I am delighted to be able to announce two forthcoming in-store performances during June: First up, Larkin Poe will be appearing at 2pm on Saturday 20th June. They are currently supporting Elvis Costello on his UK tour. Wikipedia describes them as an American roots rock duo who feature strong southern harmonies, heavy electric guitar riffs,…
Album of the week is Ten Songs from Live at Carnegie Hall by Ryan Adams, and there are new albums from Muse, Of Monsters & Men and Tremonti, plus debuts from collaboration projects FFS (Franz Ferdinand and Sparks) and Simpson/Cutting/Kerr (Martin Simpson, Andy Cutting and Nancy Kerr), Leftfield’s first release for 16 years, and a…
Florence + The Machine, Simply Red and Jamie XX all have fine releases out next week, as do Melody Gardot, Slaves, Sun Kil Moon and Helloween; however, the album of the week just has to be What Kind of Love from Danny & The Champions of the World. If you think we’ve been influenced by…
Welcome to a very special blog post! I’m delighted to announce a special pre-sale offer on the mighty Richard Thompson’s new studio album, which is due out on 29 June. The special pre-release prices are: CD £9.99 / Deluxe CD £12.99 / vinyl LP £16.99. If you pre-order the album, you will also receive an…
My release of the week is, unusually, a re-release. However, it is such a great album and has been so long out of print that it deserves its place. It’s Ryan Adams’ seminal debut, Heartbreaker, and every home really should have a copy! This week also sees new albums from The Vaccines, Ash, Pokey Lafarge,…
We are mighty pleased – no, wildly excited – to announce that Danny & The Champions of the World will be launching their new album, What Kind of Love, with an exclusive in-store performance at 6pm on 6th June. If you were in the queue on Record Store Day, you heard a lot of Danny…
This week sees another fine batch of new releases, including alt-metal superstars Faith No More’s first for 18 years, a new solo effort from Brandon Flowers, the debut of Eliza Carthy & Tim Eriksen, a Whitesnake tribute to Deep Purple, a new album from Hot Chip, a film score from Nick Cave & Warren Ellis…
Release of the week was a bit of a difficult one, very tempted by the Mighty Fall’s Sub Lingual Tablet, but in the end I’ve gone with Thea Gilmore’s retrospective with a difference, Ghosts & Graffiti. This week also brings a retrospective from Eric Clapton, a rare glimpse into the rehearsal process for a Leonard…
Release of the week for 4 May just has to be Heartbreak Pass, the new album by Howe Gelb’s collective Giant Sand. This is his first release since his solo effort, The Coincidentalist. There are also brand new releases by Mumford & Sons, Django Django, My Morning Jacket, Palma Violets, Lucy Spraggan, Lau and Nordic…
We’ve got some exciting news: Hundred Records is Loose Music’s Shop of the Month for May. This means that all Loose Music releases will be available at reduced rates. Take a look at their roster on their website. Also, Loose Music’s Barna Howard will be playing an album release show on the 12th May ahead…