Here we go again with the biggest release week for plenty of months. Our distilled 6 this week start with All Mirrors, which tracks the artistic voyage of the wonderful Angel Olsen: her beginnings as a collaborator shifted seamlessly to her magnificent, cryptic-to-cosmic solo work, and then she formed bands to play her songs, and…
Note: the LP is available on indies-only pink vinyl, limited to just 750 copies in the UK. We’re offering Ode To Joy at special pre-sale prices, which won’t be available after release. Click here for more details and to order your copy.
It’s been a squeeze trying to reduce all the great releases due on 9 September to just eight, but we managed it eventually. To kick off, Teenage Fanclub make a long-awaited return and – to our complete non-surprise – their 10th album is a beauty, chock-full of songs about the stuff that really matters: life…
Pre-sales of the week are Schmilco by Wilco, out on 9 September and My Universe by The Shires, out on 7 October. Schmilco, the 10th studio album by the Grammy-award winning Chicago rock band Wilco, features 12 new original songs via the band’s own dBpm Records. Recorded at The Loft in Chicago. Produced by…
Next week sees some long-awaited and some unexpected releases. Announced just ten days before release, Dr Dre’s new album, Compton, gets a physical CD rush release, with the vinyl to follow later. The Strypes release their second album, which is full of their rollicking version of rock’n’roll, The Fratellis weigh in with sharp, observant song-writing,…