This Week’s New Releases: The Who, Camila Cabello And Liam Payne

December 6 2019December 6 2019 Laura Johnson Leave a comment

In the run-up to Christmas new releases slow down, but there are some big names bringing this year to a close. The Who have put out their first studio record in 13 years, while Camila Cabello has dropped her second and Liam Payne has put out his first solo LP.

Not enough for ya? Take a look below.

Burial – ‘Tunes 2011 – 2019’ (Hyperdub)

Camila Cabello – ‘Romance’ (Syco)

Courtney Barnett – ‘MTV Unplugged Live In Melbourne’ (Marathon Artists)

Czarface – ‘The Odd Czar Against Us’ (Silver Age)

Eric Clapton – ‘ Crossroads Revisited: Selections From The Guitar Festivals (Vinyl Box Set)’ (Rhino)

Foo Fighters – ‘01999925’ EP (Sony)

Gentle Giant – ‘Unburied Treasure (Box Set)’ (Madfish/Burning Shed)

Jack Savoretti – ‘Singing To Strangers (Special Edition)’ (BMG)

Lee “Scratch” Perry – ‘Heavy Rain’ (On-U Sound)

Liam Payne – ‘LP1’ (Capitol)

Mary J. Blige – ‘HERstory, Vol.1’ (Geffen)

Original Cast Of Superhero – ‘Superhero (Original Cast Recording)’ (Sony)

Pitbull – ‘Libertad 548’ (Mr. 305)

Q Money – ‘How U Gon Hate’ (Warner)

Walker Hayes – ‘8Tracks, Vol. 3: Black Sheep’ (Sony)

The Who – ‘Who’ (Polydor)

Yann Tiersen – ‘Portrait’ (Mute)

This Week’s New Releases: Prince, Kacey Musgraves And The Game

November 29 2019 Laura Johnson Leave a comment

This week is another mixed bag. We’ve got a super deluxe reissue of Prince’s ‘1999’ featuring 35 previously unreleased tracks from the icon’s vault, the Game’s final album featuring Ed Sheeran, Miguel, and Travis Barker, among others, and Kacey Musgraves has released a star-studded Christmas album to accompany her Amazon Prime show of the same name.

Still want more? Head south.

Beat Happening – ‘We Are Beat Happening’ (Domino)

The Flaming Lips – ‘Soft Bulletin: Live at Red Rocks (feat Colorado Symphony with conductor André de Ridder)’ (Bella Union)

The Game – ‘Born 2 Rap’ (Entertainment One/5th Amendment/Prolific Records)

Jack Peñate – ‘After You’ (XL Recordings)

Jesper Lindell – ‘Everyday Dreams’ (Alive Records)

Joe Pesci – ‘Pesci… Still Singing’ (BMG)

Kacey Musgraves – ‘The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show’ (MCA Nashville)

Mapache – ‘Mapache’ (Yep Roc)

Pink Floyd – ‘The Later Years: 1987 – 2019’ (Parlophone)

Prince – ‘1999 – Super Deluxe’ (Warner)

Rick Wakeman – ‘Christmas Portraits’ (Sony Classical)

Various Artists for Sweet Relief – ‘If You’re Going To The City: A Tribute To Mose Allison’ (Fat Possum Records)

This Week’s New Releases: Coldplay, Beck and Leonard Cohen

November 22 2019November 25 2019 Laura Johnson Leave a comment

There are some BIG releases this week. Coldplay have followed up 2015’s ‘A Head Full of Dreams’ with a new double album and Beck has put out his fourteenth LP. A posthumous Leonard Cohen album has also been released. ‘Thanks For The Dance’ is a collection of new material that continues the legendary songwriter’s final work.

Head below for more new music.

Beck – ‘Hyperspace’ (Capitol/Virgin EMI)

Ben Lee – ‘Quarter Century Classix’ (New West)

Coldplay – ‘Everyday Life’ (Parlophone)

Dead Horse One – ‘The West Is The Best’ (Requiem For A Twister)

Harry Nilsson – ‘Losst and Founnd’ (Omnivore Recordings)

Jaakko Eino Kalevi – ‘Dissolution’ (Domino)

Jason Aldean – ‘9’ (Broken Bow)

Labrinth – ‘Imagination and the Misfit Kid’ (Syco)

Leonard Cohen – ‘Thanks For The Dance’ (Sony)

Lindemann – ‘F & M’ (Spinefarm Records)

