Acoustic, raw, and live from the Boss and Neil Young, gentle a-caustic from Moffat and Hubbert, postpunk from Big Joanie, and some passionate posthumous material from Richard Swift are among this week’s releases
Read moreNew albums: Art Brut, Ed Harcourt, Vessel, Laibach, Jeff Tweedy, The 1975
The latest roundup of album releases is dominated by indie pop, including a welcome return by Art Brut, Jeff Tweedy, ghostly instrumentals by Ed Harcourt, oddball covers by Laibach, and complex electronica by Vessel
Read moreNew albums: The Good, The Bad & The Queen, The Wave Pictures, Anderson .Paak, D.U.D.S, Vera Sola, Grapetooth, Bagpuss
The first of two roundups this week of album releases from the past month includes Damon Albarn reuniting with old friends, an upbeat Wave Pictures, the brilliant DUDS. Anderson Paak, and a debut by Vera Sola
Read moreNew albums: J Mascis, Liela Moss, Muse, Part Time, Laura Jane Grace, Boygenius and various
It’s indie week in every way, including solo projects by singers from Dinosaur Jr., The Duke Spirit, and Against Me!, plus Muse doing a full-on dystopia, Part Time, and German post-punk compilation
Read moreNew albums: Jon Spencer, Marianne Faithfull, Liars, Bill Ryder-Jones, Though Gang (David Lynch), audiobooks, Charles Mingus, Two Medicine, Dead Can Dance, Molly Nilsson, Pip Blom
Jon Spencer’s explosive solo to Marianne Faithfull’s gentle honesty, Bill Ryder-Jones love songs to music by the film director David Lynch, this week’s album roundup embraces a wealth of experimentation and styles
Read moreNew albums: Thom Yorke, Julia Holter, Ty Segall, Pill, Soap&Skin, Value Void, Gypsyfingers
Otherworldly is recurring theme in this week’s releases, including Thom Yorke’s soundrack to the Suspiria remake, Julia Holter and Soap&Skin, plus pithy postpunk from Pill, and reinterpretations by Ty Segall
Read moreNew albums: Neneh Cherry, Farao, Yoko Ono, Lisa O'Neill, Will Oldham, Richard Ashcroft, TVAM
Female artists dominate this week’s album release roundup, with beautiful work from Norway’s Farao, Neneh Cherry, raw folk from Lisa O’Neil and even rawer retrospective from Yoko Ono
Read moreNew albums: John Grant, Connan Mockasin, Elvis Costello, Kurt Vile, Jerry Paper, Anna St Louis, Ambrose Akinmusire, The Aints, Goatman, A Certain Ratio
Elvis Costello triumphantly turns back the clock, John Grant at his bitchy, heartfelt best, and a heap of various laid-back and wonderfully eclectic, oddball records come with likes of Connan Mockasin, Kurt Vile, Jerry Paper and more
Read moreNew albums: Cat Power, The Nightingales, Molly Burch, Phosphorescent, Marie Davidson, Fucked Up, Cypress Hill, Kristin Hersh, The Blinders, Echo & the Bunnymen
Cat Power’s blues-folk to angry techno from Marie Davidson, cross-genre punk from Fucked Up, punchy postpunk by the NIghtingales, to reworked and tracks by Echo and the Bunnymen? This week’s selection offers something for everyone
Read moreNew albums: Villagers, Chic & Nile Rodgers, Amber Arcades, The Joy Formidable, Pigs x 7, Mudhoney, Max Cooper
A beauty from Villagers, an modern update attempt by Nile Rodgers, blistering metal by Pigs x 7, Brexit lament by Amber Arcades, plus The Joy Formidable, Mudhoney and Max Cooper make up this week’s selection
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