New releases for 26 January 2024

This week’s six smashers open with Polaroid Lovers, the seventh studio album from four-time Grammy-winner Sarah Jarosz. Produced by Daniel Tashian, Polaroid Lovers is a bold creative statement that sees Jarosz exploring new sonic territory. The 11 songs on the album, all co-written by Jarosz with songwriters including Tashian, Jon Randall, Ruston Kelly and Natalie…

Pre-sale of the week: The Reytons – Ballad of a Bystander, out 26 January

After conquering the charts and claiming the number one trophy last time out with What’s Rock and Roll?, Sheffield sensations The Reytons are back with their third full-length album, Ballad of a Bystander. “We’re once again releasing 100% independently, with no label backing. Let’s get out there and do it all again! #AllReytons” Note: The…

New releases for 27 January 2023

We kick of this week’s six smashers with one of the most highly anticipated releases in the Bob Dylan Bootleg Series. Time Out Of Mind is one of Dylan’s most commercially successful and critically acclaimed albums and it won three Grammy Awards, including album of the year. It includes such iconic songs as ‘Love Sick’,…

Pre-sale of the week: The Reytons – What’s Rock and Roll?, out 27 January

Released 100% independently, with no label backing, The Reytons’s second album, What’s Rock and Roll?, follows their debut album that rocketed to Number 11 in the Official UK Charts, with over 20,000 sales to date. Setting The Reytons apart from the competition is their fiercely independent approach to the way they work. Not exactly welcomed…

New releases for 12 November 2021

We light the touchpaper on this week’s firecrackers with Crawler, the new album from IDLES. It’s an album of reflection and healing amid a worldwide pandemic that stretched the planet’s collective mental and physical health to the breaking point. Frontman Joe Talbot says: “We want people who’ve gone through trauma, heartbreak, and loss to feel…

New releases for 24 September 2021

This week’s ear-ticklers start with Public Service Broadcasting’s fourth album, Bright Magic, which is their most ambitious undertaking yet – an album in three parts (Building A City / Building A Myth / Bright Magic) that brings you to Europe’s heart and de facto capital, the cultural and political metropolis that is the ‘Haupstadt’ of…