Robbie Williams – ‘The Christmas Present’ (Farrell)

Rod Stewart with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – ‘You’re In My Heart’ (Rhino)

Scott H. Biram – ‘Sold Out To The Devil: A Collection Of Gospel Cuts By The Rev. Scott H. Biram’ (Bloodshot)

Tim Buckley – ‘Live At The Electric Theater Co, Chicago, 1968’ (Manifesto Records)

This Week’s New Releases: Celine Dion, DJ Shadow And Westlife

November 15 2019November 15 2019 Laura Johnson Leave a comment

This week is bonkers! Celine Dion has put out her first new record in six years, DJ Shadow has dropped the follow-up to 2016’s ‘The Mountain Will Fall’ and Westlife have released a new album featuring songs written by Ed Sheeran.

If none of that floats your boat, head below for the rest of this week’s new releases.

Arthur Russell – ‘Iowa Dream’ (Audika)

The Band – ‘The Band (50th Anniversary)’ (UMC – Virgin International)

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – ‘I Made A Place’ (Domino)

Celine Dion – ‘Courage’ (Sony)

David Bowie – ‘Conversation Piece’ (Rhino/Warner Records)

Deliluh – ‘Beneath The Floors’ (Tin Angel Records)

Dido – ‘Still On My Mind (Deluxe)’ (BMG)

DJ Shadow – ‘Our Pathetic Age’ (Mass Appeal)

Fall Out Boy – ‘Believers Never Die – Greatest Hits Vol.2’ (Virgin EMI)

Fat Freddy’s Drop – ‘Special Edition Part 1’ (The Drop)

Fleetwood Mac – ‘Before The Beginning: 1968 – 1970 Rare Live & Demo Sessions’ (Sony)

Juliana Hatfield – ‘Juliana Hatfield Sings The Police’ (American Laundromat)

Lady Antebellum – ‘Ocean’ (Big Machine)

Lighthouse Family – ‘Christmas Lights’ EP (Polydor)

Lily Kershaw – ‘Arcadia’ (Nettwerk)

Michael Nau – ‘Less Ready To Go’ (Org Music)

Milky Chance – ‘Mind The Moon’ (BMG)

Molly Burch – ‘The Molly Burch Christmas Album’ (Captured Tracks)

Paul Kelly – ‘Songs From The South: Paul Kelly’s Greatest Hits 1985-2019’ (Cooking Vinyl)

The Pineapple Thief – ‘Hold Our Fire’ (Kscope)

Remember Sports – ‘Sunchokes’ (Father/Daughter Records)

Ronnie Wood and His Wild Five – ‘Mad Lad: A Live Tribute to Chuck Berry’ (BMG)

Sparks – ‘Gratuitous Sax & Senseless Violins – 25th Anniversary Edition’ (BMG)

Westlife – ‘Spectrum’ (EMI)

Willie J Healey – ‘Hello Good Morning’ EP (Yala! Records)

This Week’s New Releases: The Script, The Rolling Stones, Taylor Hawkins

November 8 2019November 11 2019 Laura Johnson Leave a comment

There are some big hitters putting out records this week. The Script have dropped their sixth studio album, Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders have released a star-studded LP, and the Rolling Stones have shared a previously unreleased live album and concert film recorded during the last of their five shows in Argentina’s capital city in 1998.

Still want more? Really? Take a look below. We’re particularly excited about the new material from FKA Twigs and Lucy Dacus.

Andrea Bocelli – ‘Si Forever: The Diamond Edition’ (Decca)

FKA Twigs – ‘Magdalene’ (Young Turks)

The Flower Kings – ‘Waiting For Miracles’ (Sony/Inside Out)

Gene Clark – ‘No Other – Reissue’ (4AD)

George Michael and Wham! – ‘Last Christmas: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack’ (Sony Music)

John Fogerty – ’50 Year Trip: Live at Red Rocks’ (BMG)

Kele – ‘2042’ (Kola)

Lucy Dacus – ‘2019’ EP (Matador)

Luke Combs – ‘What You See Is What You Get’ (Sony)

Matt Maltese – ‘Krystal’ (7476)

Matt Valentine – ‘Preserves’ (Beyond Beyond Is Beyond)

Mount Eerie and Julie Doiron – ‘Lost Wisdom, Pt. 2’ (P.W. Elverum & Sun)

Pond – ‘Sessions (Live)’ (Marathon Artists)

