Records of the Year 2022
Available now is the 25th edition of our Deluxe newspaper, a new edition with albums of consideration and listings of our many highlights from the last year in music.
Record of the Month: Trevor Beales - Fireside Stories
Well this is pretty special. An album of never-before-heard 70s British folk by unknown teenager Trevor Beales, recorded alone in the attic of his family home in Hebden Bridge, sometime...
Records of the Week: Trevor Beales, Leftfield, White Lung, Sophie Jamieson, HighSchool and Sufjan Stevens.
And behind day one on the advent calendar is… Hello, Friends.Well this is pretty special. Fireside Stories (Hebden Bridge circa 1971-1974) is an album of never-before-heard 70s British folk by...
Best New Reissues: Gavin Bryars, Al Green, Andrew Hill, Grachan Moncur III, Roy Brooks and Bright Eyes.
Spiritual tones, soothing soul and the reverberations of a big old boat.Hello, Friends.The Superior Viaduct label have once again* knocked us well and truly sideways with a quite remarkable reissue....
Records of the Week: Upupayāma, The Bug Club, Saint Jude, TSHA, Tim Bernardes and Andy Bell.
Getting back in the record shop saddle with a vibrant set of brand-new releases for you.
Records of the Week: Richard Dawson, Weyes Blood, Panda Bear & Sonic Boom, Okay Kaya, Molly Lewis, Caitlin Rose and POLE.
The following all provide an excellent soundtrack to pack records into cardboard boxes. Trust us. Hello, Friends.And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow is the latest album from Natalie Mering as...
Records of the Week: Sarathy Korwar, Gold Panda, Breanna Barbara, Heather Trost, A.O. Gerber and Fenella.
Another ridiculous offering for mid-November! Hello, Friends.There was an age-old tradition of the new music release schedule petering out into a desolate, bauble-strewn wasteland in November, but something seems to...
Best New Reissues: The Prodigy, Ride, Tinariwen, Bert Jansch, Harold Vick and Bobby Hutcherson.
Starting another record shop week looking backwards at the good stuff of yore! Hello, Friends.Twenty. Five. Years… Wow! Back on 30th June 1997, The Prodigy released their third studio LP...
Preorder Rundown: Week 43
The good stuff just keeps on comin'! Faten KanaanAfterpoemFire RecordsBrooklyn-based musician, composer and producer Faten Kanaan arrives for her fifth LP, Afterpoem - perhaps her most considered record so far....
Record of the Month: Sarathy Korwar - KALAK
A rich and celebratory album focused on South Asian culture. This truly is an ambitious and evocative return from Sarathy Korwar and his collaborators. One of the most compelling voices in the...
Records of the Week: Special Interest, Ezra Collective, Daniel Avery, Old Fire, Lee Fields, Companion, First Aid Kit and Nina Nastasia.
Real nice ‘spinning’ news to combat all this bleak rolling news…
Best New Reissues: The Beatles, Charles Mingus, Joni Mitchell, Dinosaur Jr. and Cate Le Bon.
Turn off your mind, relax and float downstream. Hello, Friends.Released in the August of 1966, Revolver is the seventh studio LP from The Beatles and it remains a fascinating (and...
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.