Whiplash Smile

2LP – Black Vinyl housed in a Gatefold Sleeve (2025 Reissue).The album burst into life with guitarist Steve Stevens’ suitably muscular riffing on the opening “World’s Forgotten Boy,” and its clutch of flashy, hi-octane anthems (“Don’t Need A Gun,” “Soul Standing By,” and “Fatal Charm”) played to Idol’s strengths, with their punk and hard rock […]

Ashes & Fire (ReIssue)

After the dissolution of his band, The Cardinals, in 2009 and some much-needed R&R, Ryan Adams returned in style in 2011 with his 13th studio album. ‘Ashes & Fire’, produced by Glyn Johns and preceded by one of Adams’ most popular singles, ‘Lucky Now’, entered the UK chart at number nine (his best showing) and […]

Last Splash

From the label: Last Splash was recorded in 1993 by what is now regarded as the ‘classic’ Breeders line-up of Kim and Kelley Deal, Josephine Wiggs and Jim Macpherson. Including the twisted pop singles ‘Cannonball’ and ‘Divine Hammer’, it has become one of the defining albums of the 90s.

Utopian Ashes

Utopian Ashes is an album, to borrow from William Blake, of songs of experience. Bobby Gillespie and Jehnny Beth’s collection of duets is not a break-up record, but it does tell the story of a married couple facing up to love breaking down, the impossibility of real communication and other unavoidable outcomes of a full […]