This Week’s New Releases: Sam Smith, Ava Max And Fucked Up

January 27 2023 Laura Johnson Leave a comment

It’s a good week if you’re in the market for some new tunes. Sam Smith has released their fourth LP, Ava Max has put out her second, and Toronto hardcore punks Fucked Up are on their sixth, following up 2018’s ‘Dose Your Dreams’.

Not your cup of tea? There’s plenty more new music below.

Anchor Lane – ‘Call This A Reality?’ (R7)

The Arcs – ‘Electrophonic Chronic’ (Easy Eye Sound/Hour Box/Concord)

Ava Max – ‘Diamonds & Dancefloors’ (Atlantic)

Bob Dylan – ‘Fragments – Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997), The Bootleg Series, Vol.17 (Deluxe Edition)’ (Columbia)

Carly Simon – ‘Live At Grand Central’ (Arista)

Complete Mountain Almanac – ‘Complete Mountain Almanac’ (Bella Union)

Deathprod – ‘Compositions’ (Smalltown Supersound)

Dhafer Youssef – ‘Street Of Minarets’ (Black Beat Edition)

Elle King – ‘Come Get Your Wife’ (RCA)

Emarosa – ‘Sting’ (Out Of Line Music)

Fucked Up – ‘One Day’ (Merge)

Green Day – ‘Nimrod (25th Anniversary Edition)’ (Reprise)

Jonah Yano – ‘Portrait Of A Dog’ (Innovative Leisure)

Kimbra – ‘A Reckoning’ (Kimbra)

The Lutras – ‘So Called Broken Hearts’ EP (The Lutras)

Meg Baird – ‘Furling’ (Drag City)

New Order – ‘Low-Life (Definitive)’ (Warner)

Oozing Wound – ‘We Cater To Cowards’ (Oozing Wound/Thrill Jockey)

Rhodes – ‘Friends Like These’ (Nettwerk)

Samia – ‘Honey’ (Grand Jury)

Sam Smith – ‘Gloria’ (Capitol/EMI)

SG Lewis – ‘AudioLust & HigherLove’ (PMR/Jasmine Music/EMI)

Sightless Pit – ‘Lockstep Bloodwar’ (Sightless Pit/Thrill Jockey)

Tomorrow x Together – ‘The Name Chapter: Temptation’ EP (BigHit)

The Tubs – ‘Dead Meat’ (Trouble In Mind/The Tubs)

Uriah Heep – ‘Chaos & Colour’ (Silver Lining)

Wolf Eyes – ‘Difficult Messages’ (Disciples)

Pre-sale Tickets: Chrissie Hynde Confirms Summer UK Shows Performing Bob Dylan Covers

June 23 2021 Laura Johnson Leave a comment

Chrissie Hynde

The Pretenders vocalist will take over London’s Royal Opera House on July 29 and 30, followed by four nights at Edinburgh’s Queen’s Hall between August 22 and 25. The socially distanced concerts will see Hynde performing stripped back acoustic reworks of Bob Dylan songs, along with tracks from her own band’s back catalogue.

The announcement follows the release of her new covers LP honouring the legendary singer-songwriter, ‘Standing In The Doorway: Chrissie Hynde Sings Bob Dylan’. A companion film called Tomorrow Is A Long Time, which details the recording of the album, is also available via Sky Arts.

Pre-sale tickets for the tour will be available from 12pm on June 24, ahead of general sale at 12pm on June 25.

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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 Top Tickets: Bob Dylan And Neil Young at BST Hyde Park, The 1975, The Chemical Brothers, Lenny Kravitz, Rod Stewart, Little Mix, Foals, Sounds Of The City, Diversity and more

November 29 2018 Jon Stickler Leave a comment

Legendary artists Bob Dylan and Neil Young have been announced for next year’s British Summer Time series at London’s Hyde Park, while the 1975 will perform a massive show at Bellahouston Park in August as part of the Glasgow Summer Sessions series.

As if that wasn’t exciting enough, Rod Stewart and Little Mix have added arena dates to their 2019 tour plans, the Chemical Brothers have announced a new album and accompanying tour dates, Lenny Kravitz will return in the summer and Foals have announced their first show of 2019, confirming a headline performance at next year’s This Is Tomorrow festival! Head below for more.

Bob Dylan and Neil Young at BST Hyde Park

The legendary singer-songwriters will share the bill at next year’s British Summer Time series at London’s Hyde Park on July 12, with Dylan being joined by his band and Young arriving backed by Promise of the Real. Further acts are set to be added to the line up in the coming months. Tickets go on general sale at 9am on November 30. Head here for pre-sale tickets.

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The 1975

The alt-pop band will perform a huge show as part of the Glasgow Summer Sessions at Bellahouston Park on August 25, with support from Twin Atlantic, You Me At Six, Pale Waves, Ten Tonnes and No Rome. Tickets go on general sale at 9am on November 30.

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The Chemical Brothers

Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons will release ‘No Geography’ next spring followed by a UK tour in November. They also headline an All Points East show at Victoria Park in London on May 30. Tickets go on general sale at 9am on November 30.

