New releases on CD & DVD
Demi Lovato's ninth album, 'It's Not That Deep', goes for a frolic on the dancefloor
Friday, 24 October 2025
Demi Lovato is impressive on many fronts. She’s a ‘00s Disney tween star who’s become an outspoken activist in an America where it’s increasingly dangerous to be one.
Yazmin Lacey confirms her place in a vital soul movement with 'Teal Dreams'
Wednesday, 22 October 2025
We are in – it needs to be shouted from the rooftops every day – a golden age of British soul and jazz. It isn’t just about a few quality artists, either, but a movement. Londoner Yazmin Lacey is key within that: in the past year, she’s featured on stupendous albums by both Ezra Collective and that band’s keyboard wizard Joe Armon-Jones.
Blu-ray: Le Quai des Brumes
Tuesday, 21 October 2025
From its opening scene, Le Quai des Brumes (Port of Shadows,1938) feels like a reverie, a period of sustained waiting, during which the characters...
The Lemonheads' 'Love Chant' is a...
Monday, 20 October 2025
The Lemonheads were one of the original punk-pop outfits and have been an on-off going concern for 40 years. However, singer, guitarist, bandleader...
'Deadbeat': Tame Impala's downbeat...
Saturday, 18 October 2025
Anxiety and self-doubt have been constant themes for Kevin Parker, the Australian musician who now finds himself among the highest echelons of modern...
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Heartbreak and soaring beauty on Chrissie Hynde & Pals' Duets Special
The great Pretender at her most romantic and on the form of her life |
The Last Dinner Party's 'From the Pyre' is as enjoyable as it is over-the-top
Musically sophisticated five-piece ramp up the excesses but remain contagiously pop |
Moroccan Gnawa comes to Manhattan with 'Saha Gnawa'
Trance and tradition meet Afrofuturism in Manhattan |
Blu-ray: The Man in the White Suit
Ealing Studios' prescient black comedy, as sharp as ever |
Soulwax’s 'All Systems Are Lying' lays down some tasty yet gritty electro-pop
Belgian dancefloor veterans return to the fray with a dark, pop-orientated sound |
Album: Mobb Deep - Infinite
A solid tribute to a legendary history |
Album: Boz Scaggs - Detour
Smooth and soulful standards from an old pro |
Emily A. Sprague realises a Japanese dream on 'Cloud Time'
A set of live improvisations that drift in and out of real beauty |
Hollie Cook's 'Shy Girl' isn't heavyweight but has a summery reggae lilt
Tropical-tinted downtempo pop that's likeable if uneventful |
Pop Will Eat Itself's 'Delete Everything' is noisy but patchy
Despite unlovely production, the Eighties/Nineties unit retain rowdy ebullience |
Odd times and clunking lines in 'The Life of a Showgirl' for Taylor Swift
A record this weird should be more interesting, surely |
Waylon Jennings' 'Songbird' raises this country great from the grave
The first of a trove of posthumous recordings from the 1970s and early 1980s |
Slovenian avant-folk outfit Širom’s 'In the Wind of Night, Hard-Fallen Incantations Whisper' opens the door to inner space
Unconventional folk-based music which sounds like nothing else |
'The Art of Loving': Olivia Dean's vulnerable and intimate second album
Neo soul Londoner's new release outgrows her debut |
Doja Cat's 'Vie' starts well but soon tails off
While it contains a few goodies, much of the US star's latest album lacks oomph |
Mariah Carey is still 'Here for It All' after an eight-year break
Schmaltz aplenty but also stunning musicianship from the enduring diva |
Album: Solar Eyes - Live Freaky! Die Freaky!
Psychedelic indie dance music with a twinkle in its eye |
Album: Night Tapes - portals//polarities
Estonian-voiced, London-based electro-popsters' debut album marks them as one to watch for |
Album: Mulatu Astatke - Mulatu Plays Mulatu
An album full of life, coinciding with a 'farewell tour' |
Album: Robert Plant - Saving Grace
Mellow delight from former Zep lead |
Album: Biffy Clyro - Futique
Scottish alternative rock trio return with elegant, balanced 10th album |
Album: NewDad - Altar
The hard-gigging trio yearns for old Ireland – and blasts music biz exploitation |
Album: The Divine Comedy - Rainy Sunday Afternoon
Neil Hannon takes stock, and the result will certainly keep his existing crowd happy |
Blu-ray: The Sons of Great Bear
DEFA's first 'Red Western': a revisionist take on colonial expansion |
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