We kick off this week’s smokin’ six with The Red Clay Strays, who hail from the red-clay dirt of Mobile, Alabama, and have spent the past year trailblazing their musical path across the USA. Their debut album, Moment of Truth, has become a massive word-of-mouth success Stateside, driven by the breakout hit single ‘Wondering Why’.…
Frank Turner’s new album, No Man’s Land, tells the fascinating stories of women whose incredible lives have all too often been overlooked, from Kassiani, a Byzantine princess, to Egyptian feminist activist Huda Sha’arawi and Nica Rothschild, a jazz-obsessed heiress who fought for the Free French. “These stories should have been told already, and I suspect…
Our Super Six for this week opens with World’s Strongest Man, the magnificent third solo album by Gaz Coombes, on which he has evolved from ‘former Supergrass frontman’ to hugely respected Mercury Prize-nominated solo artist. Be More Kind finds Hampshire-born singer-songwriter Frank Turner stepping out of his comfort zone, imbuing his trademark intricate folk and…
Pre-sale of the week is Be More Kind by Frank Turner, out on 4 May. Be More Kind represents a thematic and sonic line in the sand for 36-year-old Hampshire-born singer-songwriter Frank Turner. It’s a record that combines universal anthems with raw emotion, the political with the personal, and the intricate folk and punk roar…
7 August is a great week for new releases, bringing you albums from Mick Jones, Georgia Barnes, Lindi Ortega, Night Beds and Mac DeMarco. We really like Ultimate Painting’s second album, Green Lanes, and The Phoenix Foundation’s sixth, Give Up Your Dreams, but release of the week is the Winchester troubador Frank Turner’s latest, Positive…