Pre-sale of the week is Relaxer by alt-J, out on 9 June. Relaxer is the follow-up to alt-J’s number 1, Grammy- and Brit-Award-nominated album This Is All Yours, and was recorded all over London – from Shoreditch to St John’s Wood, Crouch Hill to Brixton – with producer Charlie Andrew at the helm for a…
Pre-sale of the week is Into The Woods by Hawkwind, out on 5 May. Into the Woods is the new studio album from the legendary Hawkwind. It is in part “a continuation of the story begun in The Machine Stops,” says Hawkwind’s head honcho Dave Brock, “living above the ground and Into the Woods.”. Warm-up…
Pre-sale of the week is Pollinator by Blondie, out on 5 May. Blondie return with their 11th studio album, Pollinator, lighting up 2017 with an incredible new record befitting one of the world’s greatest bands. Pollinator was produced live in the studio by John Congleton (St. Vincent, John Grant, War On Drugs, David Byrne), and…
Pre-sale of the week is Triplicate by Bob Dylan, out on 31 March. Bob Dylan’s latest studio album, the three-disc Triplicate, features 30 brand-new recordings of classic American tunes and is the first triple-length set of Dylan’s illustrious career. With each disc individually titled and presented in a thematically arranged 10-song sequence, Triplicate showcases Dylan’s…
Pre-sale of the week is The Navigator by Hurray For The Riff Raff, out on 10 March. On the new album, Alynda Segarra tells an interwoven, cinematic story of a wandering soul at a crossroads of identity and ancestral weight. The Navigator is a thrilling call to arms that could not come at a more…
Pre-sale of the week is Pure Comedy by Father John Misty, out on 7 April. Since 2012, Father John Misty, aka Josh Tillman, has emerged unexpectedly as a singular – if not undeniably idiosyncratic – voice. His lyrics routinely defy the presumed polarities of wit and empathy, his live performances may perhaps be described best…
Pre-sale of the week is Let The Dancers Inherit The Party by British Sea Power, out on 31 March. British Sea Power’s new album, Let The Dancers Inherit The Party, is billed as a “reset” for the listener. “You know the feeling you get after jumping in the sea on a winter morning?” asks British…
Pre-sale of the week is Prisoner by Ryan Adams, out on 17 February. Mixing the heartfelt angst of a singer/songwriter with the cocky brashness of a garage rocker, Ryan Adams is one of the few artists to emerge from the alt-country scene to achieve mainstream commercial success. The twelve tracks that make up Prisoner came…
Pre-sale of the week is Peace Trail by Neil Young, out on 9 December. In the distant past, every Neil Young release was a highly anticipated one. And nothing has changed about that. 2016 has already seen the release of his Archival sets and the live Earth set released in June. But now that those…
Pre-sale of the week is Hardwired…To Self-Destruct by Metallica, out on 18 November. The greatest metal band in history return with their long-awaited tenth studio album, Hardwired…To Self-Destruct. Metallica have sold over 110 million albums worldwide, their last album, Death Magnetic, turned platinum in 17 countries and saw them perform to millions of fans in…