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Lenny Kravitz

The US rocker is set to take over London’s O2 Arena on June 11 supporting his recent record ‘Raise Vibration’, while the line up is also set to feature openers Corinne Bailey Rae and Brass Against. General sale begins at 9am on Friday, November 30. Head here for pre-sale tickets.

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Rod Stewart

The legendary singer has added four arena shows to his 2019 tour, calling at Glasgow’s SSE Hydro Arena on November 28, Liverpool’s Echo Arena on December 10 and the O2 Arena in London on December 17 and 19. The new dates will follow up his recently confirmed run of open air concerts during summer, his first UK tour in three years. Tickets for the new dates go on general sale at 9am on November 30 (photo: Sean Hansford).

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Little Mix

The pop group, who recently released ‘LM5’, will now kick off the run on October 4 at the TECA in Aberdeen and have announced two more nights at the SSE Arena Belfast on October 6 and 7 and a third show at Dublin’s 3Arena on October 8. Tickets go on sale at 9am on November 30.

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Foals

The Oxford band will top the bill at This Is Tomorrow festival at Exhibition Park in Newcastle Upon Tyne on Friday, May 24, following sets from You Me At Six, Nothing But Thieves, the Pale White, Bad Sounds, Anteros, Kawala and Wild Front.

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Sounds Of The City featuring the Wombats, Elbow, the National, Kylie, the Kooks, Haçienda Classical)

The National, Elbow and Kylie are among the acts announced for Manchester’s Sounds Of The City 2019. Also set to head to the city centre’s Castlefield Bowl are Haçienda Classical, the Wombats and the Kooks, with tickets for all shows on general sale at 9.30am on Friday, November 30.

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Diversity

Diversity will celebrate their 10 year anniversary with a huge UK tour in autumn 2019, kicking off the 36 show run at the Regent Theatre in Stoke on September 21 and it will conclude at Glasgow’s King’s Theatre on November 23. Tickets go on general sale at 10am on November 30.

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Also announced this week:

Lytham Festival with Rod Stewart, Kylie, the Human League, Michael Ball and Sheridan Smith, Hugh Jackman, Manic Street Preachers, Jawbreaker, Papa Roach, Vein, Shvpes, Weezer, Craig David, Stormzy, Slash, Hozier, Tiësto, Paul Young, Razorlight, Tears for Fears, Eddie Izzard, Josh Widdicombe, Danny Baker, Jonathan Pie, Jax Jones, the Zutons, Yasiin Bey, Lisa Stansfield, Squeeze, Armin Van Buuren, Alesso, Gerry Cinnamon, Eagles of Death Metal, King No One, Robert Forster, Stealing Sheep, the Selecter, King Crimson, Keywest, Average White Band, Jaws, Island, the Slow Readers Club, SWMRS, the Virginmarys, Songhoy Blues, Jake Isaac. Head here for more information and to find your tickets.

Pre-Sale Tickets: Bob Dylan And Neil Young At British Summer Time Hyde Park

November 28 2018 Jon Stickler 2 Comments

Bob Dylan and Neil Young at British Summer Time at London’s Hyde Park

The legendary artists will share the bill at next year’s British Summer Time series at London’s Hyde Park on July 12, with Dylan being joined by his band and Young arriving backed by Promise of the Real. Further acts are set to be added to the line up in the coming month.

Pre-sale opens at 9am on Thursday November 29, prior to general sale at 9am the following day.

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This Week’s New Releases: Barbra Streisand, The Prodigy And Vince Staples

November 2 2018November 2 2018 Laura Johnson Leave a comment

This week is a mixed bag for sure. You’ve got a new album from legendary singer Barbra Streisand, the Prodigy have put out the follow up to 2015’s ‘The Day Is My Enemy’, and Vince Staples has surprise released his new record, ‘FM!.

Still want more? Fill your boots below.

Barbra Streisand – ‘Walls’ (Columbia)

Bill Ryder-Jones – ‘Yawn’ (Domino)

Bob Dylan – ‘More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series Vol.14’ (Columbia)

Dan Mangan – ‘More Or Less’ (City Slang)

Drug Church – ‘Cheer’ (Pure Noise Records)

JD Mcpherson – ‘Socks’ (New West)

Jon Spencer – ‘Spencer Sings The Hits!’ (In The Red Records)

Marianne Faithfull – ‘Negative Capability’ (BMG)

Matt Corby – ‘Rainbow Valley’ (Atlantic)

Metro Boomin – ‘Not All Heroes Wear Capes’ (Republic Records)

Opeth – ‘Garden Of The Titans (Live At The Red Rocks Amphitheatre)’ (Nuclear Blast)

The Prodigy – ‘No Tourists’ (Take Me To The Hospital/BMG)

Sun Kil Moon – ‘This Is My Dinner’ (Caldo Verde Records)

Swizz Beatz – ‘Poison’ (Epic/Swizz Beatz Productions)

Takeoff – ‘The Last Rocket’ (Quality Control Music/Motown Records/Capitol Records)

Tenacious D – ‘Post-Apocalypto’ (Columbia)

Touche Amore – ’10 Years/1000 Shows: Live at the Regent Theater’ (Epitaph)

Two Medicine – ‘Astropsychosis’ (Bella Union)

Vince Staples – ‘FM!’ (Def Jam)

On This Day In Music: Bob Dylan Was Born

May 24 2018May 21 2018 Laura Johnson Leave a comment

On May 24, 1941 folk legend Bob Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman, was born. Happy birthday!

