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Same as it ever was: End of year review 2025

An unranked end-of-year listening list of new releases, reissues and rediscoveries from 2025.

Same as it ever was: End of year review 2025

An unranked end-of-year listening list of new releases, reissues and rediscoveries from 2025.

Eternal Rhythm: Konk

Eternal Rhythm: Konk

A snapshot of early ’80s downtown New York, where punk, disco, funk and Afrobeat collided. The Magic Force of Konk 1981–1988 captures the restless, communal energy of a band that...

Eternal Rhythm: Konk

A snapshot of early ’80s downtown New York, where punk, disco, funk and Afrobeat collided. The Magic Force of Konk 1981–1988 captures the restless, communal energy of a band that...

Unwind yourself: This week at South

Unwind yourself: This week at South

Melody’s Echo Chamber returns with Unclouded, a lush, life-affirming leap forward in her psychedelic pop world, featuring contributions from Sven Wunder, Josefin Runsteen, members of Dina Ögon, Malcolm Catto, Reine Fiske...

Unwind yourself: This week at South

Melody’s Echo Chamber returns with Unclouded, a lush, life-affirming leap forward in her psychedelic pop world, featuring contributions from Sven Wunder, Josefin Runsteen, members of Dina Ögon, Malcolm Catto, Reine Fiske...

Eternal Rhythm: The New Folk Sound of Terry Callier

Eternal Rhythm: The New Folk Sound of Terry Cal...

Recorded in 1964 but not released until 1968, The New Folk Sound of Terry Callier captures the Chicago singer-songwriter at the beginning of a remarkable, unconventional career. Though Callier would...

Eternal Rhythm: The New Folk Sound of Terry Cal...

Recorded in 1964 but not released until 1968, The New Folk Sound of Terry Callier captures the Chicago singer-songwriter at the beginning of a remarkable, unconventional career. Though Callier would...

Come over: Black Friday and this week at South

Come over: Black Friday and this week at South

Today is Black Friday, which means there's a whole bunch of limited edition Record Store Day releases out today too, which you can browse here. They're all available in the shop today, first...

Come over: Black Friday and this week at South

Today is Black Friday, which means there's a whole bunch of limited edition Record Store Day releases out today too, which you can browse here. They're all available in the shop today, first...

Busy bees: this week at South

Busy bees: this week at South

New this week: The Beatles' Anthology 4 arrives as a newly curated triple-LP from Giles Martin, gathering 13 unreleased demos, rare session material from 1963–69, fresh mixes of Free As a Bird...

Busy bees: this week at South

New this week: The Beatles' Anthology 4 arrives as a newly curated triple-LP from Giles Martin, gathering 13 unreleased demos, rare session material from 1963–69, fresh mixes of Free As a Bird...