Sugar - Copper Blue
NME’s Album of the Year for 1992 reissued with a wealth of worthwhile extras.
View ArticleRumer - Boys Don’t Cry
Sarah Joyce covers male songwriters both culty and canonical on album number two.
View ArticleThe Bamboos - Medicine Man
The Australians’ hybrid soul and funk sound continues to impress.
View Article2:54 - 2:54
A collection of mature and addictive tracks from sisters doing it their own way.
View ArticleRegina Spektor - What We Saw From the Cheap Seats
The truth about Regina Spektor is that quirky isn't the half of it.
View ArticleArchitects - Daybreaker
A fine fifth album from the Brighton metallers, set to stand the test of time.
View ArticlePublic Image Ltd - This is PiL
Rotten returns with a curious mixture of rage and nostalgia.
View ArticleDexys - One Day I’m Going to Soar
Dexys are back with wisdom and wings. Some of us never doubted.
View ArticleThe Band Perry - The Band Perry
Radio-friendly country fare, exceptionally produced but lacking originality.
View ArticleHollie Cook - Prince Fatty Presents Hollie Cook in Dub
Modern-day dub with authentic depth.
View ArticleKarin Krog and Bengt Hallberg - Cabin in the Sky
Krog is on absolutely top form, while Hallberg sounds just like himself.
View ArticleGallon Drunk - The Road Gets Darker From Here
Seventh album of darkly rockin’ blues from Londoners channelling spirits of New Orleans.
View ArticleGeorge Frideric Handel - Alceste (soprano: Lucy Crowe; tenor: Benjamin...
The incomplete ‘incidental music’ for Alceste, conducted with liveliness and sensitivity.
View ArticleFlats - Better Living
Debut album from a band that probably relishes getting on as many nerves as possible.
View ArticleJack Savoretti - Before the Storm
Third album of gruffly sensitive strum-pop from tousle-haired Italian-English Londoner.
View ArticleTrioVD - Maze
One of the most inventive and transgressive albums you’ll encounter this year.
View ArticleBobby Womack - The Poet
Womack updates his material for the 80s, creating grown-up sensual soul.
View ArticleLadyhawke - Anxiety
Pip Brown’s overdue second LP is as tight and catchy as a baseball mitt.
View ArticleThe Invisible - Rispah
A set of contemplation and catharsis, maintaining its emotional grip for a long time.
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