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…
This week’s 8 special new releases start with American Utopia, the first solo album from David Byrne since 2004. American Utopia is the first solo album from David Byrne since 2004. Speaking about the album, Byrne said: “Is this meant ironically? Is it a joke? Do I mean this seriously? In what way? Am I…
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 are delighted to be hosting the two-time winners of BBC Folk Duo of the Year, Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman, whose new album, Personae, is due soon, on Saturday 28 April at 2pm. Set your diaries for a folk masterclass!
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…
Pre-sale of the week is Tell Me How You Really Feel by Courtney Barnett, out on 15 May. The Grammy- and Brit-nominated Courtney Barnett returns with her second album, Tell Me How You Really Feel. The new collection follows her critically acclaimed 2015 debut, Sometimes I Sit And Think And Sometimes I Just Sit…, and…
We have six of the very best to recommend this week. Plunge carries a supernatural charge from beginning to end. Fever Ray’s voice and chiming parallel fifths are enough to make the hairs on your arms stand on end, as though you had been visited by a ghost. Karin Dreijer’s vivid sonics and imagistic lyrics…
Pre-sale of the week is The Deconstruction by Eels, out on 6 April. Eels say: “The world is a mess. This is just music. Music by someone who tends to believe that change starts in your own backyard. I’m just optimistic enough to believe that kind of thing can still help people. It doesn’t have…