ONCE UPON A TIME… IN NAZI OCCUPIED FRANCE One of the most celebrated filmmakers of our time harnesses the power of cinema itself to rewrite history in this electrifying WWII thriller. Narrowly escaping the massacre of her entire family by the SS, Shosanna Dreyfus (Mélanie Laurent) flees to Paris and forges a new identity as […]
Asphodels, the seventh studio album from The Veils, was recorded live to tape over five days at Roundhead Studios in Aotearoa New Zealand. The Veils debut album The Runaway Found turned 20 last year which provided lead singer/songwriter Finn Andrews with a healthy dose of existential dread. “I feel as though this album is the […]
Album of the Week – Bon Iver – SABLE, fABLE (Staff Review) Bon Iver return this week with SABLE, fABLE, the first full-length album from the group led by singer-songwriter Justin Vernon since 2019’s i,i. As the title suggests, the record builds on last year’s SABLE EP, bringing together those four previously released tracks with […]
“Who LetThe Dogs Out”is the debut album from Brighton based noise-punk duoLambrini Girls. Released January 10th2025 and recorded with Gilla Band’s DanielFox with mixing by Seth Manchester (Mdou Moctar/ Battles / Model/Actriz),“WhoLetThe Dogs Out”bottles everything wrong with the modern world and shakes itup. If peppering political songs with humour is like sticking a sparkler in […]
Album of the Week: Arthur Russell – Open Vocal Phrases Where Songs Come In and Out (Live 12/20/1985) Staff Review This week sees the release of a previously unheard complete live set by singer, musician, and composer Arthur Russell. Renowned for his singularly inventive and eclectic output, Russell, who died of AIDS-related illnesses in 1992, […]
After the incredible success of the film Easy Rider, Dennis Hopper was given complete freedom to direct and star in the bizarre, surrealist The Last Movie – released in 1971. Filmed in a drug fuelled haze in Peru with Hopper, Peter Fonda, Kris Kristofferson, Dean Stockwell, Michelle Phillips, Russ Tamblyn, and Samuel Fuller – there […]
LP – Standard Edition Black Vinyl housed in a Gatefold Sleeve.Remastered at Abbey Road.(2025 Reissue). Hot on the heels of the success of A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window in 1989, The Alphabet Business Concern release post-punk art rock legends, Cardiacs, third studio album, On Land and in The Sea.Now, […]
Grammy-winning artist Trisha Yearwood will release “The Mirror” on July 18th through Virgin Music Group. The album is her first fully co-written and co-produced album.“I’m honoured to join forces with Virgin Music Group as I embark on this exciting new chapter. Bringing my Gwendolyn label into the MCA/Universal family truly feels like coming home. I […]
A white ship sailing in a sea of blackness, Codeine’s swan song arrived in 1994 amid grunge’s ascension to alt radio’s godhead status. John Engle’s guitar alternates between crystalline and sludge, and Stephen Immerwhar’s distorted bass floats on top of punishing drums from newcomer Doug Scharin (Rex, June of 44), resulting in nine perfect meditations […]
From the off, Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory is sonically different from Van Etten’s previous work. Writing and recording in total collaboration with her band for the first time, Van Etten finds the freedom that comes by letting go – letting go of her normal modus operandi or the need for control or attachment to the […]
