Mercury Rev, Burial, Nahawa Doumbia, Jimmy Smith, Sonny Rollins, Jack Kerouac, Hank Mobley, Freddie Roach and Run The Jewels.
Some stone cold jazz classics alongside epic heartbreakers, textural production magic and Malian treasure.
Tom Waits - The Heart of Saturday Night
Originally released fifty years ago this Autumn, The Heart of Saturday Night is the second studio album from raconteur extraordinaire, Tom Waits.
White Denim - 12
Welcome to December. Our final Record of the Month for 2024 is (very suitably) ‘12’, the gloriously full and deeply melodic return of White Denim.
Four Tet, Nils Frahm, Duster, Christopher Owens, Hayden Pedigo, JOHN, Joe Hisaishi and Angel Olsen Presents.
A splendid early December turn-out for the new stuff, with lots of live recordings and some sensitive beauties.
Ian Carr’s Nucleus - Roots
Originally released in 1973, Roots is an amazing album of jazz-funk swagger. Too hot to handle and mostly then unavailable since its release...
Records of the Year 2024
Available in the shop now, come and pick up our 28th edition of Deluxe Newspaper with our annual run down of the 2024 Records of the Year.
Ben Lukas Boysen, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Björk, Black Pumas, Mercury Rev and cLOUDDEAD.
A short dispatch this week, with both new and not-new releases for your considerations.
Collection: Ambient and transcendental floats.
Fragile meditations and vast sonic washes. Our favourite albums from 2024 that will find you a stunning headspace.
Collection: Louder, harder, heavier and faster...
The best distortions, the loudest skronks and the heaviest energies. Our favourite albums from 2024 that are just that little bit noisy.
Collection: Funk and Soul Cinematics, with other global groovers.
Analogue rich sounds from the very furthest reaches of the globe. Our favourite albums from 2024 that will take you on a trip.
Collection: Experimental and really out there!
Experimental, complicated, unclassifiable and utterly mesmerising. Our favourite albums from 2024 that are ‘really out there’.
‘Nigeria Special’, Bill Callahan, CAN, The Special AKA, Matthew Dear, McCoy Tyner and Joe Henderson.
Nigerian scorchers, Smog at the BBC, piano meditations, CAN ripping it live and jazz at Slugs’
Discover slightly longer reads with an anthology of our favourite ‘Sunday Classic’ albums.
NOVEMBER
Kim Deal - Nobody Loves You More
Our November Record of the Month is Nobody Loves You More, the first full-length album from cult musician and legit cultural icon, Kim Deal.
FEATURE
The La’s - The La’s
One of the best eponymous albums ever. One of the finest debut albums ever. One of the most genuinely timeless albums ever.
SEPTEMBER
Kit Sebastian - New Internationale
The sound of early Autumn 2024 is very much the swirling and evocative combination of Anatolian rock and vintage global grooves…
FEATURE
A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
The iconic second LP from A Tribe Called Quest. An absolute classic of murky beats, hazy samples and bubbling lyrical flows.