New releases on CD & DVD
Blu-ray: Lords of Chaos
Wednesday, 17 July 2019
“All this evil and dark crap was supposed to be fun,” complains exasperated Norwegian black metal overlord Euronymous, played by Rory Culkin, as his world spirals out of control in a cataclysm of murder, suicide and church burnings. The true events that inspired Lords of Chaos are some of the most bizarre and twisted in the history of popular music. Fun they are not.
CD: Sum 41 - Order In Decline
Tuesday, 16 July 2019
Sum 41 were one of those light-weight punk-ish bands in unfeasibly large pairs of shorts that washed up in the wake of Green Day’s early success in the mid-90s. They soon became the acceptable face and sound of punk, sold millions of albums and picked up armfuls of awards, and even played a role in the rehabilitation of Iggy Pop’s career, by accompanying him on 2003’s Skull Ring album.
CD: Sabaton – The Great War
Monday, 15 July 2019
It’s been 20 years since Sabaton’s formation in 1999, and the Swedish power metal band have decided to mark their anniversary with an ambitious and...
CD: Mega Bog - Dolphine
Saturday, 13 July 2019
On “Truth in the Wild”, Erin Birgy sings “Never smother the mystical song that rests deep inside you.” Accordingly, its parent album Dolphine...
CD: Thom Yorke - Anima
Friday, 12 July 2019
Thom Yorke is frontman of Radiohead, a festival-headlining rock band who sell out stadiums all over the globe. His artistic aspirations, however,...
CD: Molly - All That Ever Could Have Been
The Austrian duo's debut is a testament to fragile nostalgia on a grand scale |
CD: Kool Keith - KEITH
Hip hop elder statesman shows he isn’t ready for retirement yet |
DVD/Blu-ray: A Case for a Rookie Hangman
Satire with a Swiftian slant in late Czech New Wave exploration |
CD - The Lost Words: Spell Songs
Songs inspired by disappearing nature cast their spell |
CD: Africa Express - Egoli
Fresh sounds from South Africa and beyond |
CD: Daughter of Swords - Dawnbreaker
Contemplative solo album from Mountain Man’s Alexandra Sauser-Monnig |
CD: Tycho - Weather
San Franciscan experimentalists get poppy |
DVD/Blu-ray: Mirai
Artful Japanese portrait of a little boy coming to terms with his new baby sister |
CD: Sarah Jane Morris & Tony Rémy - Sweet Little Mystery: The Songs of John Martyn
Ten years after his death, Martyn the maverick is suitably honoured |
CD: The Soft Cavalry - The Soft Cavalry
Husband-wife project gently surmounts daunting challenges |
Blu-ray: People on Sunday
Groundbreaking 1929 Berlin film by Hollywood's future talent |
CD: KOKOKO! - Fongola
The Kinshasa collective who turn landfill into floor-fillers |
CD: Mark Mulcahy – The Gus
The singer-songwriter's latest finds him in fine, authorial, voice |
CD: Ingrid Michaelson - Stranger Songs
Pop songwriter's widely appealing songs inspired by Netflix series |
Blu-ray: For All Mankind
Breathtaking, heartstopping celebration of Project Apollo |
CD: Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Bandana
Exploring the depths of Californian noir on ultra-accomplished rap album |
CD: Foy Vance - From Muscle Shoals
Latest from Northern Irish singer-songwriter emulates '60s southern soul with waning results |
DVD/Blu-ray: Sauvage
Raw authenticity and a visceral performance from Félix Maritaud give this French debut indelible power |
CD: Black Keys - Let’s Rock
A surprisingly slick return for the Akron duo |
CD: Bedouine - Bird Songs of a Killjoy
Timeless album of American folk from Syrian-born singer |
CD: Hot Chip - A Bath Full of Ecstasy
Growing up in style with the indietronic fivesome |
Blu-ray: Dazed and Confused
Richard Linklater's loose-limbed portrait of American teenagers in 1976 gets a deserved re-release |
CD: Mark Ronson - Late Night Feelings
Another well-crafted record of pure pop hits |
CD: Willie Nelson – Ride Me Back Home
Empathic third album in a late-career trilogy from the outlaw country icon |
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