This Is Not A Safe Place sees rejuvenated Oxford four-piece Ride reunite with revered DJ, producer and remixer Erol Alkan, who was on production duties for 2017’s Weather Diaries. Rekindling that creative partnership has once again seen Ride push their sound forward, as hypnotic rhythms and washes of lush guitars come together with leftfield electronic…
This week’s smashers start off with Small World Turning, the first new collection of songs from Thea Gilmore since 2017’s The Counterweight, which was her third successive Top-40 album. An artist of enduring international acclaim (Bruce Springsteen regularly names her as a favourite) and a justly revered lyricist, Gilmore’s musical settings have taken many ingenious…
Kate Tempest returns with her third studio album, The Book Of Traps and Lessons. This highly anticipated album was crafted with Rick Rubin and Dan Carey over the course of the past five years. It follows Tempest’s previous releases, 2014’s Everybody Down and 2017’s Let Them Eat Chaos, both of which were shortlisted for the…
We start of this week’s 6 lovelies with Joy Williams, formerly one half of The Civil Wars, who brings us her second solo album, Front Porch, and it’s a smasher! Already receiving praise from the likes of Rolling Stone, this album returns to the folk-oriented emotions of her Civil Wars days and has produced 12…
Bruce Springsteen’s first new studio album in five years, Western Stars, takes his music to a new place, drawing inspiration in part from the Southern California pop records of the late ’60s and early ’70s. The album was recorded primarily at Springsteen’s home studio in New Jersey, with additional recording in California and New York.…
This week’s lovelies are headed by Aldous Harding, who came off a 100-date tour last summer after the sleeper success of the internationally lauded Party and went straight into the studio with a collection of songs written on the road. Reuniting with Party’s producer John Parish, Harding spent 15 days recording and 10 days mixing…
Music legend Carlos Santana has amassed an iconic body of work by pioneering a unique fusion of rock, Latin and jazz genres. On his upcoming album, Africa Speaks, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame guitarist goes deeper and further than ever before to create one of his most groundbreaking albums yet. Enlisting producer Rick…
Even with Record Store Day dominating the week, we still have 6 smashers for you from 19th April’s releases. We start with Serfs Up!, the third album from Fat White Family, which marks the most gratifying and unexpected creative volte-face in recent musical history. Having released Songs For Our Mothers, core members Lias and Nathan…
It’s Record Store Day Eve, and we are tired but approaching ready! One of our lovely regular customers has written a blog about his Record Store Day experiences, click here to read how it all went. Come down tomorrow and join in the fun – we’re looking forward to seeing you. We’ve got some special…
The Waterboys release their new album, Where The Action Is, which follows the acclaimed Out Of All This Blue. With a title inspired by Robert Parker’s 1960s mod / northern soul classic, this 10-song, genre-defying album is a testament to the enduring talents of the band’s founder and frontman, Mike Scott. One of the finest…