New releases on CD & DVD
Album: Kehlani - CRASH
Monday, 17 June 2024
The noise in the international mainstream in recent years might be about dance-pop, hip hop beefs and the serious balladry of Taylor, Billie and Lana – yet at the same time, R&B has been strange, brilliant, ultra-popular, but generated a tiny fraction of the column inches and “discourse”.
Album: John Moreland - Visitor
Saturday, 15 June 2024
The mournful, lonesome voice of John Moreland from Bixby, Oklahoma, will be known by a few, but not many, in this country. The 12 songs on his latest album, Visitor, released on the Thirty Tigers label, should help to remedy that.
Album: Moby - Always Centered at Night
Friday, 14 June 2024
US electronic perennial Moby has had a good run. He was a rave culture phenomenon from 1991 onwards. He blew that with a vegan punk album. He...
Album: Kneecap - Fine Art
Thursday, 13 June 2024
For a band just putting out their debut album, West Belfast’s Kneecap have been courting media attention for some while and have already been seen in...
Album: John Grant - The Art of the Lie
Wednesday, 12 June 2024
“I feel ashamed because I couldn’t become the man that you always hoped I’d become.” The line is repeated during “Father,” The Art of the Lie’s third...
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Album: John Cale - POPtical Illusion
A further surge of energy from an old hand |
Album: Sea Girls - Midnight Butterflies
Another fun indie pop album from Sea Girls |
Album: Charli XCX - Brat
One of Britain's most compelling pop stars fires out an intriguingly personal curveball |
Album: Joanne Shaw Taylor - Heavy Soul
Poise and high energy |
Album: Willie Nelson - The Border
Country’s ageless outlaw strikes gold again on album No. 152 |
Album: Marina Allen - Eight Pointed Star
US singer-songwriter’s third album’s nod to Americana is a feint |
Album: Becky Hill - Believe Me Now?
The pop rave queen of England refuses to leave the dancefloor |
Album: Richard Hawley - In This City They Call You Love
Deep in the heart of Sheffield |
Album: Bat For Lashes - The Dream of Delphi
Sixth album from exploratory singer-songwriter embraces motherhood but not tunes |
Blu-ray: Two Films by Yasujirō Ozu
Father/son relationships seen through the eyes of a master filmmaker |
Album: Richard Thompson - Ship to Shore
The master and commander of misery and despair casts off into the deep once more |
Album: Jihye Lee Orchestra - Infinite Connections
A serious and important third album dominated by Korean 'han' |
Album: Twenty One Pilots - Clancy
Pop-rock duo close their long-running narrative with aplomb |
Album: Isobel Campbell - Bow to Love
The Scottish singer's latest is woozy, ultra laidback and sometimes delicious |
Album: Samana - Samana
Hypnotic psychedelic folk from the Welsh valleys |
DVD/Blu-ray: Billy Connolly - Big Banana Feet
The comic caught on the cusp of his fame as he tours Ireland in 1975 |
Album: Barry Adamson - Cut to Black
The coolest Mancunian returns with a lesson in style |
Album: Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft
Desire and longing are the submersibles that propel Eilish’s riveting third album |
Album: Jack Savoretti - Miss Italia
Middle of the road singer embraces family history with an album of Italian pop |
Blu-ray: Chocolat
Claire Denis' African debut is a nostalgic yet unsparing look at colonial life |
DVD/Blu-ray: The Holdovers
Bittersweet, beautifully observed seasonal comedy - not just for Christmas |
Album: Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown
Intimate songs of unavoidable sorrow |
Album: Ani DiFranco - Unprecedented Sh!t
Tough, uncompromising, unflinching |
Album: Abigail Lapell - Anniversary
An engaging - if doleful - set from the Canadian folk-Americana singer |
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