Albums

THE MONKEES Good Times! (Rhino/Warner) [rating: 4.5/5] The Monkees have delivered one of the greatest comebacks of the new century. Helmed by producer Adam Schlesinger (Fountains of Wayne), Good Times!

Bruce Springsteen The Ties That Bind: The River Collection (Sony Music) [rating: 5/5] Fans would often wonder why Bruce Springsteen would spend so long in the recording studio. For every

Guy Garvey Open The Door (Fiction) [rating: 4/5] Late last year Elbow front man Guy Garvey took a sabbatical from his lifelong musical cohorts to explore some new territory with a

THE MONKEES GOOD TIMES! (Rhino) [rating: 4.5/5] The Monkees are back with the highly anticipated new album Good Times!, their first new album in 20 years, tied to the group’s

Santana Santana IV (Cooking Vinyl) [rating: 4.5/5] When Carlos Santana announced in the Blues Brother’s parlance that “he was putting the band back together” for his latest project long time

Ocean Alley Lost Tropics (Indie) [rating: 4/5] Every now and then a new band comes along with a sound like they’ve just discovered how to bottle summer in a jar. You

Hollie Smith Water or Gold New Zealander Hollie Smith 1st came to prominence in her own country in 2006 with Bathe In The River, a massive hit that stayed in

Last week Beyoncé premiered her new visual album, LEMONADE, with an hour-long special on HBO. The stylized videos were connected via spoken word by Somali-British writer and poet Warsan Shire (narrated by Beyoncé)

The Melbourne Ska Orchestra Sierra Kilo Alpha (ABC) [rating: 4/5] Nicky Bomba’s brassy musical powerhouse returns with the follow up to their 2013 self titled debut. With as many as

The Sports: Reckless (Expanded Edition) (Festival /Warner) [rating: 4.5/5] The Sports: Don’t Throw Stones (Expanded Edition) (Festival/Warner) [rating: 4.5/5] The Sports made four superb albums between 1978 and 1981. On

LILY ALLEN is back with a new album, Sheezus. The album was produced by Greg Kurstin, except for the title track which was produced by DJ Dahi and Air Balloon which was

Australian Crawl – the band who from 1979-1986 perfectly married the sounds of the summer and good times into musical form, celebrate the 35th anniversary of their first single Beautiful People with the January

THE BEATLES On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2 (EMI/Apple) This collection delivers exactly what it says on the tin: the fab four in all their early glory

The phoenix-like rise of eighties alternative-rock group Sunnyboys (1980 – 1984) continues with the announcement of a brand new best-of collection and a headline tour, the band’s first since their one-off reformation in 1991.

ERIC CLAPTON’S CROSSROADS GUITAR FESTIVAL 2013 SET FOR RELEASE ON 2DVD/2BLURAY AND 2CD NOVEMBER 15, 2013 Includes Performances by Eric Clapton, The Allman Brothers Band, Buddy Guy, Gary Clark Jr., Jeff

Elvis Costello and The Roots Wise Up Ghost And Other Songs (Blue Note/Universal) Elvis Costello and The Roots started connecting the dots on this project during EC’s various appearances on

Jonwayne’s Rap Album One will be released on the 28th of October on Stones Throw Records. In around 2008, Jonathan Wayne entered the Los Angeles music scene by way of

  PAUL McCARTNEY New (Universal) Four producers were employed to oversee Paul McCartney’s new solo album: Paul Epworth, Ethan Johns, Mark Ronson and Giles Martin. Each was given a ‘trial’

Susanna Hoffs Someday (Baroque Folk) Susanna Hoffs has been busy in the studio for the last couple of years. The Bangles released a pretty good record in 2011 with Sweetheart

VARIOUS Mushroom Rock/40 Years 40 Tracks (Mushroom/Warner) Compiled by Jeff Jenkins this collection delivers everything it says on the tin. In his notes Jenkins stakes out his brief. There’s no

After what has been an incredible year for UK superstar OLLY MURS, he will now release a very special edition of his album Right Place Right Time on November 25. This new version will include

Legacy Recordings and Columbia Records are proud to announce the release of the Bob Dylan Complete Album Collection Vol. One, a colossal box set encompassing the entire official discography of the

The decades-long musical career of 12-time Grammy Award®-winning (including 3 Album of the Year Grammys) musician Paul Simon is celebrated with the release of Over The Bridge Of Time: A Paul Simon Retrospective

To say that Nirvana’s third and ultimately final studio album In Utero was 1993’s most polarizing record would be the understatement of a decade. The unadorned sonic rawness of Steve Albini’s recording

The Jungle Giants Learn To Exist (Amplifire) Way back in the 1980’s ‘indie’ actually meant something. This was before big record companies co-opted the term. Back in the day it

The Trouble with Templeton – Rookie It’s been almost a year since The Trouble with Templeton released their single Six Months in a Cast. The band has certainly grown as

  Hadouken! Every Weekend (Surface Noise Records)   Hadouken! are a British electronic band that have enjoyed great popularity in the UK with their unique sound that blurs the lines