Producer/singer/songwriter Neko Case has won a large and loyal audience for her smoky, sophisticated vocals and the downcast beauty of her music. Now more than 23 years into her musical calling, Case is the consummate career artist – fearless and versatile, with a fierce work ethic and a constant drive to search deeper within herself…
Good news – the new Half Man Half Biscuit album is coming! The only information available so far is the track listing, but going by those titles it’s going to be a good ’un! Track list: Alehouse Futsal / Man Of Constant Sorrow (With A Garage In Constant Use) / Knobheads On Quiz Shows /…
Blossoms return with their second album, Cool Like You – 11 tracks of ’80s-inspired synth-layered pop bliss. The band bring the tempo up on lead single ‘I Can’t Stand It’ and combine it with cascading synth riffs, while ‘There’s A Reason Why (I Never Returned Your Calls)’ brings a previously unheard anthemic rock quality to…
Pre-sale of the week is Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves, out on 30 March. Golden Hour – the follow-up to 2015’s Grammy-nominated Pageant Material – represents a shift in perspective for Kacey Musgraves, and is perhaps the most mature work she’s yet undertaken. The title, like much of her new music, was inspired by her…
Pre-sale of the week is Tell Me How You Really Feel by Courtney Barnett, out on 15 May. The Grammy- and Brit-nominated Courtney Barnett returns with her second album, Tell Me How You Really Feel. The new collection follows her critically acclaimed 2015 debut, Sometimes I Sit And Think And Sometimes I Just Sit…, and…
Pre-sale of the week is The Deconstruction by Eels, out on 6 April. Eels say: “The world is a mess. This is just music. Music by someone who tends to believe that change starts in your own backyard. I’m just optimistic enough to believe that kind of thing can still help people. It doesn’t have…
Pre-sale of the week is Be More Kind by Frank Turner, out on 4 May. Be More Kind represents a thematic and sonic line in the sand for 36-year-old Hampshire-born singer-songwriter Frank Turner. It’s a record that combines universal anthems with raw emotion, the political with the personal, and the intricate folk and punk roar…
Pre-sale of the week is All Nerve by The Breeders, out on 2 March. Iconic US alt-rockers The Breeders release their first album in 10 years. Even better, it’s the first in 25 years from the band’s classic line up: Kim and Kelley Deal, Josephine Wiggs and Jim Macpherson. All Nerve is not to be…
Pre-sale of the week is World’s Strongest Man by Gaz Coombes, out on 4 May. World’s Strongest Man is the magnificent third solo album by Gaz Coombes, the follow-up to 2015’s critically acclaimed Matador. This remarkable collection of eleven deeply personal songs set to expansive, addictive melodies has been inspired by an eclectic mix of…
Pre-sale of the week is Resistance is Futile by Manic Street Preachers, out on 6 April. Resistance Is Futile, the new album from Manic Street Preachers, is the first album to be recorded at the band’s new Door to the River Studio in Newport. Say the band: “The main themes of Resistance Is Futile are…