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Agnes Obel
Myopia [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] For almost a decade, Agnes Obel has been one of the most independent and original artists in contemporary music. Now she has returned with the highly anticipated new album Myopia - her first through iconic German label Deutsche Grammophon. |
Aldous Harding
Warm Chris [ Flying Nun / CD - released 25/Mar/2022 ] An artist of rare calibre, Aldous Harding does more than sing; she conjures a singular intensity. The artist has announced details of Warm Chris, a new studio album, the follow-up to 2019's acclaimed Designer. |
Julia Jacklin
Pre Pleasure [ Polyvinyl / CD - released 26/Aug/2022 ] This breathtaking third album sees Jacklin as her most authentic self, delivering the most intimate, raw and devastating ten songs of her career to date. An uncompromising and masterful lyricist, always willing to mine the depths of her own life... |
Neil Young
Homegrown [ Reprise / Warner / CD - released 19/Jun/2020 ] Neil Young puts it best: "This album is the unheard bridge between Harvest and Comes a Time". Recorded between June 1974 and January 1975, Homegrown was intended to come out in 1975 before Neil cancelled the release. The album has remained... |
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Idiot Prayer - Nick Cave Alone at Alexandra Palace [ Inertia / 2 CD - released 20/Nov/2020 ] 'The most beautiful and sombre performance he's ever given' - The Telegraph Idiot Prayer: Nick Cave Alone at Alexandra Palace was recorded in June 2020 as the UK slowly emerged from lockdown, and was conceived as a reaction to the confinement and... |
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Raise The Roof [ Warner UK / CD - released 19/Nov/2021 ] Raise The Roof finds Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Plant and 27-time Grammy-winner Krauss reunited after some fourteen years, following the historic success of their first collaboration 'Raising Sand' (2007), which generated multi-platinum sales and... |
Tami Neilson
Sassafrass! [ Outside Music / CD - released 1/Jun/2018 ] With her new album, SASSAFRASS! Tami Neilson takes a giant step that should only bring her more widespread acclaim. On this 11-track effort, she places a heavier emphasis on soul music while not abandoning her country and rockabilly roots. Neilson... |
The Beths
Jump Rope Gazers [ Carpark / CD - released 10/Jul/2020 ] The Beths new album Jump Rope Gazers, out via Carpark Records, is the follow-up to their critically acclaimed debut album Future Me Hates Me - "one of the most impressive indie-rock debuts of the year" (Pitchfork). The Beths won Best Group and Best... |
Bob Dylan
Rough And Rowdy Ways [ Columbia / 2 CD - released 19/Jun/2020 ] Rough And Rowdy Ways, the first album of original songs from Bob Dylan in eight years. The album follows the recent release of two other songs from the forthcoming Rough And Rowdy Ways: The album's lead-off track, "I Contain Multitudes," and the... |
Bruce Springsteen
Letter To You [ Columbia / CD - released 23/Oct/2020 ] Letter To You is Bruce Springsteen's new studio album with the E Street Band, and is a rock album fueled by the band's heart-stopping, house-rocking signature sound. Recorded at his home studio in New Jersey, Letter To You is Springsteen's 20th... |
The Chills
Scatterbrain [ Fire / CD - released 1/May/2021 ] New studio album from the Dunedin songsmiths helmed by the enigmatic Martin Phillipps with artwork by Trees' David Costa. Dunedin's finest, The Chills release their seventh studio album 'Scatterbrain', a glorious self-examination of Martin... |
Courtney Barnett
Things Take Time, Take Time [ Milk! / CD - released 12/Nov/2021 ] This album signals an exciting new chapter for a musician who is operating at the very peak of her powers and it sees her consolidating her place in the storied global lineage of ground-breaking and influential female singer-songwriters. Over the... |
Don McGlashan
Bright November Morning [ Doncorp / CD - released 25/Feb/2022 ] Bright November Morning is Don McGlashan's first album since the renowned Lucky Stars was released in 2015. Recorded in Auckland, Lyttelton and Vancouver with the formidably talented The Others: Shayne P Carter (Dimmer, Straitjacket Fits) on... |
Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers
Ramble in Music City: The Lost Concert [ Nonesuch / CD - released 3/Sep/2021 ] After fifteen years of touring with the beloved Hot Band, Emmylou Harris formed the Nash Ramblers, a new acoustic all-star group, in 1990, featuring Sam Bush (fiddle, mandolin, vocals), Roy Huskey Jr. (bass), Larry Atamanuik (drums), Al Perkins... |
Fat Freddy's Drop
Special Edition Part 1 [ The Drop / CD - released 6/Dec/2019 ] New Zealand juggernaut Fat Freddy's Drop announce the release of their new studio album Special Edition Part 1, featuring Trickle Down and the brand new single Kamo Kamo. Part 1 of a double album, Special Edition Part 1 was recorded at the band's... |
Fleet Foxes
Crack-Up [ Nonesuch / CD - released 16/Jun/2017 ] Crack-Up comes six years after the 2011 release of Helplessness Blues and nearly a decade since the band's 2008 self-titled debut. All eleven of the songs on Crack-Up were written by Robin Pecknold. The album was co-produced by Pecknold and Skyler... |
Kacy & Clayton and Marlon Williams
Plastic Bouquet [ Caroline Australia / CD - released 11/Dec/2020 ] Every December, Christchurch enjoys the start of summer as Saskatoon begins to freeze over. For as far apart as these places may seem, you would never know it from Plastic Bouquet - the debut collaborative album between Saskatoon duo Kacy & Clayton... |
Khruangbin & Leon Bridges
Texas Moon [ Dead Oceans / CD - released 18/Feb/2022 ] Two of the acts boldly leading Texas music into the future have now delivered a second chapter of their groundbreaking collaboration, further extending the region's sonic possibilities. Singer/songwriter Leon Bridges, from Ft. Worth, and trailblazing... |
L.A.B
III [ LOOP Recordings Aot(ear)oa / CD - released 6/Dec/2019 ] 12 months after the release of their second album, L.A.B - the power house group from the legendary Kora brothers Brad and Stu plus the extraordinary talent of Joel Shadbolt on lead guitar and vocals, Ara Adams-Tamatea from the mighty Katchafire on... |
Lana Del Rey
Blue Banisters [ Universal / CD - released 22/Oct/2021 ] After the release of 'Chemtrails Over The Country Club' in March, Lana Del Rey had some words for the media. Accused of building a career on cultural appropriation and glamorising domestic abuse in her lyrics, she took to her Instagram Story with a... |