…includes the original 11 tracks plus two additional songs, “Muck” and “Don’t Swerve”, and a stripped version of “Back In Town” featuring Samia.
When you first get noticed for performing deeply personal songs on your guitar on TikTok during a pandemic, there isn’t a clear next step.
This is what Annie DiRusso has been facing since she broke out at the age of 21 in 2021 with singles like “Coming Soon” and “Nine Months.” Since then, she’s put out an EP and toured extensively — supporting artists like HAIM and beabadoobee — but only now is DiRusso releasing her first full length. Why did it take so long? From the sound of it — both musically and in the album’s title Super Pedestrian — it’s because DiRusso chose to walk, not run.
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…includes four additional tracks including two brand-new songs, ‘Love You Like a Rainbow’ and ‘Different Next Time’.
Oh! The Ocean, the sixth LP by The Wombats, was inspired by a shitty morning, a brilliant beach view and an almost drug-like spiritual awakening.
“There was this revelation that I had been living a life caught up in my own head, or in some kind of racing helmet or with blinkers on,” said frontman/guitarist Matthew Murphy reflecting on the album’s genesis. “It was really a potent experience. I felt like I saw everything new for the first time, and was aware that I had been so selfish to not take in how crazy the world and life is.” That epiphany led to what is arguably the band’s most ambitious and melodic record in their two…
Ronnie D’Addario spent years as a professional musician, playing guitar with Tommy Makem for decades among other gigs writing jingles and working in various other bands. Along with all of his other accomplishments, D’Addario consistently wrote and recorded solo material, beginning with a string of three exceptionally good but under-distributed solo albums in the late ’70s and early ’80s which showcased his rich sense of arrangement and gift for Beatles-inspired, motivational power pop.
Somewhere along the way, D’Addario’s sons Brian and Michael also went down a musical path with their band the Lemon Twigs, and with Written By, they’ve curated a selection of their father’s songs to rework, bringing in guest artists…
Aerosmith and YUNGBLUD’s One More Time EP arrives like a classic dare. Old school rock legends teaming up with Gen Z’s most theatrical provocateur basically proves that rock ’n’ roll still means something, especially when you splice decades and attitudes together. With this five-song EP, they’ve managed something messy, earnest and occasionally thrilling.
The EP opens with the moody, echo-laced duet lead single “My Only Angel.” Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler and YUNGBLUD trade vocals in a hypnotic call-and-response that builds from intimate whispers to roaring harmonies, before guitarist Joe Perry crashes in with a signature solo. The result is cinematic and grand. This isn’t nostalgia for nostalgia’s sake, it’s rock with…
Volume 8 in the Cinéola series is the sound track the Odyssey, which was was a critical hit following its World Premiere at SXSW 2025. This film is the latest feature from acclaimed director, Gerard Johnson, known for previous adrenaline-fuelled thrillers Tony, Hyena and Muscle.
Fiery, sharp-tongued, and ambitious real estate agent Natasha Flynn lives every day on the verge of total success – or ruin. Her luxurious lifestyle is an unaffordable mask for the lonely void she’s tried to fill with the hustle for success. Then, when a shady lender forces her complicity in a criminal scheme to settle a debt, Natasha seeks out a dangerous old friend for help. As pressure from colleagues, collectors and criminals escalates, so begins a wild, neon-soaked ride through London’s…
Ultravox’s 1984 best-of compilation The Collection sold over 2 million copies worldwide after its release and went triple platinum in the UK. It includes the band’s first 14 singles released between 1980 and 1984. The best-known tracks include the cult song “Vienna”, the anti-nuclear war anthem “Dancing With Tears In My Eyes”, the new wave classic “All Stood Still” as well as “Hymn”, “The Voice” and “Reap The Wild Wind”.
Now “The Collection” is being re-released remastered in various formats with different bonus material. This newly remastered compilation has been expanded into a 4CD/2Blu-ray Deluxe Edition. The set includes a second volume of “The Collection” with a further 14 singles from 1986 to 2024, alternative and unreleased versions.
