Matt’s recommended listening from 2025

There will be no weekly album releases until the new year now. Instead I will highlight a few of the albums I have enjoyed this year. I have some in stock and I can easily order any others you’re interested in. There is no order to these, just what I think have been great albums.…

New releases for 25 April 2025

With so many new releases out next week, we’ve had to pick eight rather than the usual six. First out the bag is Stereophonics, who celebrate over 25 years as one of the UK’s most-loved bands with their new album, Make ’Em Laugh, Make ’Em Cry , Make ’Em Wait. The album’s 8 tracks include…

Pre-sale of the week: Self Esteem – A Complicated Woman, out 25 April

Self Esteem returns with her third studio album, A Complicated Woman. It’s a big, bold and poptastic statement. A Complicated Woman is her first album since the Brit and Mercury-nominated Prioritise Pleasure – crowned The Guardian and Sunday Times Culture’s Album of the Year. Note: The LP is initially available on red vinyl with a…

New releases for 22 October 2021

We begin our best of the week’s releases with Parquet Courts, whose thought-provoking rock is dancing to a new tune. Sympathy For Life finds the Brooklyn band at both their most instinctive and electronic, spinning their bewitching, psychedelic storytelling into fresh territory, yet maintaining their unique identity. Biffy Clyro’s surprise new project, The Myth Of…