New releases on CD & DVD
CD: Josephine Foster - Faithful Fairy Harmony
Monday, 19 November 2018
Faithful Fairy Harmony is in the tradition of The Beatles’ White Album, Todd Rundgren’s A Wizard, a True Star and The Clash’s London Calling, all double albums because an outpouring of songs couldn’t be stemmed. Also like these, Josephine Foster’s 18-track double-set plays with listener expectations.
CD: David Attenborough - My Field Recordings from Across the Planet
Sunday, 18 November 2018
David Attenborough must be among the most universally liked Englishmen. There are those who’ve recently criticized him for sweetening the pill regarding the catastrophic destruction of our planet, but his decades of broadcasting have been a key to initiating a deeper love for our environment among swathes of the population in the first place. Who knows how many turned their lives towards ecological causes as a result of watching Attenborough’s programmes as a child?
CD: Cliff Richard - Rise Up
Saturday, 17 November 2018
Cliff Richard has been the butt of many jokes down the years, but he’s always looked the other way, true to himself. But he couldn’t look the other...
CD: Planet B - Planet B
Friday, 16 November 2018
It’s fair to assume that the current state of American politics has US underground punker Justin Pearson and hip-hop producer Luke Henshaw somewhat...
CD: Mumford & Sons - Delta
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
Wow, can it really be 10 years since Mumford & Sons blazed their trail across the musical world with Sigh No More? The release of Delta, the band...
CD: Imogen Heap - The Music of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
The cult alt-pop star's soundtrack finally receives a release |
CD: Liela Moss - My Name is Safe in Your Mouth
Arresting first solo album from the voice of The Duke Spirit |
CD: Sarah Gillespie - Wishbones
An album that reminds us of what a potent force the singer-songwriter can be |
CD: J Mascis - Elastic Days
The wizard of introspection completely fails to peak, and that's the magic |
DVD/Blu-ray: Hitler's Hollywood
Unwrapping the sugar-coated cover-up that was Nazi cinema |
CD: Olly Murs - You Know I Know
The likeable entertainer gives us exactly what you'd expect, with predictably ordinary results |
CD: The Good, The Bad & The Queen - Merrie Land
This modern-day supergroup is a reminder of why supergroups are generally a bad idea |
DVD: Anchor & Hope
Dilemmas of love, responsibility make for bearable lightness of being on London's canals |
CD: Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra - The Capitol Studios Sessions
A screen icon plays some serious jazz |
CD: Marianne Faithfull - Negative Capability
Searing songs of poetry and experience from the great rock chanteuse |
DVD: Children's Film Foundation Bumper Box
Clean, healthy and (mostly) intelligent - three discs of wholesome family fun |
CD: Barbra Streisand - Walls
At 76, Streisand is still doing precisely what she does best - and it'd take a hard heart not to take notice |
CD: The Prodigy - No Tourists
After almost 30 years together, the veteran Essex rave crew are still producing the goods |
DVD: Reinventing Marvin
Moving from raw to mannered, partial Edouard Louis adaptation only partly convinces |
CD: Rosanne Cash - She Remembers Everything
A feast for the ears |
CD: The Struts - Young&Dangerous
Brit rockers' second is jam-packed with tunes and over-the-top retro references |
CD: David Crosby - Here If You Listen
A beautifully wrought album beckons us to a kinder, gentler world... at least temporarily |
CD: Robyn - Honey
Long-awaited album from beloved Scandi icon doesn’t disappoint |
CD: Ex Mykah - 16, 17
Intriguingly offbeat debut from Los Angeles scenester |
DVD/Blu-ray: The Blood of Hussain
Remarkable early films from Pakistan's Jamil Dehlavi bridge the political and the mystic |
CD: Micah P Hinson & The Musicians of the Apocalypse - When I Shoot At You With Arrows, I Will Shoot To Destroy You
Micah lays down some fine gothic country blues for the wee small hours |
CD: Gaye Su Aykol - Istiklarli Hayal Hakikattir
Surf-guitar blends with Turkish tradition |
CD: Baxter Dury, Etienne de Crécy and Delilah Holliday - B.E.D.
A small but perfectly sleazy work of sweary, cynical brilliance |
DVD: Generation Wealth
An intriguing documentary ramble through greed, money and vicarious displays of excess |
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