Burn It Up – The Rise of British Dance Music 1986–1991: Album Review
Cherry Red Records serve up a 4CD trip through British dance music’s explosion of the 1980’s.
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The Man From Delmonte – Better Things: Album Review
It’s taken The Man From Delmonte over three decades to release their first proper studio album, and honestly? It is worth the wait.
Midlake – A Bridge To Far: Album Review
There’s a palpable optimism woven between the sonic spaces of A Bridge To Far. ; the sixth and latest release from Midlake.
Good Health Good Wealth – This Time Next Year We’ll Be Millionaires: Album Review
Good Health Good Wealth collide shimmering production with the spoken word into a cleverly-crafted seven day diary thick with drum loops, gritty riffs and grittier narration.
Baxter Dury w/ Joshua Idehen – Albert Hall, Manchester: Live Review
Baxter Dury brings all his energy and new record, Allberone, to Manchester. Support comes from Joshua Idehen.
Doves – So, Here We Are: Album Review
Indie legends Doves take a retrospective trip down memory lane, celebrating their three decades in music.
The Boojums – The Boojums: Album Review
The Boojums debut is a dose of Pop-Rock with the bottle shaken and the top flicked off.
Luvcat – Vicious Delicious: Album Review
Luvcat comes in with a late entry for Album Of The Year with the marvelously titled Vicious Delicious.
Idlewild – Idlewild: Album Review
Idlewild return with their self-titled tenth album, arriving not as a nostalgic cash-in, but as a poignant, reflective flag in the turf.
Richard Ashcroft – Lovin’ You: Album Review
Lovin’ You is the eighth album from the legendary Richard Ashcroft. The former The Verve man proves once again he is an unstoppable force of nature.
Patrick Watson – Uh-Oh: Album Review
Uh-Oh, his eighth album, journeys Patrick Watson through a career-defining recovery after losing his voice and coming to terms with the fact he may never sing again.
Automatic – Is it Now?: Album Review
Izzy Glaudini, Halle Saxon, and Lola Dompé; Automatic; clearly don’t like sitting around. Is it Now? is their third album in five years.
pôt-pot – Warsaw 480km: Album Review
Warsaw 480km is the debut LP from Irish quintet pôt-pot, who infuse the propulsive grooves of krautrock with a phosphorescent psych-rock radiance, all underscored by harmonium drones, hypnotic male-female vocal harmonies, and deep layers of rough-hewn texture.
The Beths w/ Dateline – Albert Hall, Manchester: Live Review
The Beths land in Manchester in support of their brilliant new album, Straight Line Was A Lie. Support comes from fellow Kiwi’s, Dateline.
Us And Them – The Lights And The Shadow
Us and Them, the experimental Prog-Folk Swedish duo of Britt Ronnholm and Anders Hakason, return with their fourth studio album: The Lights and the Shadow.