News

When it rains

When it rains

Kieran Hebden (Four Tet) and William Tyler’s 41 Longfield Street Late ’80s finds common ground between folk guitar and soft synths, inspired by 1980s American country and folk. A cover of...

When it rains

Kieran Hebden (Four Tet) and William Tyler’s 41 Longfield Street Late ’80s finds common ground between folk guitar and soft synths, inspired by 1980s American country and folk. A cover of...

Chase the devil

Chase the devil

Michael Hurley’s Broken Homes and Gardens is a fitting final chapter from one of America’s great songwriters. Recorded with The Hackles in Astoria, it mixes re-worked classics with new songs, wrapping...

Chase the devil

Michael Hurley’s Broken Homes and Gardens is a fitting final chapter from one of America’s great songwriters. Recorded with The Hackles in Astoria, it mixes re-worked classics with new songs, wrapping...

big thief's album double infinity vinyl south records southend

One day you'll lie here

Big Thief return with Double Infinity, an expansive double album that pushes their loose, searching indie folk-rock into widescreen territory. Saint Etienne’s International collects globe-trotting influences into a sleek set of modern...

One day you'll lie here

Big Thief return with Double Infinity, an expansive double album that pushes their loose, searching indie folk-rock into widescreen territory. Saint Etienne’s International collects globe-trotting influences into a sleek set of modern...

I listened every night

I listened every night

Out this week: Modern Nature’s The Heat Warps carries their widescreen folk-jazz sound into something warmer and more immediate, while Blood Orange’s Essex Honey finds Dev Hynes back home, weaving...

I listened every night

Out this week: Modern Nature’s The Heat Warps carries their widescreen folk-jazz sound into something warmer and more immediate, while Blood Orange’s Essex Honey finds Dev Hynes back home, weaving...

It's getting late

It's getting late

Wolf Alice return with The Clearing — their first album since 2021 - is a bold, emotional, widescreen step forward, on limited bone-coloured vinyl for indies. The Smashing Pumpkins’ Machina / The Machines...

It's getting late

Wolf Alice return with The Clearing — their first album since 2021 - is a bold, emotional, widescreen step forward, on limited bone-coloured vinyl for indies. The Smashing Pumpkins’ Machina / The Machines...

Easy company

Easy company

The Black Keys return with No Rain, No Flowers, a looser, bluesier set that dials back the polish but keeps the hooks. Carving The Stone, the second album from For...

Easy company

The Black Keys return with No Rain, No Flowers, a looser, bluesier set that dials back the polish but keeps the hooks. Carving The Stone, the second album from For...