New releases on CD & DVD
CD: Kikok - Sauna
Monday, 21 January 2019
Russian trio Gnoomes have created small waves over the last couple of years with their woozy psychedelia. One of its defining factors is the way the band have utilised Soviet-era synthesizers. During the Cold War it wasn’t only weaponry and the space race that defined the endless competitiveness between the United States and the USSR; the technologies of sound were also an area of rivalry.
CD: The Twilight Sad - It Won/t Be Like This All The Time
Sunday, 20 January 2019
The disappearance of a band for a while calls for a re-set. A reminder, perhaps, of why you fell for them in the first place.
CD: The Dandy Warhols - Why You So Crazy
Saturday, 19 January 2019
Why You So Crazy is a woozy, disorientating and spaced-out affair with a similar understated production to the Dandy Warhols last album, 2016’s...
CD: Morrissey and Marshall - And So It Began...
Friday, 18 January 2019
Well this is a treat. Darren Morrissey and Greg Marshall, London-based Dubliners who began their musical life in the fair city as front men of...
CD: William Tyler - Goes West
Thursday, 17 January 2019
Its Dali-esque sleeve image captures Goes West perfectly. Over its 10 instrumental tracks, the music drifts inwards from outside as if introducing...
CD: Abdesselam Damoussi and Nour Eddine - Jedba
Mesmerising musical ecstasies from Morocco |
DVD/Blu-ray: Under the Tree
Summer in Iceland and the living's not easy: a devastating suburban satire |
CD: Katie Doherty & The Navigators - And Then
Award-winning Geordie folk musician returns with long awaited second album |
CD: Monzen Nakacho - Necropolis Spaceway
South coast synth wizard's second album delivers a punchy, tuneful electronic odyssey |
CD: Pedro the Lion - Phoenix
Redemption and rebirth in a return to old haunts and old names |
VOD: 1985
Black-and-white style and emotional heft fuel restrained gay-themed family drama |
CD: Lorelle Meets the Obsolete – De Facto
The Mexican duo return with a head-spinning album of considered contrasts |
CD: Venom - Storm the Gates
Black metallists reconvene for some further ear damage |
DVD/Blu-ray: The Rider
Modern Western tells the true story of a young rodeo star after his career is cut short |
CD: You Tell Me - You Tell Me
Union of Admiral Fallow and Field Music members favours the latter over finding a new voice |
CD: Yak - Pursuit of Momentary Happiness
Solid return for loud-rockin' London trio |
CD: Daniel Knox - Chasescene
More French chanson than Americana |
Blu-ray: Daisies
Surrealist gem from 1960s Czechoslovakia |
Albums of the Year 2018: Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel
Cynicism and crippling self-doubt on relevant, relatable record |
Albums of the Year 2018: Ashley McBryde - Girl Going Nowhere
Charismatic country singer arrives with her Grammy-nominated major-label debut |
Albums of the Year 2018: Janelle Monáe - Dirty Computer
Irresistible pop nuggets delivered a message of positivity and social change |
Albums of the Year 2018: Joan Baez - Whistle Down the Wind
Joan Baez bows out with an album that deserves all the plaudits |
Albums of the Year 2018: Mari Kalkun - Ilmamõtsan
Estonian singer-songwriter unites beauty and an understated power |
Albums of the Year 2018: William Parker - Voices Fall From The Sky
A profoundly beautiful paean to the human voice |
Albums of the Year 2018: Ry Cooder - The Prodigal Son
Music that stirs the soul in a year of increasingly dangerous politics |
Albums of the Year 2018: St Vincent - MassEducation
The New Yorker's once-more-with-feeling reboot was impossible to resist |
Albums of the Year 2018: Helena Hauff - Qualm
The basic growls and howls of acid techno have power on and off the dancefloor |
Albums of the Year 2018: The Gloaming - Live at the NCH
Pushing back the boundaries of contemporary folk |
DVD/Blu-ray: Postcards from London
Shades of Caravaggio and Francis Bacon beguile in Soho gay art history fantasy |
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