New releases on CD & DVD
CD: Iguana Death Cult - Nude Casino
Saturday, 16 November 2019
The contemporary context of the Netherlands’s Iguana Death Cult is clear. Their blues-edged garage rock exists in a continuum encompassing Amyl and The Sniffers, The Chats, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard and Oh Sees.
CD: Lady Antebellum - Ocean
Friday, 15 November 2019
Lady Antebellum have stayed in the mainstream country world Taylor Swift forded to full pop stardom.
CD: Celine Dion - Courage
Thursday, 14 November 2019
Of 2019’s pop culture phenomena, the critical reappraisal of Céline Dion as an international treasure is one of the most delightful. It’s been six...
CD: DJ Shadow - Our Pathetic Age
Wednesday, 13 November 2019
DJ Shadow, made famous in 1996 With Endtroducing…, an album made entirely of samples, and the originator of a sound that was described as "trip-...
DVD/Blu-ray: Journey to the Beginning of Time
Tuesday, 12 November 2019
Karel Zeman’s Invention for Destruction and The Fabulous Baron Munchausen are dizzying romps, whereas his earlier Journey to the Beginning of Time,...
CD: Aziza Brahim - Sahari
A feminine take on desert rock from the Saharawi refugee camps in Algeria |
CD: Ronnie Wood - Mad Lad
Chuck Berry classics get the Ronnie Wood touch |
CD: The Script - Sunsets & Full Moons
Bombastic, saccharine-soaked vulnerability-pop from Irish superstar band |
CD: Pumarosa - Devastation
London trio get personal on weird and wonderful second album |
CD: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Ghosteen
Songs of blazing, redemptive faith follow grief for the torn open Cave |
CD: fka twigs – mary magdalene
Intensely emotional lyrics matched by experimental production |
CD: Land of Kush - Sand Enigma
Eclectic mash up paints a fascinating sound collage of modern Cairo |
CD: Jeff Lynne's ELO - From Out of Nowhere
More of the same from Mr Blue Sky |
CD: Jeff Goldblum and The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra
An all-star band to make us happy |
Blu-ray: Fuller at Fox
Pulp movies with class |
CD: Underworld - DRIFT Series 1
UK pioneering technoheads return with some fiery dancefloor fodder |
CD: Harry Connick Jr - True Love: A Celebration of Cole Porter
The New Orleans native delivers a striking songbook |
CD: Michael Kiwanuka - Kiwanuka
Third album from Brit-Ugandan singer has the verve to become one of the year's major hits |
CD: James Blunt - Once Upon a Mind
The affable ex-army officer is back with more MOR angst |
DVD/Blu-ray: Legend of the Witches & Secret Rites
Modish early '70s documentaries about Wicca were aimed at the dirty mac brigade |
CD: Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Colorado
Friendships fade and the planet burns, but the Horse plough on |
CD: PJ Harvey - All About Eve (Original Music)
Moody soundscapes from West End play |
CD: Allah-Las - LAHS
Underwhelming fourth album from the previously sprightly Los Angeles quartet |
CD: Foals - Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part 2
Intelligent pop with poetry and heart |
CD: James Arthur - You
Pop delinquent grows up on extended third album |
CD: Mark Lanegan Band - Somebody's Knocking
The growling auteur continues his purple period with an album of winningly dark pop |
CD: Jacques Greene - Dawn Chorus
Housey electronic suite from Toronto producer is gently alluring |
CD: Elbow - Giants of All Sizes
Brutal times put Guy Garvey at bay |
CD: Lightning Bolt - Sonic Citadel
Adrenalin-soaked wild abandon from the bass and drum duo |
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