The Rolling Stones – ‘Bridges To Beunos Aires’ (Eagle Rock)

The Script – ‘Sunsets & Full Moons’ (Sony)

Simply Red – ‘Blue Eyed Soul’ (BMG)

Slayer – ‘The Repentless Killogy (Live At The Forum in Inglewood, CA)’ (Nuclear Blast)

Sparks – ‘Past Tense: The Best Of Sparks’ (BMG)

Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders – ‘Get The Money’ (RCA)

Tom Walker – ‘What A Time To Be Alive (Deluxe)’ (Relentless)

Tsunami Bomb – ‘The Spine That Binds’ (Alternative Tentacles)

Various Artists – ‘Death Stranding: Timefall (Original Music from the World of Death Stranding)’ (RCA)

This Week’s New Releases: Miranda Lambert, Jeff Goldblum, Krept & Konan

November 1 2019November 1 2019 Laura Johnson Leave a comment

There’s a lot going on this week, with some records celebrating anniversaries and others looking back on prolific careers. We’ve also got Miranda Lambert putting out her seventh solo studio album, Jeff Goldblum releasing a record that finds him duetting with Anna Calvi and Sharon Van Etten, among others, and Krept & Konan have finally dropped the full-length follow-up to 2015’s ‘Long Way Home’.

Head below for the rest of this week’s new releases.

A Winged Victory For The Sullen – ‘The Undivided Five’ (Ninja Tune)

Alphabeat – ‘Don’t Know What’s Cool Anymore’ (Warner Music)

Anavae – ’45’ (A Wolf At Your Door/Silva Screen)

Bang Bang Romeo – ‘A Heartbreaker’s Guide To The Galaxy’ (Five Seven Music)

Black Stone Cherry – ‘Black To Blues, Vol.2’ (Mascot Music)

Bob Dylan – ‘Travellin’ Thru, 1967 – 1969: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 15′ (Columbia)

Bradford Cox and Cate Le Bon – ‘Myths 004’ (Mexican Summer)

Cameron AG – ‘One By One’ (Is This It via The Orchard)

Cold War Kids – ‘New Age Norms 1’ (AWAL)

Counterparts – ‘Nothing Left To Love’ (Pure Noise)

Cup – ‘ Spinning Creature’ (Northern Spy)

The Damned – ‘Black Is The Night: The Definitive Anthology’ (BMG)

The Doors – ‘The Soft Parade (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)’ (Elektra/Rhino/Warner Music)

Fenella – ‘Fenella’ (Fire Records)

Gang Starr – ‘One Of The Best Yet’ (TTT/Gang Starr Enterprises)

Grace Cummings – ‘Refuge Cove’ (ATO)

Highly Suspect – ‘MCID’ (300 Ent.)

Hootie and the Blowfish – ‘Imperfect Circle’ (Capitol/UMG)

Itasca – ‘Spring’ (Paradise Of Bachelors)

Jeff Goldblum – ‘I Should’t Be Telling You This’ (Decca)

Jeff Lynne’s ELO – ‘From Out Of Nowhere’ (Columbia)

Krept and Konan – ‘Revenge Is Sweet’ (EMI)

Mariah Carey – ‘Merry Christmas (Deluxe Anniversary Edition)’ (Sony)

Marillion – ‘Afraid Of Sunlight (Deluxe)’ (Parlophone)

Michael Kiwanuka – ‘Kiwanuka’ (Polydor)

Miranda Lambert – ‘Wildcard’ (Sony)

Nirvana – ‘MTV Unplugged in New York (25th Anniversary)’ (Geffen)

Omni – ‘Networker’ (Sub Pop)

R.E.M. – ‘Monster (25th Anniversary)’ (Concord)

The Rolling Stones – ‘Let It Bleed (50th Anniversary)’ (ABKCO Records)

Russell Watson and Aled Jones – ‘Back In Harmony’ (BMG)

Stargazer Lilies – ‘Occabot’ (Rad Cult)

Sunset Sons – ”Blood Rush Déjà Vu’ (Bad Influence)

Turnover – ‘Altogether’ (Run For Cover)

Various Artists – ‘Charlie’s Angels (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)’ (Republic Records/Sony Pictures Entertainment)

Vetiver – ‘Up On High’ (Loose/Candid World)

This Week’s New Releases: Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Stereophonics, Rex Orange County

October 25 2019October 25 2019 Laura Johnson Leave a comment

It’s another mixed bag this week! Neil Young has reunited with Crazy Horse for their first new music together since 2012’s ‘Psychedelic Pill’, Stereophonics have put out LP #11, and Rex Orange County has followed up 2017’s ‘Apricot Princess’.

