Pre-release of the week: Led Zeppelin – The Complete BBC Sessions, out 16 September

Pre-sale of the week is The Complete BBC Sessions by Led Zeppelin, out on 16 September. Led Zeppelin’s upcoming remaster of 1997’s double-platinum BBC Sessions includes eight previously unheard songs. Titled The Complete BBC Sessions, the album will be available in deluxe CD and vinyl sets, as well as a super-deluxe box set. The project…

New releases for 22 July 2016

There are just the six perfectly formed recommended new releases for 22 July. First up are Bears Den, who have managed to avoid ‘difficult second album syndrome’ in following up their wildly successful debut and have produced a passionate and evocative album in Red Earth & Pouring Rain. If energetic power pop is your thing…

New releases for 15 July 2016

First up of our recommended new releases for 15 July is Aaron Neville, who celebrates his 75th birthday with Apache, an album of impeccable soul. David Corley’s Lights Out was written after he suffered a massive heart attack on stage and, as you would expect, it’s a beautiful exploration of death and illness. Jeff Beck…

New releases for 8 July 2016

The recommended releases for 8 July feature a diverse selection running from electronica to hard rock by way of soul and folk, and all the finer for it. Aphex Twin continues his heady rush of releases in the last 18 months with Cheetah, available in all formats – even cassette! Biffy Clyro’s Ellipsis sounds very like…

New releases for 1 July 2016

New releases for 1 July include Sara Watkins, formerly of Nickel Creek, who releases Young In All The Wrong Ways, an intensely confessional and effecting album. Crossroads Revisited features nearly 4 hours of previously unavailable on CD music from Eric Clapton’s famous guitar festival. Punk Poppers Blink-182 return at breakneck place with their seventh studio…