Unfortunately, this day is also the anniversary of the death of Slipknot bassist Paul Gray, who passed away on May 24, 2010.

This Week’s New Releases: Sam Smith, Shamir And Converge

November 3 2017November 2 2017 Laura Johnson Leave a comment

What a week! Sam Smith is back with album #2, Shamir has followed up ‘Hope’ and Converge are racking up LP #9 with ‘The Dusk In Us’.

Not your cup of tea? There’s plenty more to tickle your fancy below.

Anti-Flag – ‘American Fall’ (Spinefarm Records)

AUTOBAHN – ‘The Moral Crossing’ (Tough Love Records)

Bibio – ‘Phantom Brickworks’ (Warp)

Blake Shelton – ‘Texoma Shore’ (Warner Bros.)

Bob Dylan – ‘Trouble No More: The Bootleg Series Vol 13 / 1979-1981’ (Columbia)

Cannibal Corpse – ‘Red Before Black’ (Metal Blade Records)

Casper Skulls – ‘Mercy Works’ (Buzz Records)

Chris Brown – ‘Heartbreak On A Full Moon’ (RCA)

Converge – ‘The Dusk In Us’ (Epitaph/Deathwish)

Dave – ‘Game Over’ EP (Dave)

Grace VanderWaal – ‘Just The Beginning’ (Syco Music/Columbia Records)

Jack Savoretti – ‘Songs From Different Times’ (De Angelis/Caroline)

James Holden and the Animal Spirits – ‘The Animal Spirits’ (Border Community)

Kelsea Ballerini – ‘Unapologetically’ (Sony)

Kid Rock – ‘Sweet Southern Sugar’ (BMG)

Lost Horizons – ‘Ojalá’ (Bella Union)

Maroon 5 – ‘Red Pill Blues’ (Interscope)

Rabit – ‘Les Fleurs Du Mal’ (Halcyon Veil)

Sam Smith – ‘The Thrill Of It’ (Capitol)

Shamir – ‘Revelations’ (Father/Daughter)

Shawn Mendes – ‘MTV Unplugged’ (Island)

Sheridan Smith – ‘Sheridan – The Album’ (Warner)

Von Hertzen Brothers – ‘War Is Over’ (Music Theories/Mascot)

Queen + Adam Lambert Top Stereoboard’s Hot Ticket Chart For April

May 26 2017May 31 2017 Laura Johnson Leave a comment

Queen + Adam Lambert have knocked Metallica off the top spot and are now at #1 on Stereoboard’s Hot Ticket Chart for April. Coming in at #2 is Bruno Mars, who will take his 24K Magic tour to Australia and New Zealand in 2018, while making up the rest of the top 10 are Migos & Lil Yachty, Bananarama, Will Smith and DJ Jazzy Jeff (Livewire Festival), Paramore, Wireless Festival, Ed Sheeran, Chris Rea and Paul Weller.

At the bottom of this month’s chart we have Giggs, who last month completed his spring Landlord tour, The Next Step, which will see the live accompaniment to the CBBC TV show take in dates across the UK and Ireland, Bob Dylan, who will tour North America this summer, Steps, who hit the road in November and December for the Party On The Dancefloor arena tour, and Tori Amos, who will return to the UK and Europe this autumn for the Native Invader tour.

Check back in with us next month to see if the below are able to keep hold of their top 40 positions or if we’ll be welcoming some new names to the chart.

1. Queen + Adam Lambert
2. Bruno Mars
3. Migos & Lil Yachty
4. Bananarama
5. Will Smith and DJ Jazzy Jeff (Livewire Festival)
6. Paramore
7. Wireless Festival
8. Ed Sheeran
9. Chris Rea
10. Paul Weller
11. Celine Dion
12. Linkin Park
13. Iron Maiden
14. Stormzy
15. George Ezra
16. Little Mix
17. Micky Flanagan
18. Royal Blood
19. J Hus
20. Depeche Mode
21. Take That
22. James Arthur
23. Guns N’Roses
24. Lovebox
25. The Kooks
26. Good Mourning Mrs Brown
27. Tom Jones
28. U2
29. Michael Ball and Alfie Boe
30. Wet Wet Wet
31. Kasabian
32. UB40 featuring Ali Campbell, Astro and Mickey
33. Coldplay
34. Popcaan
35. Olly Murs
36. Giggs
37. The Next Step
38. Bob Dylan
39. Steps
40. Tori Amos