Still want more? Down you go!

Amy O – ‘Shell’ (Winspear)

Anna Of The North – ‘Dream Girl’ (Play It Again Sam)

Blaenavon – ‘Everything That Makes You Happy’ (Transgressive)

Bruce Springsteen – ‘Western Stars – Songs From The Film’ (Columbia)

Cigarettes After Sex – ‘Cry’ (Partisan)

Deathprod – ‘Occulting Disk’ (Smalltown Supersound)

Desert Sessions – ‘Vols. 11 & 12’ (Matador)

Dry Cleaning – ‘Boundary Road Snacks and Drinks’ EP (It’s OK)

The Fall – ‘The Fall: 1982’ (Cherry Red)

Geowulf – ‘My Resignation’ (PIAS)

Hemlock Ernst and Kenny Segal – ‘Back At The House’ (Ruby Yacht)

James Blunt – ‘Once Upon A Mind’ (Warner)

King Princess – ‘Cheap Queen’ (Zelig Records)

The Kinks – ‘Arthur Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire’ (Sanctuary)

Lea Michele – ‘Christmas In The City’ (Sony)

Mayhem – ‘Daemon’ (Century Media Records)

Motörhead – ‘The 1979 Box Set: ‘Overkill’/’Bomber’ – Deluxe 40th Anniversary Edition’ (Sanctuary)

Neil Young and Crazy Horse – ‘Colorado’ (Reprise/Warner)

Phil Campbell – ‘Old Lions Still Roar’ (Nuclear Blast)

Rex Orange County – ‘Pony’ (Sony)

Simon Joyner – ‘Pocket Moon’ (BB*ISLAND)

Stereophonics – ‘Kind’ (Parlophone/Elektra)

Steve Hackett – ‘Genesis Revisited Band & Orchestra: Live At The Royal Festival Hall’ (Inside Out)

Steve Hauschildt – ‘Nonlin’ (Ghostly International)

Sun O))) – ‘Pyroclasts’ (Southern Lord)

Teebs – ‘Anicca’ (Brainfeeder)

The World Is a Beautiful Place And I Am No Longer Afraid to Die – ‘Assorted Works’ (Triple Crown)

This Week’s New Releases: Foals, Jimmy Eat World And Battles

October 18 2019October 18 2019 Laura Johnson Leave a comment

Things are not slowing down this week. Foals have released their second album of the year, Jimmy Eat World have put out their tenth LP, and Battles are back with their first full-length in four years.

Head below for the rest of today’s new releases, including Refused, Alter Bridge, Kash Doll, Rob Halford, Common Holly, and loads more.

A Killer’s Confession – ‘The Indifference Of Good Men’ (Wake Up! Music Group)

Alter Bridge – ‘Walk The Sky’ (Napalm)

Ariel View – ‘Until My Lungs Are Cleared’ (Epitaph)

Battles – ‘Juice B Crypts’ (Warp)

Carla dal Forno – ‘Look Up Sharp’ (Kallista)

Clipping. – ‘There Existed An Addiction To Blood’ (Sub Pop)

Common Holly – ‘When I Say To You Black Lightning’ (Dalliance Recordings)

Dead Soft – ‘Big Blue’ (Arts & Crafts)

Deux Furieuses – ‘My War Is Your War’ (Xtra Mile)

Foals – ‘Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 2’ (Warner)

Foxes In Fiction – ‘Trillium Killer’ (Orchid Tapes)

Garcia Peoples – ‘One Step Behind’ (Beyond Beyond Is Beyond)

Gucci Mane – ‘Woptober II’ (Guwop Enterprises/Atlantic)

Homebody Sandman – ‘Dusty’ (Mello Music Group)

Hovvdy – ‘Heavy Lifter’ (Specialist Subject Records)

Jacques Greene – ‘Dawn Chorus’ (LuckyMe)

James Arthur – ‘You’ (Columbia)

Jim James, Teddy Abrams, Louisville Orchestra – ‘Order Of Nature’ (Decca Gold)

Jimmy Eat World – ‘Surviving’ (RCA)

Kash Doll – ‘Stacked’ (Republic Records)

The Magpie Salute – ‘High Water II’ (Eagle Records)

