like a dark secret, but with Northern Passages the time has come for their wild acid-folk-country-punk trip to find a lot more friends. As a result of the political, humanitarian and…
