New releases for 19 April 2024

This week’s hot six blasts off with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Pearl Jam, who return with their highly anticipated new album, Dark Matter. The band’s 12th studio album was produced by Grammy Award-winning producer Andrew Watt. It All Comes Down to This features 10 straight-to-the-point tracks and takes A Certain Ratio back…

Pre-sale of the week: Taylor Swift – The Tortured Poets Department, out 19 April

The behemoth that is Taylor Swift returns with The Tortured Poets Department – her eleventh studio album. No more needs to be said. Note: The LP is initially available on standard ‘ghosted’ white vinyl as well as ‘phantom’ clear vinyl, which is exclusive to physical record shops. Click here for more details and to order…

New releases for 7 July 2023

The first of this week’s goodies is The Greater Wings, the first album in over six years from American songwriter Julie Byrne. The album is a testament to patience and determination, the willingness to transform through the desolation of loss, the vitality of renewal, and the courage to rise, forever changed. For nearly a decade,…

New releases for 21 October 2022

The first of this week’s sparklers is Taylor Swift’s new studio album, Midnights. This is a collection of music written in the middle of the night: a journey through terrors and sweet dreams. The floors we pace and the demons we face – the stories of 13 sleepless nights scattered throughout Taylor’s life. Direction Of…

Pre-sale of the week: Taylor Swift – Midnights, out 21 October

Taylor Swift’s new studio album, Midnights, is a collection of music written in the middle of the night: a journey through terrors and sweet dreams. The floors we pace and the demons we face – the stories of 13 sleepless nights scattered throughout Taylor’s life. Note: The LP is initially available on limited-edition moonstone blue…

New releases for 27 November 2020

Our soaraway six for 27 November starts with the 14-song collection No Fun Mondays, which sees Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong putting his signature melodic-punk spin on the songs that have formed the soundtrack to his life, including classics by John Lennon, Billy Bragg and Johnny Thunders. The No Fun Mondays series launched in…

New releases for 10 November 2017

First of our recommended releases this week is singer, songwriter, musician and producer Taylor Swift’s long-awaited and highly anticipated 6th studio album, Reputation, which includes the number one single ‘Look What You Made Me Do’; we refer any doubters to the Ryan Adams cover of Taylor’s album 1989, which revealed what a great songwriter she…