First of a strong list this week is Laura Mvula’s new album, Pink Noise, which explores a previously uncharted side of this critically acclaimed artist. As triumphant as ever, the album is a battle cry and stark reminder of her sheer talent. This is Laura in a new-found light – still reflecting her distinctive signature…
Sob Rock is the new album from John Mayer, his eight full-length studio album. Most of the album was recorded during the global pandemic of 2020–21, and was produced by John Mayer and Don Was. John Mayer emerged in 2001 with his debut album, Room For Squares. He has since sold over 20 million albums…
Our summer sizzlers for this week start with Rose City Band, aka celebrated guitarist Ripley Johnson. A prolific songwriter, Johnson started Rose City Band to have an outlet to explore songwriting styles apart from Wooden Shjips and Moon Duo, where he is often not the lead songwriter. Rose City Band allowed him to follow his…
Lindsey Buckingham is one of the greatest guitarists of all time. Lindsey was the lead guitarist and one of three singers in Fleetwood Mac, he has released six solo albums and three live albums to date. On the 17th September Lindsey will release his brand new – self-titled – solo album, featuring all-new material. Note:…
With labels focused on RSD, we’ve got a bijou selection of four releases this week, plus an early peek at two from the enormous list due out on 25th June. First for this week is Consequences, one of Joan Armatrading’s most intimate and direct albums yet, and one that wears its heart – and its…
This week we’ve been working flat-out to get ready for Record Store Day drop 1 tomorrow. I think we’re just about there! We’re making the day as safe as possible while keeping it enjoyable for everyone who comes. For details of how we’re going to run the day, click here. The short version is that…
Public Service Broadcasting’s fourth album, Bright Magic, is an album in three parts (Building A City / Building A Myth / Bright Magic) that is their most ambitious undertaking yet, bringing you to Europe’s heart and de facto capital, the cultural and political metropolis that is the ‘Haupstadt’ of the Federal Republic of Germany. “Doing…
We open our picks of this week’s crop with Sharon Van Etten, who has had a celebrated career since the release of her second album, 2010’s epic. On its release, epic laid a romantic melancholy over the gravel and dirt of heartbreak without one honest thought or feeling spared. Her songs covered betrayal, obsession, egotism,…
British singer-songwriter Jade Bird’s second album, Different Kinds Of Light, is “at its most basic is about falling in love, and at its most complex the chaos of trying to get away from your past”. “I’ve written about fictional characters, about myself and people who don’t exist or at least only exist in my mind,…
This week’s aural nuggets open with Crowded House’s seventh studio album, Dreamers Are Waiting, which was recorded in Valentine and United Studios in LA and then remotely during the first half of 2020. Crowded House is a long-standing and much-loved vehicle for the songwriting talents of Neil Finn, formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 1985 from…