Pre-sale of the week is Songs Of Experience by U2, out on 1 December. U2 return with their hotly anticipated new studio album, Songs Of Experience. This release completes a stellar year for the Dublin band, following their return to stadiums with the critically acclaimed, sold-out The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 playing to 2.4 million…
First of our recommended releases this week is singer, songwriter, musician and producer Taylor Swift’s long-awaited and highly anticipated 6th studio album, Reputation, which includes the number one single ‘Look What You Made Me Do’; we refer any doubters to the Ryan Adams cover of Taylor’s album 1989, which revealed what a great songwriter she…
Pre-sale of the week is Utopia by Björk, out on 24 November. Utopia is the ninth studio album from the iconic artist Björk. Talking about the album this summer, she explained that: “Maybe that’s why it became a utopian theme – if we’re gonna survive not only my personal drama but also the sort of…
This week’s batch of recommended releases is smaller than usual, but still perfectly formed. There are very few musicians for whom the description ‘legendary’ is appropriate, but Richard Thompson is one of those few; Live At Rockpalast features two shows recorded in ’83 and ’84, spread over 3 CDs and 2 DVDs, and is both…
Pre-sale of the week is Soul Of A Woman by Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, out on 17 November. In the year prior to her death from pancreatic cancer in 2016, Sharon Jones toured and performed tirelessly, and was also the subject of Miss Sharon Jones!, an acclaimed documentary by Oscar-winning director Barbara Kopple.…
This week’s recommended releases start with the beautiful jazz voice of Gregory Porter, whose Nat King Cole & Me is a deeply personal tribute to the legendary crooner who ignited Gregory’s love of music. Twenty years after they first broke through with their debut, Stereophonics bring us their tenth studio album, Scream Above The Sounds;…
Pre-sale of the week is The Thread That Keeps Us by Calexico, out on 26 January. The Thread That Keeps Us, the ninth studio album from Calexico, is a timely snapshot of the Arizona-bred band: a family portrait capturing their stylistic variety and unpredictability while still finding solace in limitless creativity. In bringing the album…
We have an exciting octet recommended of new releases for you this week! Margo Price’s second album, All American Made, delivers on the rich promise of her debut: it’s an unflinchingly honest depiction of the trials of everyday life, painting poetic portraits of men and women just trying to get by. Widely considered to be…
Pre-sale of the week is Phases by Angel Olsen, out on 10 November. Phases is a collection culled from the past several years of work by Angel Olsen, including the new song ‘Special’, recorded during the My Woman sessions, as well as ‘Fly On Your Wall’, previously available on the download-only anti-Trump compilation Our First…
We’ve got just 6 recommended releases for you this week, but they are all smashers! First up St. Vincent returns with the inspired Masseduction, with inventive guitar, synths and electronica creating the right atmosphere to explore themes of sex, death and power. Possibly the most aptly titled work of Beck’s extraordinary career, Colors is an…