Singer-songwriter Tommy Womack is at heart a rock ‘n roller. Accordingly, it makes sense that he teams with Eric ‘Roscoe’ Ambel for his latest release, his ninth, Live a Little. Ambel collaborations have worked for Steve Earle, Jerry Joseph, Sarah Borges, Freedy Johnston, and more. Combine Ambel’s rocking edge with Womack’s tunes, which run from the hilarious to the ironic to the provocative, for a winning formula. Ambel took Womack’s solo acoustic demos and rendered them with his core band, including bassist Jeremy Chatzky and drummer Kenny Soule. Womack plays acoustic and electric guitars, harmonica, and mandolin, while Ambel fires up his electric guitar, pounds the keyboards, and provides backing vocals. Lisa Oliver-Gray,…
This Christmas, the First Lady of Folk Kate Rusby gifts her fans something truly special – an exclusive and limited run Double-CD titled 20 Christmas Is Merry, a celebration of two decades of magical festive music.
20 Christmas Is Merry features 17 stunning live tracks recorded at several venues over the last five years. The live recordings range from the anthemic soundscape of ‘Glorious’ to the gentle, exquisite beauty of ‘The Frost Is All Over.’ Every performance glows with the spirit of a Kate Rusby Christmas. The recordings capture that unique magic – the feeling of being at home with friends around the fire, a glass of mulled wine in hand, basking in the glow of music that feels both comforting and transcendent.
Alongside the live tracks, there are five…
Motion II is the second batch of tracks from the session that produced last year’s highly acclaimed Motion I. In 2024, Blue Note celebrated its 85th birthday with a touring quintet of its leading contemporary musicians. At some point during the grueling tour, the members found time to enter a Hollywood studio to capture the magic of their collective sound. Remember that most anniversary celebrations suggest the past. Here, that is remotely subtle. The emphasis is instead on fresh music through the collaborative efforts of pianist and musical director Gerald Clayton, alto saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins, vibraphonist and marimba player Joel Ross, bassist Matt Brewer, and drummer Kendrick Scott.
Those familiar with these artists will not be…
IPY25 unites three trailblazers of experimental music – Ikue Mori (DNA, Downtown NYC scene), Phew (Aunt Sally), and YoshimiO (Boredoms, OOIOO, Saicobab) – for their first trio project.
Ikue Mori has been a key member of the downtown music scene since moving to New York from Tokyo in 1977. She began her career playing drums for the seminal “no wave” group DNA, which she formed with guitarist Arto Lindsay and keyboardist Tim Wright.
Phew has explored rock, electronic, and avant-garde sounds on her own terms since the 1970s. After leaving the pioneering Japanese punk band Aunt Sally, she worked with a who’s-who of other innovative artists from around the globe to express the different sides of her artistry.
Available for first time in over 35 years, Clock DVA’s White Souls in Black Suits – originally released in 1980 as a limited-run cassette on Throbbing Gristle’s Industrial Records – now returns in a newly remastered edition, reissued via The Grey Area of Mute and expanded with four bonus tracks from the same era.
Led by the visionary Adi Newton, Clock DVA remains one of the most enigmatic and shape-shifting acts to emerge from Sheffield. Their catalog spans mutant funk, noir jazz, and coldwave electronics, with White Souls in Black Suits, paired with the additionals tracks, offering an insight into the early morphology of their sound. The album features a lineup including Newton (voice, synth, clarinet, bowed electric guitar,…
HTRK have been making their gloomy, sensual brand of music, at the intersection of electronic pop and noise rock, for 22 years.
To mark the milestone comes String of Hearts, a collection of covers and remixes featuring an all-star cast of friends and collaborators, from next-gen underground favourites like Coby Sey to fellow old-school experimentalists Liars. This brilliant, genre-agnostic record allows you to trace the breadth of the Melbourne band’s shapeshifting sound, echoes of which can now be found all over underground and commercial music, without leaning too hard on nostalgia.
The record spans HTRK’s early hits right up to their most recent album Rhinestones, a period in which they’ve shifted from a darker,…
With their cross-pollination of literate, soulful rock & roll and folk traditions of the British Isles, the Waterboys have tread a multitude of musical paths since singer/songwriter Mike Scott formed the group in London in the early ’80s. From the grandiose “Big Music” of their early classic, This Is the Sea through the rich Celtic-inspired folk-rock of their 1988 highlight, Fisherman’s Blues, the mercurial Scotsman has made dramatic sea changes a regular occurrence, swapping lineups and chasing stylistic whims on an almost album-to-album basis. Across nearly four decades of work, Scott’s sonic and spiritual explorations have been shared by literally dozens of bandmembers, though only fiddler Steve Wickham (and to some extent early mainstay Antony Thistlethwaite) has maintained…
From the Bottom of an Old Grandfather Clock is a collection of demos and outtakes that Bill made while beginning to navigate the music business, writing and demoing endlessly to find what worked for him, and for Decca (where he’d signed to their Deram imprint), ahead of the release of his self-titled debut LP at the beginning of 1970.
