New releases on CD & DVD

Album: FaithNYC - Love is a Wish Away

Mark Kidel Thursday, 21 November 2024

FaithNYC is a vehicle for the singer and songwriter Felice Rosser, an original rooted in reggae,soul, punk and the New York downtown avant-garde. She once played in an all-woman reggae band, Sistren, and was a close friend of Jean-Michel Basquiat.

Album: Father John Misty - Mahashmashana

Kieron Tyler Wednesday, 20 November 2024

The word “mahashmashana” – महामशान in Sanskrit – translates as “great burying ground.” Co-opted as the title of Josh Tillman’s sixth album as Father John Misty, its use might reflect a concern that the contemporary world is facing its demise. Or it may be due to its onomatopoeic quality. Perhaps both.

Blu-ray: Pharaoh

Graham Rickson Tuesday, 19 November 2024

Jerzy Kawalerowicz’s Pharaoh (Faraon) is a state-funded superprodukcja, a 152-minute Polish epic, set, incongruously, in Ancient Egypt. First...

Album: Body Count - Merciless

Guy Oddy Monday, 18 November 2024

Rapper, actor and occasional media celebrity, Ice-T’s heavy metal band, Body Count have been around since the early ‘90s and have turned out some...

Album: Linkin Park - From Zero

Tom Carr Saturday, 16 November 2024

The return of Linkin Park has been a long, winding path. The seven years since Chester Bennington's passing have swirled with speculation over what...

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Album: Jon Batiste - Beethoven Blues

Sebastian Scotney Friday, 15 November 2024

Beethoven's hits reimagined by the American musical celebrity

Album: Silkroad Ensemble with Rhiannon Giddens - American Railroad

Liz Thomson Thursday, 14 November 2024

American railroad history retold in a song cycle

Album: Dolly Parton & Family - Smoky Mountain DNA - Family, Faith & Fables

Joe Muggs Wednesday, 13 November 2024

Forlorn hope, and a beautiful expression of family, from the American heartland

Blu-ray: The Oblong Box

Nick Hasted Tuesday, 12 November 2024

Vincent Price and Christopher Lee in 'Witchfinder General''s phantom follow-up

Album: Tomorrow X Together - The Star Chapter: Sanctuary

Peter Quinn Monday, 11 November 2024

From heavenly pop to reggaeton heat, TXT's musical universe knows no bounds

Album: Garfunkel & Garfunkel: Father and Son

Liz Thomson Friday, 08 November 2024

Art for Art's sake

Album: Primal Scream - Come Ahead

Guy Oddy Thursday, 07 November 2024

The Scream finally knock out the album we’ve been hoping for

Album: Alley Cat - The Widow Project

Joe Muggs Wednesday, 06 November 2024

Enter a haunted factory and quiver in the shadows with a dubstep auteur

Album: Møster! - Springs

Kieron Tyler Monday, 04 November 2024

Norwegian supergroup merges jazz with rock’s outer edges

Album: Chuck Prophet - Wake the Dead

Nick Hasted Saturday, 02 November 2024

Rock'n'roll master dances past the graveyard with cumbia rhythms and quizzically cocked eyebrow

Album: Willie Nelson - Last Leaf on the Tree

Tim Cumming Friday, 01 November 2024

The 91-year-old’s 153rd album is more than a farewell to arms – it’s a late-career classic

Album: The Cure - Songs of a Lost World

Joe Muggs Thursday, 31 October 2024

Sadness and finality have rarely felt so life-affirming

Album: Peter Perrett - The Cleansing

Guy Oddy Wednesday, 30 October 2024

Depth, humour and bucket loads of cool from the former Only One

Blu-ray: The Outcasts

Nick Hasted Tuesday, 29 October 2024

A forgotten Irish folk horror is eerily magical and earthed in the soil

Album: Pixies - The Night The Zombies Came

Ellie Roberts Monday, 28 October 2024

Quirky indie with a Halloween twist from legends of the genre Pixies

Album: Halsey - The Great Impersonator

Thomas H Green Saturday, 26 October 2024

The US star muses on mortality via channelling her musical heroines

Album: Underworld - Strawberry Hotel

Mark Kidel Friday, 25 October 2024

Contagiously joyous rollercoaster from Smith and Hyde

Album: Bastille - &

Thomas H Green Thursday, 24 October 2024

Dan Smith attempts to pare back to less bombast but doesn't always succeed

Album: Amyl and the Sniffers - Cartoon Darkness

Guy Oddy Wednesday, 23 October 2024

Australian pub rockers are a riot

Blu-ray: Michael Powell - Early Works

Nick Hasted Tuesday, 22 October 2024

British film magician's apprenticeship revealed

Album: Tess Parks - Pomegranate

Kieron Tyler Monday, 21 October 2024

With the Brian Jonestown Massacre association concluded, psychedelic auteur reintegrates with the wider world

Album: Laura Marling - Patterns in Repeat

Katie Colombus Saturday, 19 October 2024

An intimate ode to the miracle of life

Album: Kylie Minogue - Tension II

Joe Muggs Friday, 18 October 2024

Kylie's relentless energy never fails to impress but are we hearing the law of diminishing returns in action?

Album: Elephant9 with Terje Rypdal - Catching Fire

Kieron Tyler Thursday, 17 October 2024

Thrilling union of prodigious Norwegians

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