The cream of this week’s crop of new releases starts with Metta, Benevolence. In late October 2019, following a successful UK tour ending in a sold-out concert at the mythical Roundhouse in London, SUNN O))) entered studio 4 at BBC Maida Vale on invitation to record a live session for Mary Anne Hobbs to be…
We kick off our pick of this week’s releases with The War On Drugs, who have steadily emerged over the past 15 years as one of this century’s great rock-and-roll synthesists, removing the gaps between the underground and the mainstream, between the obtuse and the anthemic, making records that wrestle a fractured past into a…
This week’s six lovelies start with Eddi Reader’s brand new studio album, Cavalier. Featuring sixteen songs, including current live favourites ‘Wonderful’, ‘My Favourite Dress’, Starlight, ‘Meg O’ The Glen’ and ‘Maiden’s Lament’, the new album was recorded and produced in Glasgow by Eddi with John Douglas. Eddi is currently celebrating her 40th(!) year as a…
There are some cracking new releases out on 20th May. First up, Richard Ashcroft returns with his fourth solo release, These People. The much-ignored Terry Reid has a very special new release, The Other Side Of The River – what’s not to like about an artist nicknamed ‘super-lungs’! Marissa Nadler has waited until her seventh…