Songs such as ‘Maudy La Lune’ were never released in any official capacity – Bill was confusingly embarrassed by the lyrics, they weren’t “meaningful” enough – yet it’s exactly the kind of song that stops anyone in their tracks, sounding as though it might be a long lost McCartney number. Across the 25 tracks is a snapshot of Bill as the promising songwriter, raw and explorative, bursting with the promise of something special.
Celebrating 40 Years of one of Britain’s most iconic and era-defining bands, The Factory Singles is the definitive tribute to a group that reshaped the sound of UK music.
“This fully remastered collection brings together their landmark singles from 1985–1992, capturing the raw energy, innovation, and fearless creativity that made them a cornerstone of the Factory Records and Madchester legacy.
From underground club anthems to crossover hits, every track showcases their unique fusion of attitude, electronic experimentation, and dancefloor-ready grooves. These singles not only defined an era but also laid the foundations for the alternative dance and indie scenes that followed.
Adding even more depth, this edition also…
Fully remastered and features previously unreleased B-sides, rarities and remixes by Todd Terry, The Beatmasters, Sly & Robbie and more.
žYou may not know his name, but you’ll probably recognize his voice. Since the death of Klaus Nomi, Somerville has reigned as the best white falsetto singer in pop music; his soaring voice propelled Bronski Beat and the Communards to respectable chart positions (especially in Europe) during the 1980s, and his return to musical activity finds him in excellent form. Dare to Love doesn’t really break much new ground for Somerville. He’s still working the club floor with disco-inflected dance-pop, and his melodic sense is still as strong as ever — from the airborne melodic lines of “Heartbeat” to the down-and-dirty funk of…
The ship of Theseus is a classic paradox of thought that asks whether an object is truly the same after all its component pieces have been replaced. That’s not exactly the case for Sting’s musical The Last Ship, but he is once again revisiting the song score he’s tinkered with several times over the last decade in a new expanded edition.
Coming to 2CD, 2LP and digital on December 5 ahead of a new series of worldwide performances, this new edition of the singer/songwriter’s 2013 concept album take on The Last Ship offers 20 tracks from the original album release and cast recording, plus five new recordings, all resequenced to better reflect the current narrative of the tale. Those new tracks are a re-recording of the song “Shipyard” (with new vocals by…
Four decades after their brief but pivotal run of success on each side of the Atlantic in the mid-to-late ’80s, Fine Young Cannibals come back for a few more bites in the form of a sprawling compilation/box set.
Arriving from London Records, FYC40 reintroduce audiences to the Birmingham trio behind “Johnny Come Home,” “She Drives Me Crazy” and “Good Thing” on a multi-disc set. The most comprehensive version spans four CDs and a DVD, offering expanded editions of 1985’s Fine Young Cannibals and 1989’s The Raw & The Cooked, B-sides, remixes, music videos and live performances. (These are, of course, different track lists than the 2CD expansions of both albums issued in 2020.) Nine of the tracks, including…
Available on vinyl, digital and compact disc formats for successive late 2025 Record Store Days, Warren Zevon’s final live performance, recorded Live at the Edmonton Folk Music Festival, joins 1980’s Stand in the Fire (issued in expanded form twice) and 1993’s Learning to Flinch, as sterling examples of how the late singer/songwriter so artfully transposed the unique traits of his original material to the concert stage.
Epilogue is a clear, if not exactly resplendent, depiction of the man’s persona. Hearing the slight but tangible gusto Zevon injects into “I Was in the House When the House Burned Down” makes the comparatively muted opening of “Lawyers, Guns and Money” seem like a deceptively ingratiating opening to this roughly…
…20-track overview of funk-rock combo War’s earliest recordings with British rocker Eric Burdon of The Animals. It includes three unreleased tracks, including an unedited remix of this iteration’s biggest hit, “Spill the Wine.”
…After fronting The Animals and becoming one of the defining voices of the British Invasion, Eric Burdon sought a new musical direction in the late 1960s. In 1969, he teamed up with the Long Beach funk band WAR, a collaboration that produced hits like “Spill the Wine,” included in this release alongside its unedited remix, and earned accolades from fans, fellow musicians, and journalists — including NME’s Richard Green, who called them “the best live band I ever saw.” WAR’s legendary producer Jerry Goldstein adds,…