Hail to the Thief Live Recordings 2003-2009 re-evaluates Radiohead’s relationship with their 6th studio album, comprising performances of songs in London, Amsterdam, Buenos Aires, and Dublin. The album was mixed by Ben Baptie and mastered by Matt Colton. Thom Yorke says: “I heard some archive live recordings of the songs. I was shocked by the…
Sanguivore II: Mistress of Death is larger-than-life, darker-than-death, and the best album Creeper have ever recorded. It is a thematic sequel rather than a direct continuation of the original Sanguivore story. Like a classic horror anthology, it spins a new tale from the same bloodline as the original, this time using its bloodied vampiric…
The Luck and Strange Concerts features live perfoormances from the acclaimed tour for David Gilmour’s most recent album. The CD and LP versions feature 23 live tracks, and include a 24-page booklet, featuring photographs from the tour. The Blu-ray features a film of the concert at the Circus Maximus in Rome, plus audio concert…
Led Zeppelin celebrate the 50th anniversary of their iconic sixth album, Physical Graffiti, with the release of their new Live EP. The EP features live recordings of ‘In My Time Of Dying’ and ‘Trampled Under Foot’ from Earl’s Court 1975, alongside ‘Sick Again’ and ‘Kashmir’ from Knebworth 1979. These live performances were originally released…
The Last Dinner Party’s new album, From the Pyre, is a collection of stories, and the concept of album-as-mythos binds them. ‘The Pyre’ itself is an allegorical place in which these tales originate, a place of violence and destruction but also regeneration, passion and light. The songs are character driven but still deeply personal, a…
Robert Plant calls his new album, Saving Grace, “a song book of the lost and found”. The genesis of the album began during the lockdown in ‘The Shire’, when Plant’s customary wandering was all but forbidden. While his recent adventures have centred around Nashville, having reunited with Alison Krauss for 2021’s chart-topping, multi Grammy-nominated…
On Better Broken, her first new album in 11 years, Canadian singer/songwriter Sarah McLachlan brings her soulful, spellbinding and transcendent voice to a selection of songs that speak an uncompromising but radically illuminating truth about the state of the human condition. Better Broken ultimately affirms McLachlan as an unparalleled artist whose nuanced perspective and…
Festival-headlining favourites Biffy Clyro make their highly anticipated return with Futique, which delves into our relationship with memory and what we cherish across time. Informed by reflections on the digital age’s impact on memory and the band’s own remarkable journey from teenage friends to alternative rock giants, Futique explores the challenges and enduring connections…
Man’s Best Friend is the latest album from multi-hyphenate global popstar Sabrina Carpenter. Coming off her Grammy-winning project Short n’ Sweet and numerous multi-platinum singles added to her resumé, the latest from Carpenter features her new single, ‘Manchild’, and is bigger and and better than ever before. Note: The LP is initially available on…
Cutthroat is Shame at their blistering best: an unapologetic album that’s souped-up and supercharged. It’s exactly where you want Shame to be, with ambitious sonic ideas and the technical chops to execute them. Stamped throughout with Shame’s trademark sense of humour, the album takes on the big issues of today and gleefully toys with…