Already wearing the crown as the UK’s biggest selling album of all time and achieving the third longest chart run on the UK Official Charts, Queen’s 1981 Greatest Hits collection is getting a limited edition makeover to mark not only the band’s historic 50th landmark, but also the album’s 40th anniversary. These historic landmarks are […]
For Keeley’s latest venture, ‘Hand to Mouth’ pushes this envelope further, through a deliberate exploitation of space and restraint as the key focus that underpins her latest collection of songs. Keeley, along with longtime collaborator Matthew Bourne, have envisaged a programme of songs like this for some time. Drawing on their experience of performing paired-back […]
1 Wild Joy 2 Death 3 Colour Film 4 Performance Review 5 Decisions 6 9 to 5 Joyeria’s FIM (EP) is what happens when a Canadian spends his adult life patiently crafting his own path as a songwriter in London instead of following his heroes and peers in search of an assumed authenticity in Austin […]
When asked in a 1960 radio interview which was his favorite of all the albums he recorded up to that point, John Coltrane was quick to reply: Blue Train. Presented here is Coltrane’s complete 1957 LP Blue Train (Blue Note BLP1577), which was also the first on which the saxophonist was given the opportunity to […]
A brand new six-track EP elevating the acclaimed Jane Weaver album, ‘Flock’, to a new esoteric panorama of pop. ‘Sunset Dreams’ features two unreleased tracks from the ‘Flock’ sessions and remixes from W.H. Lung and See Thru Hands. “Having earned a cult audience for her psychedelia, Weaver makes her version of a pop record, where […]
GHOST is the name of a devil worshipping ministry, that in order to spread their unholy gospels and, furthermore, trick mankind into believing that the end is ultimately a good thing, have decided to use the ever so popular rock music medium as a way to achieve their ends. Standing motionless and anonymous beneath the […]
Irish pop sensation LYRA announces her highly anticipated debut album LYRA. Hailing from County Cork, LYRA has rapidly become one of Irelands standout talents, showcasing her extraordinary vocal presence and inimitable songcraft. As the anticipation for her album builds, LYRAs evolution as an artist is evident. Tracklist DISC 1 SIDE 1 1. America 2. Drink […]
Synthpop, minimal wave, post-punk, goth, new romantic — fans and critics alike have dug deeply into their vintage thesauruses to describe the beguiling work of Nation of Language. And if you can’t precisely define the band, that’s the point. Frontman Ian Richard Devaney has become prodigious in expanding what synthesizer-driven music can evoke, such that […]
CD – Everybody Is A Star: The Sly Stone Songbook seeks to celebrate the songcraft and influence of Sly Stone’s work via the interpretations of others across the past fifty years. With illustrated notes by Alec Palao Despite his status as a recluse for much of the past thirty years, Sly Stone still stands tall as […]
Jazz Contrasts, one of the stand-out titles in Kenny Dorham’s already incredible catalogue is being given the New Land treatment, mastered directly from the original tapes by Kevin Gray and housed in deluxe packaging, making this the definitive edition. Kenny Dorham is one of the all time great jazz trumpeters. Starting out, he played in […]
