With labels focused on RSD, we’ve got a bijou selection of four releases this week, plus an early peek at two from the enormous list due out on 25th June. First for this week is Consequences, one of Joan Armatrading’s most intimate and direct albums yet, and one that wears its heart – and its…
Carnage is a new album by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis, recorded over a period of weeks during lockdown. Although the pair have composed and recorded many soundtracks together, and Ellis is a long-term member of The Bad Seeds, this is the first time they have released an entire album of songs as a duo.…
This week’s six smashers start with Live In Maui, a concert from 1970 with a blu-ray featuring the documentary ‘Music, Money, Madness… Jimi Hendrix In Maui’, which chronicles the Jimi Hendrix Experience’s storied visit to Maui and how they became ensnared with the ill-fated Rainbow Bridge movie produced by their controversial manager Michael Jeffery. Note:…
Idiot Prayer is a solo piano recital by Nick Cave, recorded at the iconic London venue Alexandra Palace in June. In it, he plays songs from his extensive back catalogue, including rare tracks that most fans will be hearing for the first time. The songs are taken from across the breadth of Cave’s career, including…
The first of our recommendations this week is In All Weather, the first solo album in nine years from Josienne Clark, which finds her life laid bare and played out in the leave-it-all-behind-and-start-anew nature of the lyrics. Josienne accompanies herself on pared-back acoustic and electric guitar throughout. On the eve of what would have been…
Nick Cave responded to a fan question on his Red Hand Files about when a new album will arrive with the following: It is called Ghosteen. It is a double album. Part 1 comprises eight songs: The Spinning Song Bright Horses Waiting For You Night Raid Sun Forest Galleon Ship Ghosteen Speaks Leviathan Part 2…
This week sees a wonderful 25th anniversary album from Texas, plus new albums from Phosphorescent, Idlewild, Carl Barât And The Jackals, Steve Earle & The Dukes and Carter Tutti, along with vinyl reissues of classics from Sigur Rós and Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds. Click here for more details and to order your…
There are some truly belting new releases this week. First and foremost amongst them is Gretchen Peters’ absolutely stellar Blackbirds. It has been described as country noir, which perfectly captures it atmosphere. Do your ears a favour and get a copy! Note that the vinyl release has been delayed – of course we’ll have copies…
This week sees fantastic new albums by The Charlatans, Gaz Coombes, Jessica Pratt, Sons of Bill, Kitty, Daisy & Lewis, Pond and Jim White & The Packway Handle Band, along with deluxe, expanded reissues of important albums by Motörhead, Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds and Tyrannosaurus Rex. Click here for more details and to…