The Delines were finishing the Mr. Luck & Ms. Doom sessions when Willy Vlautin brought in a tune called ‘Walking with His Sleeves Down’, but the song didn’t quite fit the record so they set it aside along with ‘The Reckless Life’, ‘Dilaudid Diane’ (featured in their recent encores) and ‘Jumping Off in Madras’. When…
First out the bag this week is The Cure. Last year’s Songs of a Lost World was the band’s first album in 16 years, and their first number-one album in the UK since 1992’s Wish. On the day of release, the band performed the album in full at London’s Troxy venue, and it’s this live…
This week’s smashers start with Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You, a sprawling double LP exploring the deepest elements and possibilities of Big Thief. To truly dig into all that the music of Adrianne Lenker, Max Oleartchik, Buck Meek and James Krivchenia desired in 2020, the band decided to write and record a…
The Delines are finally back with a new album. The band had only been together a week when they went into the studio and cut their debut album, Colfax, which surprised and delighted fans and critics alike. Uncut gave it 9/10 stars and praised its “widescreen romanticism”, calling it “the richest collection of songs Willy…