New releases for 23 February 2024

The first of this week’s six sparklers comes from Laetitia Sadier. Over the course of her more than three-decade career, she has never shied away from the hard topics or stopped advocating for the possibility of self-determination and emancipation in the face of the powers that be, conscious or unconscious. This is an essential part…

Pre-sales of the week: The Waterboys – The Magnificent Seven (Fisherman’s Blues/Room To Roam Band, 1989-90) and Room To Roam (Half Speed Master), out 3 December

The Magnificent Seven (Fisherman’s Blues/Room To Roam Band, 1989-90) is a new 145-track 5-CD + DVD box set which tells the story of the seven-piece Waterboys line-up from the Fisherman’s Blues 1989 tour through to the release of the band’s fifth album, Room To Roam, in 1990. As well as the remastered Room To Roam…

New releases for 24 May 2019

We’ve got a blistering sextet for you this week, starting with The Waterboys’ new album, Where The Action Is, whose title was inspired by Robert Parker’s 1960s mod/northern soul classic. This 10-song, genre-defying album is a testament to the enduring talents of the band’s founder and frontman, Mike Scott, one of the finest British songwriters…

New releases for 8 September 2017

Here are our recommended new releases for 8 September. Of Nothing But Thieves’ second album, Broken Machine, the band say: “The aim on Broken Machine was to create a rock album that feels fresh and exciting.” Job done! Micah P. Hinson is our favourite purveyor of the very darkest and most gothic Americana and his…

New releases for 19 January 2015

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…