New releases on CD & DVD
Album: Sabrina Carpenter - Man's Best Friend
Saturday, 30 August 2025
Following the success of 2024’s flirtatious Short n’ Sweet, Sabrina Carpenter has fully committed to her pin-up popstar status with Man’s Best Friend, perhaps to its detriment. It was clear from the release of the album artwork and recent press that the dominant theme would be sex, but the question over whether it was satirical or not genuinely remains unanswered because of its general lack of creativity.
Album: CMAT - EURO-COUNTRY
Friday, 29 August 2025
Queen of the earworm Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson has had quite the summer, capturing imaginations and sparking indignation. The brazen hussy has the audacity to wear what the hell she likes while belting out her stream of catchy country-pop, life-affirming hits. She’s in your face, unapologetic and going absolutely nowhere.
Album: The Hives - The Hives Forever, Forever The...
Wednesday, 27 August 2025
The Hives must be one of the most self-assured bands around – but not without good reason. Ever exuberant, all their tunes are short and sweet,...
Album: Benedicte Maurseth - Mirra
Wednesday, 27 August 2025
During the opening seconds of Mirra, an unusual sound leaps out – a grunting. It’s integral to a shifting aural pallete which also features a bowed...
Blu-ray: Finis Terrae
Tuesday, 26 August 2025
British audiences of a certain age will note Finis Terrae’s similarity to Finisterre, one of the 31 sea areas listed in the BBC’s Shipping Forecast....
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Album: Nova Twins - Parasites & Butterflies
Exciting London duo turn inward and more introspective with their third album while retaining their trademark hybrid sound |
Album: Blood Orange - Essex Honey
A triumph for the artist who doesn't clamour for attention but just keeps growing |
Album: Wolf Alice - Clearing
Ten years from their debut, Wolf Alice once again make magic from the familiar |
Album: Deftones - Private Music
Deftones give us a glimmer of hope, but that's all... |
Album: Eve Adams - American Dust
Taking inspiration from the Californian desert |
Blu-ray: Who Wants to Kill Jessie?
Fast-paced and visually inventive Czech comedy |
Album: Adrian Sherwood - The Collapse of Everything
The dub maestro stretches out and chills |
Album: Dinosaur Pile-Up - I've Felt Better
Heavy rock power pop trio return after an unwanted lengthy break |
Album: Tom Grennan - Everywhere I Went Led Me To Where I Didn't Want To Be
British pop star's fourth exhibits ultra-pop oomph with mixed results |
Album: Emma Smith - Bitter Orange
The award-winning jazz singer brings new life to some classic standards |
Album: Marissa Nadler - New Radiations
The Nashville-based singer-songwriter explores disconnection |
Album: Rise Against - Ricochet
Have the US punk veterans finally run out of road? |
Album: Alison Goldfrapp - Flux
The synth diva in her comfort zone - maybe getting a little too comfortable, though |
Album: The Black Keys - No Rain, No Flowers
Ohio rockers' 13th album improves on recent material, but still below mainstream peak |
Album: Ethel Cain - Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You
Relatively straightforward songs from the Southern Gothic star - with the emphasis on 'relatively' |
Album: Black Honey - Soak
South Coast band return with another set of catchy, confident indie-rockin' |
Blu-ray: Two Way Stretch / Heavens Above!
'Peak Sellers': two gems from a great comic actor in his prime |
Album: Molly Tuttle - So Long Little Miss Sunshine
The US bluegrass queen makes a sally into Swift-tinted pop-country stylings |
Album: Mansur Brown - Rihla
Jazz-prog scifi mind movies and personal discipline provide a... complex experience |
Album: Reneé Rapp - Bite Me
Second album from a rising US star is a feast of varied, fruity, forthright pop |
Album: Cian Ducrot - Little Dreaming
Second album for the Irish singer aims for mega mainstream, ends up confused |
Album: Bonniesongs - Strangest Feeling
Intriguing blend of the abstract, folkiness, grunge and shoegazing from Sydney |
Album: Debby Friday - The Starrr of the Queen of Life
Second from Canadian electronic artist and singer offers likeable, varied EDM |
Album: Indigo de Souza - Precipice
US singer's fourth ups the pop ante but doesn't sacrifice lyrical substance |
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