A Stereolab Primer
Give us three hours and we’ll convince you that Stereolab are one of the most influential, inventive and straight up cool bands around... As part of this week’s Best New...
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Karen Dalton - In My Own Time
This Sunday we are listening to ‘In My Own Time’, Karen Dalton’s second, final and beautifully beguiling album. A Sunday classic if ever there was one.
Ichiko Aoba, Everything Is Recorded, Bdrmm, Panda Bear, Mdou Moctar, Marie Davidson, Andy Bell, Okonski and Darkside.
Across the last nine odd weeks, 2025 has been bountiful for new music. But this week’s vastness really is something to write home about.
Ffa Coffi Pawb, Quasimoto, Karen Dalton, Q Lazzarus, Tim Hecker and Cindy Lee.
From Bethesda to Colorado, bop to hop, cult voices and an album title too long for a CD spine… We start this week in gorgeous Bethesda, Wales, circa 1988 for...
Chet Baker Sings
Recorded and released in 1954 on the Los Angeles–based Pacific Jazz label, Chet Baker Sings is the debut vocal album from the man dubbed the “Prince of Cool”.
Maruja, Laurie Torres, Youth Lagoon, The Murder Capital, All Seeing Dolls, Joan Shelley and Motorpsycho.
A few loud things, a few quiet things and lots of lush ebbs and flows in between. Your stereo needs a work out.
Creedence Clearwater Revival, Tokyo Bliss, Barnyard Beehive, A Love From Outer Space and A Tribe Called Quest.
All-time swap rock, Tokyo City Music, the Grand Ole Opry and 122bpm.
The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan
Not so much ‘just an album’ more perhaps a cultural artifact, The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan is an extraordinary record and it is on the stereo right now!
Darkside - Nothing
Transmissions of negative space, telepathic seance and spectral improvisation… Man, are we hyped to have Darkside back!
Horsegirl, Richard Dawson, Bartees Strange, John Glacier, Denison Witmer and Marshall Allen.
To celebrate the most romantic day of the year, we have half a dozen stunners for your eyes to beholder.
Chakalaka Jazz, the Original Sound of Mali, Vashti Bunyan, Her Space Holiday, Dizzy Reece, Desire and Gnonnas Pedro.
Bookending today's essential not-new music with trips to South Africa, Mali and Benin.
Elliott Smith - Elliott Smith
A stark masterpiece of songwriting and fragile performance, this week’s Sunday classic is the eponymous second album from venerated writer Elliott Smith.
