New releases on CD & DVD
CD: School Of Language - 45
Monday, 22 July 2019
Finding snapshots to characterise Donald Trump’s US presidential campaign and its aftermath is a tall order. There are so many, and assembling them could result in a wearying cavalcade of the all-too familiar. Whether in book form – such as Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury – or film – say, the new Steve Bannon documentary The Brink – the net result is largely to validate existing viewpoints.
CD: Lloyd Cole - Guesswork
Saturday, 20 July 2019
The first thing you notice about Guesswork is the sound. Or rather, what's missing: there are none of the usual jangly guitars. No trusty Rickenbackers.
CD: Hot Since 82 - 8-track
Friday, 19 July 2019
Club music has its own micro-universe, with its own rules, jargon, and fans. It also has globe-trotting stars most people have never heard of. Much...
Blu-ray: Lords of Chaos
Wednesday, 17 July 2019
“All this evil and dark crap was supposed to be fun,” complains exasperated Norwegian black metal overlord Euronymous, played by Rory Culkin, as his...
CD: Sum 41 - Order In Decline
Tuesday, 16 July 2019
Sum 41 were one of those light-weight punk-ish bands in unfeasibly large pairs of shorts that washed up in the wake of Green Day’s early success in...
CD: Sabaton – The Great War
Another Sabaton lesson in metal and history |
CD: Mega Bog - Dolphine
Offbeat adventurousness from Erin Birgy’s musical alter-ego |
CD: Thom Yorke - Anima
Radiohead frontman's third solo album is his most convincing foray into electronica yet |
CD: Molly - All That Ever Could Have Been
The Austrian duo's debut is a testament to fragile nostalgia on a grand scale |
CD: Kool Keith - KEITH
Hip hop elder statesman shows he isn’t ready for retirement yet |
DVD/Blu-ray: A Case for a Rookie Hangman
Satire with a Swiftian slant in late Czech New Wave exploration |
CD - The Lost Words: Spell Songs
Songs inspired by disappearing nature cast their spell |
CD: Africa Express - Egoli
Fresh sounds from South Africa and beyond |
CD: Daughter of Swords - Dawnbreaker
Contemplative solo album from Mountain Man’s Alexandra Sauser-Monnig |
CD: Tycho - Weather
San Franciscan experimentalists get poppy |
DVD/Blu-ray: Mirai
Artful Japanese portrait of a little boy coming to terms with his new baby sister |
CD: Sarah Jane Morris & Tony Rémy - Sweet Little Mystery: The Songs of John Martyn
Ten years after his death, Martyn the maverick is suitably honoured |
CD: The Soft Cavalry - The Soft Cavalry
Husband-wife project gently surmounts daunting challenges |
Blu-ray: People on Sunday
Groundbreaking 1929 Berlin film by Hollywood's future talent |
CD: KOKOKO! - Fongola
The Kinshasa collective who turn landfill into floor-fillers |
CD: Mark Mulcahy – The Gus
The singer-songwriter's latest finds him in fine, authorial, voice |
CD: Ingrid Michaelson - Stranger Songs
Pop songwriter's widely appealing songs inspired by Netflix series |
Blu-ray: For All Mankind
Breathtaking, heartstopping celebration of Project Apollo |
CD: Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Bandana
Exploring the depths of Californian noir on ultra-accomplished rap album |
CD: Foy Vance - From Muscle Shoals
Latest from Northern Irish singer-songwriter emulates '60s southern soul with waning results |
DVD/Blu-ray: Sauvage
Raw authenticity and a visceral performance from Félix Maritaud give this French debut indelible power |
CD: Black Keys - Let’s Rock
A surprisingly slick return for the Akron duo |
CD: Bedouine - Bird Songs of a Killjoy
Timeless album of American folk from Syrian-born singer |
CD: Hot Chip - A Bath Full of Ecstasy
Growing up in style with the indietronic fivesome |
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