Our pick of the new year’s releases opens with Elvis Costello & The Imposters, who release The Boy Named If (14 Jan), a new album of urgent, immediate songs with bright melodies, guitar solos that sting and a quick step to the rhythm. Costello tells us: “The full title of this record is The Boy…
We’ve picked six of the best releases for 9 February for you. Transangelic Exodus, the second album from Ezra Furman, is a new landmark for the American singer-songwriter: “not a concept record, but almost a novel, or a cluster of stories on a theme, a combination of fiction and a half-true memoir,” according to its…
Release of the week is the slightly delayed, but well worth the wait, live album from Eels at the Royal Albert Hall. We also have a live unplugged set from Status Quo and new albums from Beth Hart, Halestorm, Stornaway, Calexico, Villagers and The Wombats. Click here for more details and to order your…