New releases on CD & DVD
CD: Morrissey - California Son
Thursday, 23 May 2019
Unfortunately, it’s now reached the point where it’s impossible to mention Morrissey without politics overshadowing music. His recent wearing of a For Britain Party lapel pin on US TV is only the latest in a catalogue of public stances that seem to indicate he’s a fan of the far right.
CD: Honeyblood - In Plain Sight
Wednesday, 22 May 2019
At its best, the music of Glasgow band Honeyblood often sounded like a girl gang you weren’t cool enough to be a part of - making the news that singer-guitarist Stina Tweeddale had split with drummer Cat Myers and recast the name as that of a solo project an intriguing prospect.
Blu-ray: The Woman in the Window
Tuesday, 21 May 2019
The Woman in the Window (1944) was the first of the two riveting film noirs in which Fritz Lang directed Edward G Robinson as a timid New York...
CD: Sting - My Songs
Monday, 20 May 2019
Some say that every successful rock star's career can be divided into three phases. First comes the youthful exuberance. Next, there's mature...
CD: Flying Lotus - Flamagra
Sunday, 19 May 2019
It's five years since Steven Ellison aka Flying Lotus released an album, and it's not entirely clear how far he's moved creatively. To be fair he's...
CD: The Waterboys - Where the Action Is
Mike Scott muses on his youthful musical, literary and geographical influences |
DVD/Blu-ray: Maurice
Merchant Ivory's celebrated EM Forster adaptation hits home with new maturity |
CD: Carly Rae Jepsen - Dedicated
The Canadian global cult pop star lets her songs breathe |
CD: Lizzo - Cuz I Love You
Minneapolis singer-rapper offers up the self-love album of the summer |
DVD/Blu-ray: November
Dark Estonian fairy tale, visually delightful but short on scares |
CD: Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent
Debut that reaches achieves a whole new level of endless morose heartbreak |
CD: K-X-P - IV
Wilful Finnish response to the challenge set by musical technology |
CD: Imperial Wax - Gastwerk Saboteurs
Ex-Fall guys prove themselves to be no mere sidesmen |
CD: Whitesnake - Flesh & Blood
David Coverdale's heavy rock troopers return with a mixed offering |
CD: Holly Herndon - PROTO
Third album finds composer asking: can AI make art? |
Blu-ray: The Big Clock
Brilliantly constructed comedy noir, ripe for rediscovery |
CD: Esperanza Spalding – 12 Little Spells
Jazz for the body and soul |
CD: Clinic – Wheeltappers and Shunters
The Liverpudlian post-punk outfit's return is stuffed full of ideas and imagination |
CD: Eliza Carthy - Restitute
Stark and conceptual new outing for British folk perennial |
Blu-ray: Everybody in Our Family
Bitter but enthralling family drama from the Romanian New Wave |
CD: Leo Sayer - Selfie
Seventies superstar's self-produced latest fails to ignite |
CD: Vampire Weekend - Father of the Bride
Art school indie darlings lose a member but find new depths |
Blu-ray: Khrustalyov, My Car!
Alexei German’s 1998 phantasmagoria strikes at the heart of the Stalinist horror |
CD: Editors – The Blanck Mass Sessions
An interesting collaboration plays it surprisingly safe |
CD: Amon Amarth - Berserker
Successful Swedish metallers dipped deep in Norse mythology deliver an entertaining ride |
Blu-ray: Ikarie XB 1
Impressive restoration of a cerebral 1960s Czech space opera |
CD: Kornél Kovács - Stockholm Marathon
Tropical house taken to Sweden and made interesting |
CD: P!nk - Hurts 2B Human
Idiosyncratic pop star plays with genres on eighth album |
CD: Bad Religion - Age of Unreason
Melodic hardcore punk for the Age of President Tiny Hands |
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