Mark Lanegan Band – ‘Somebody’s Knocking’ (Heavenly)

The Milk Carton Kids – ‘The Only Ones’ (Milk Carton Records)

Patrick Cowley – ‘Mechanical Fantasy Box’ (Dark Entries)

Patrick Watson – ‘Wave’ (Domino)

Refused – ‘War Music’ (Spinefarm)

Rob Halford – ‘Celestial’ (Sony Music)

Sorry Girls – ‘Deborah’ (Arbutus Records)

Sufjan Stevens and Timo Andres – ‘The Decalogue’ (Asthmatic Kitty)

Tourist – ‘Wild’ (Monday Records)

Vagabon – ‘Vagabon’ (Nonesuch)

This Week’s New Releases: Babymetal, Elbow And Kim Gordon

October 11 2019October 15 2019 Laura Johnson Leave a comment

What a week! Babymetal have released their third album, Elbow have finally followed up 2017’s ‘Little Fictons’, and Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon has put out her debut solo record.

Still want more? Head below.

Allah-Las – ‘Lahs’ (Mexican Summer)

Babymetal – ‘Metal Galaxy’ (EarMusic via Absolute)

Big Thief – ‘Two Hands’ (4AD)

Blut aus Nord – ‘Hallucinogen’ (Debemur Morti)

Bodega – ‘Shiny New Model’ (What’s Yr Rupture?)

The Body – ‘Remixed’ (Thrill Jockey)

Chris Farren – ‘Born Hot’ (Polyvinyl)

Cody Jinks – ‘After The Fire’ (Late August Records)

Comet Gain – ‘Fireraisers Forever’ (Tapete Records)

The Devil Wears Prada – ‘The Act’ (Tooth & Nail)

Elbow – ‘Giants Of All Sizes’ (Polydor)

Emptyset – ‘Blossoms’ (Thrill Jockey)

Fabienne Delsol – ‘Four’ (Damaged Goods)

Fantasia – ‘Sketchbook’ (BMG/ Rock Soul)

Grade 2 – ‘Graveyard Island’ (Hellcat)

The Hecks – ‘My Star’ (Trouble In Mind)

Katinka Kleijn / Bill MacKay – ‘STIR’ (Drag City)

Kelley Stoltz – ‘My Regime’ (Banana & Louie Records)

Kim Gordon – ‘No Home Record’ (Matador)

Lacuna Coil – ‘Black Anima’ (Century Media)

Lightning Bolt – ‘Sonic Citadel’ (Thrill Jockey)

The Lilac Time – ‘Return To Us’ (BMG (via Absolute))

Pizzagirl – ‘First Timer’ (Heist or Hit)

Petra Haden / Mark Kozelek – ‘Joey Always Smiled’ (Caldo Verde Records)

Richard Dawson – ‘2020’ (Domino)

Rocketship – ‘Thanks To You’ (Darla Distribution)

Simple Creatures – ‘Everything Opposite’ EP (BMG)

Starcrawler – ‘Devour You’ (Rough Trade)

Steve Miller Band – ‘Welcome To The Vault’ (UMC/Ume)

Suggested Friends – ‘Turtle Taxi’ (HHBTM)

This Week’s New Releases: Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, Angel Olsen, City And Colour

October 4 2019October 7 2019 Laura Johnson Leave a comment

There are some lovely records arriving this week. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds have put out the follow-up to 2016’s ‘Skeleton Tree’, having only announced it last week, Angel Olsen has offered up LP #4, and Dallas Green has treated us to his sixth City and Colour album.

Head below to check out the rest of this week’s new releases.

Angel Olsen – ‘All Mirrors’ (Jagjaguwar)

Bedouin Soundclash – ‘MASS’ (Mr Bongo/Easy Star/Sony Canada)

City and Colour – ‘A Pill For Loneliness’ (Still)

Danny Brown – ‘uknowhatimsayin¿’ (Warp Records)

The Darkness – ‘Easter Is Cancelled’ (Cooking Vinyl)

Dermot Kennedy – ‘Without Fear’ (Riggins Recording Limited)

DIIV – ‘Deceiver’ (Captured Tracks)

FEET – ‘What’s Inside Is More Than Just Ham’ (Clapped Records)

Finneas – ‘Blood Harmony’ EP (OYOY)

Gesaffelstein – ‘NOVO SONIC SYSTEM’ EP (Columbia)

Halfnoise – ‘Natural Disguise’ (Lab Records)