New releases on CD & DVD
Album: Paolo Nutini - Last Night in the Bittersweet
Tuesday, 28 June 2022
The last time that Paolo Nutini was on the public stage, he was knocking out fine blue-eyed soul and having substantial hits like “Scream (Funk my Life Up)”. That was eight years ago though.
Album: Damien Jurado - Reggae Film Star
Monday, 27 June 2022
American singer-songwriter Damien Jurado is both prolific and enigmatic. His latest album follows too many to count (OK, not really, I think this is his 20th). On his own label, it's as opaque as anything he’s done, and that’s saying something.
Album: James Vincent McMorrow - The Less I Knew
Saturday, 25 June 2022
An artist with a myriad of strings to his bow – gifted wordsmith, multi-instrumentalist, captivating storyteller – what enables James Vincent...
Album: Regina Spektor - Home, before and after
Friday, 24 June 2022
When did life become so theoretical? In the penultimate track of her new album, Home, before and after, Regina Spektor plays the role of classroom...
Album: Hollie Cook - Happy Hour
Thursday, 23 June 2022
In a world seemingly devoid of joy, Hollie Cook's fourth album is a very welcome salve indeed. It’s not just the deliciously mellow groove of the...
Album: Porcupine Tree - Closure/Continuation
Progressive rock's cultiest heroes return with a leftfield fusion of old and new |
Blu-ray: Double Indemnity
Billy Wilder's cold-blooded yet sultry classic defines film noir |
Blu-ray: The Soft Skin
Truffaut's 1964 film tells the story of a slightly less than torrid affair |
Album: Linda Ayupuka - God Created Everything
Praising the Lord in Northeastern Ghana |
Album: Alanis Morissette - The Storm Before the Calm
An existential move from angst-rock to meditative calm |
Album: Binker Golding - Dream Like A Dogwood Wild Boy
Top-class production gives the music an epic quality |
Album: Foals - Life is Yours
Seventh album from alt-rock stars sees them put on their dancing shoes |
Blu-ray: The Last Metro
Truffaut's 1980 film, a tense drama set during the Nazi Occupation of Paris, is one of his best |
Album: Ron Trent presents WARM - What Do the Stars Say to You
The producer's first album in more than a decade is a smooth-as-silk success |
Blu-ray: Luminous Procuress
An offbeat counterculture classic resurrected |
Album: Hercules & Love Affair - In Amber
NYC dance maven goes fully goth with stunning results |
Album: Nick Mulvey - New Mythology
The ex-Portico Quartet singer-songwriter continues his increasingly mystic song cycle |
Album: Shearwater - The Great Awakening
After six years away, the erudite Texans ponder the state of the nation |
Blu-ray: The Proposition
John Hillcoat’s anti-Western is a bloody allegory of colonial mayhem in 1880s Australia |
Album: The Utopia Strong - International Treasure
Steve Davis chills out with ambient soundscapes and trippy kosmiche |
Album: Nick Cave - Seven Psalms
Off-beat prayers from the heart |
Album: Neneh Cherry - The Versions
Esoteric set of multi-artist cover versions from the singer's back catalogue |
Album: Golden Feelings - Golden Feelings
American Kosmische that could be from other decades or other galaxies |
Album: Wren Hinds - A Child's Chant for a New Millennium
South African singer-songwriter sounds like an old friend |
Album: Mary Gauthier - Dark Enough to See the Stars
Intimate, direct and straight from the heart, Gauthier catches the sound of empathy |
Album: Wilco - Cruel Country
Jeff Tweedy finds pained beauty and common bonds in a broken country |
Album: Lettuce - Unify
Music to put a spring in your step from funky Boston |
Album: Yama Warashi - Crispy Moon
Our nearest celestial neighbour inspires former Zun Zun Egui mainstay |
Blu-ray: Twisting the Knife - Four Films by Claude Chabrol
Miasmic guilt as a French master skewers the bourgeoisie |
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