Well, difficult as it is to believe, Record Store Day has come around again – seems like only 5 minutes since the last one! Anyway, if you’re new to the whole experience or if you’d like a refresher see here for our hints and tips on how to get the best out of RSD. We’ve…
The new release schedule starts to pick up again after Record Store Day, and there are some beauties due for release on 28 April. Gorillaz return with their fifth album, their first since 2011; Humanz explores deep house, hip-hop, funk and soul. Mark Lanegan’s new album Gargoyle features his 50-fathom-deep voice and was created in…
Pre-sale of the week is Planetarium by Sufjan Stevens, out on 9 June. Planetarium is a concept album that occasionally gives way to ambient interludes and majestic brass chorales, buttressed by a percussive drive that keeps the momentum skyward. The subject of the album is not just the wilderness of outer space, but the interior…
Even with Record Store Day the following day, there are some fine releases due out on 21 April. Here are some particularly worthy of attention. Ray Davies’ Americana is his first solo album for nearly a decade. The album is a hymn to the importance of America to Ray throughout his life, and one of…
Pre-sale of the week is The Nashville Sound by Jason Isbell, out on 16 June. Jason Isbell, one of the great American singer-dongwriters, returns with The Nashville Sound. The album was recorded at Nashville’s legendary RCA Studio A and produced by Grammy Award-winner Dave Cobb, who produced Isbell’s previous album, Something More Than Free, and…
As there are so few new releases out on the 14th April, we thought we would highlight some of the great new releases that have just been announced during the last couple of weeks. These are: Paul Weller – A Kind Revolution, Kasabian – For Crying Out Loud, The Charlatans – Different Days, Gorillaz –…
Pre-sale of the week is Every Valley by Public Service Broadcasting, out on 7 July. Every Valley is the third album from Public Service Broadcasting, the brainchild of London-based J. Willgoose, Esq., who, along with his drumming companion, Wrigglesworth, and their bass player, keys and horns man extraordinaire, JFAbraham, is on a quest to inform,…
We start the recommended releases for 7 April with The Far Field, full of the eerie synths and rolling bass lines that make Future Islands’ work so instantly recognisable. This follow-up to the massively successful Singles will further cement their reputation with all those in love with their song-craft. Imelda May returns with a new…
Pre-sale of the week is Slowdive by Slowdive, out on 5 May. The world has finally caught up with Slowdive. A band whose reach goes far beyond just influencing music is back, with their first new album in 22 years. The album is called Slowdive – self-titled in an echo of their debut EP from…
We start off our 8 lovely recommended releases for 31 March with Bob Dylan’s Triplicate, in which the master continues to mine the great American songbook to fine effect. Silver Eye, the follow-up to 2013’s Tales Of Us, is a blend of satisfyingly deep and dark electronica shot through with gorgeous melodies that could only…