For over 20 years, The Decemberists have been one of the most original, daring and thrilling American rock bands. Their distinctive brand of hyper-literate folk-rock set them apart from the start, releasing nine full-length albums that are unbound by genre and highly ambitious. Now the beloved indie band is back with their first new album…
In the autumn of 1971, Sly And The Family Stone released the seminal There’s A Riot Goin’ On, a record booming with the passion of revolution. With this in mind, Yo La Tengo have channelled a similar fear (though with an expected tonal shift) into a calming album that functions simultaneously as both a direct…
This week we have new albums by a wealth of established major artists. The Waterboys release their first studio album in three years, and there are also new releases from Fall Out Boy, Belle and Sebastian, Marilyn Manson, Gretchen Peters, Ryan Bingham, The Decemberists and Sleater / Kinney, and Ólafur Arnalds’s haunting soundtrack of TV…