Prettiest Eyes - Pools
We have a new record today that we're spinning pretty hard (it came out digitally in November, but the CD/vinyl just landed) via the inimitable Castle Face label. Pools from Prettiest Eyes...
Hiroshi Yoshimura - Music For Nine Postcards
Record of the week is the stunningly beautiful Music For Nine Postcards from Hiroshi Yoshimura. Although fairly well known (and much celebrated in the ambient scene) in Japan, he remains...
Open Mike Eagle - Brick Body Kids Still Daydream
Open Mike Eagle's (could be fifth, sixth or seventh depending on who you ask) LP Brick Body Kids Still Daydream was released back in September and (amongst many other fine reviews) hit an 8.1...
Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Wolf of the Cosmos
Thrilled are we this week to have a new Bonnie "Prince" Billy album for you all. Wolf of the Cosmos is a full album of covers, interpretations of Susanna's (Norwegian singer Susanna Karolina...
Hater - Red Blinders
Record of the Week is an EP, it is also running late on CD, but it is so bloody good we have no choice but to make it ROTW. Red...
OCS - Memory Of A Cut Off Head
Record of the Week is the irrepressible John Dwyer in the form of OCS. Memory Of A Cut Off Head is OCS, now formally Thee Oh Sees, Oh Sees, The...
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Soul of a Woman
Record of the Week is an immaculate goodbye to the wonderful Miss Sharon Jones. Soul of a Woman is a lush, orchestral masterpiece. A true testament to the life and career...
Hüsker Dü - Savage Young Dü
We very rarely run reissues as our Record of the Week, but today's release of Hüsker Dü's Savage Young Dü is absolutely essential and we are more than a bit obsessed.Crate...
Lost Horizons - Ojalá
Record of the Week is the debut Lost Horizons LP on Bella Union, a project lead by Simon Raymonde and Richie Thomas with an utterly wild roster of guest vocal contributors.Besides founding...
Baxter Dury - Prince of Tears
Record of the Week is Baxter Dury's lush fifth studio album Prince of Tears. Big moments of orchestral pop, pounding baselines, the slickest pop production and Baxter sounds SO INTENSE. His...
William Eggleston - Musik
Musik is the debut LP from 78 year old William Eggleston.Eggleston is of course well known as one of the pioneers of modern day photography ("the Pioneer of Color Photography" - NY...
St. Vincent - MASSEDUCTION
Record of the Week is MASSEDUCTION, the new studio LP from Annie Clark as St. Vincent. Man she is a smart cookie. For our money, we don't think anyone is...
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.