Invada Records will release the All About Eve – Original Soundtrack, composed by PJ Harvey on 18th October.The 12-track album will be released on CD and LP and contains 10 original pieces of instrumental music as well as two new songs written by Harvey and sung by Gillian Anderson and Lily James. The physical release […]
California-born, Manchester based Jesca Hoop is what you’d call a musician’s musician.Discovered by Tom Waits and brought on tour by Peter Gabriel to sing in his band, it was a phone call from Elbow’s Guy Garvey that saw her move to the UK.Having worked with producers John Parish (PJ Harvey), Blake Mills (Alabama Shakes) Tony […]
Dry Cleaning will release their debut studio album New Long Leg on 2 April, on 4AD. The 10-track long-player, which includes ‘Strong Feelings’ and last year’s single ‘Scratchcard Lanyard’, was recorded over two weeks last summer at Rockfield Studios in rural Wales with producer John Parish (PJ Harvey, Aldous Harding). Following on from their thrillingly […]
Album of the Week: Gruff Rhys – Dim Probs Staff Review With all the noise surrounding a certain ‘90s band reunion that dragged on for a year before finally hitting the stage, it’s easy to forget that dozens of artists of that era are still making vital, arguably better music today. Suede, for instance, released […]
Album of the Week: Big Thief – Double Infinity Staff Review The last we heard from American indie-rock band Big Thief was in 2023, with their magnificent, sprawling fifth album Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You voted Tower Records staff’s favourite album that year. This week, the band return with their eagerly anticipated new […]
I’m in the middle of something I can’t wake up from. And you’re part of it” – Ache Ultra Truth finds me in a very different place to where I’ve been before. My previous albums have all focused on the idea of music being an escape or a distraction from the world but that’s not […]
If there’s one thing Panic Shack know, it’s how to have a good time.Comprised of Sarah Harvey (vocals), Meg Fretwell (guitar/backing vocals), Romi Lawrence (guitar/backing vocals), Em Smith (bass/backing vocals) and Nick Williams (drums), the band formed in 2018 as a middle-finger to the “members-only club” atmosphere of indie and punk scenes – not just […]
Eels’ 2001 album Souljacker is a snarling, swaggering beast – part gutter-blues, part twisted lullaby. Produced by John Parish (PJ Harvey), it finds Mark Oliver Everett (E) trading the orchestral warmth of Daisies of the Galaxy for something sharper-edged, with jagged guitars, eerie loops, and lyrics that walk the line between menace and melancholy.From the […]
Reissue on vinyl of the seventh PJ Harvey studio album White Chalk. The album was produced by PJ Harvey, Flood and John Parish and originally released in September 2007. White Chalk features the singles ‘When Under Ether’, The Piano and ‘The Devil’. Reissue is faithful to the original recording and package, with cutting by Jason […]
Reissue of the eighth PJ Harvey studio album Let England Shake. The album was produced by PJ Harvey, Flood and John Parish and originally released in Feburary 2011. Let England Shake features the singles ‘The Words That Maketh Murder’ and ‘The Glorious Land’ and was the second album in the catalogue to win the UK’s […]
