Seasick Steve
Love & Peace (LP) [ Universal Music / LP - released 24/Jul/2020 ] 'Love & Peace' sees Steve mixing up all of his much-loved ingredients to deliver a fresh new record that offers the perfect antidote for the troubled times in which we live. Full of hope for the future, it's a great mix of boogie, blues, rock,... |
Shafiq Husayn
Presents The Loop (Double Gatefold LP) [ Eglo Records / 2 LP - released 29/Mar/2019 ] 'The Loop' is the new LP by Los Angeles based polymath Shafiq Husayn, an epic project which saw its inception in 2012 through a series of studio sessions at Shafiq's home, including collaborations with the likes of Thundercat, Erykah Badu, Flying... |
Shannon Lay
August (Deluxe LP) [ Sub Pop / LP - released 23/Aug/2019 ] There is an entire sub-genre of poetry devoted to rivers and their persistent, meditative flow. Emily Dickinson's "My River Runs to Thee" compares them to the cycle of life, while Alfred Tennyson's "The Brook" deems them eternal and Kathleen Raine's... |
Shannon Lay
August (LP) [ Sub Pop / LP - released 23/Aug/2019 ] There is an entire sub-genre of poetry devoted to rivers and their persistent, meditative flow. Emily Dickinson's "My River Runs to Thee" compares them to the cycle of life, while Alfred Tennyson's "The Brook" deems them eternal and Kathleen Raine's... |
Simian Mobile Disco
Murmurations [ Inertia / CD - released 11/May/2018 ] A thrilling 9-song set, Murmurations is as perfectly pitched for headphones as it is for clubs, named after giant cloud formations of starlings and themed around the stunning emergent behaviors that appear within them. To mirror these movements in... |
Sir Was
Digging A Tunnel (LP) [ City Slang LP / LP - released 17/Mar/2017 ] "Blending Tame Impala-reminiscent vocals like a beam of light with playful yet melancholy electronic production" - Stereogum Sir Was' debut full length, Digging A Tunnel, is an album that constantly bucks trends and confounds expectations.... |
Smith & Mighty
Ashley Road Sessions 88-94 (LP) [ Punch Drunk Records / 2 LP - released 30/Nov/2018 ] Double LP version. Celebrating 30 years since their first release, foundation-laying forefathers Smith & Mighty release Ashley Road Sessions. This one-off double label partnership between Pinch's Tectonic and Peverelist's Punch Drunk is an... |
Soft Hair
Soft Hair [ Domino / CD - released 28/Oct/2016 ] Soft Hair are Connan Mockasin and Sam Dust (LA PRIEST / Late of The Pier). The album's recording took place over five years amongst the pair's solo careers and outside lives. After the dispersion of Late of the Pier, whom Connan supported on tour in... |
Sohn
Tremors [ 4AD / CD - released 4/Apr/2014 ] Having tantalized with 'The Wheel', 'Bloodflows' and 'Lessons', SOHN releases his debut solo album, the eagerly anticipated, Tremors will receive its worldwide via 4AD. Tremors is the way in which past traumas, as much as past successes, linger... |
Solange
A Seat at the Table [ Columbia / CD - released 1/Dec/2016 ] Solange describes 'A Seat At The Table' as "a project on identity, empowerment, independence, grief and healing." The album features an incredible number of artists including Andre 3000, Lil' Wayne, and Kelly Rowland, with production by Sampha... |
Space Captain
All Flowers In Time [ Tru Thoughts / CD - released 10/Nov/2017 ] 'All Flowers In Time' is the eagerly awaited first full album from Space Captain, built around the themes of love and nostalgia, with a pinch of bitterness and betrayal. The band's extensive influences range from Thundercat through Amy Winehouse... |
The Strokes
The New Abnormal (Opaque Red Vinyl LP) [ Sony Music / LP - released 22/May/2020 ] The New Abnormal is the New York band's sixth studio album, recorded at Shangri-Las Studios in Malibu, CA and produced by Rick Rubin (Beastie Boys, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Black Crowes, The Cult). The album's cover artwork features a painting by... |
Sufjan Stevens
Illinoise [ Asthmatic Kitty / CD - released 5/Jul/2005 ] Stevens weaves variegated musical styles - jazz, funk, pop, folk and Rodgers & Hammerstein-like flourishes - and the textures of 25 instruments into a tapestry of persons and places famous, infamous, iconic and anonymous. |
Tame Impala
The Slow Rush (Limited Edition Coloured Vinyl LP) [ Universal Music / 2 LP - released 14/Feb/2020 ] Tame Impala (Kevin Parker) has officially announced his fourth studio album, 'The Slow Rush' out February 14th, 2020. 'The Slow Rush' was recorded between Los Angeles and Parker's studio in his hometown of Fremantle, Australia. The twelve tracks were... |
Taylor Swift
Folklore - In The Trees [ Republic / CD - released 7/Aug/2020 ] Most of the things Taylor Swift had planned for the summer of 2020 didn't end up happening but…there was something magical that did happen, the surprise release of her 8th studio album, folklore. "Before this year I probably would've overthought... |
Teebs
Anicca [ Brainfeeder / CD - released 25/Oct/2019 ] Over the years Mtendere Mandowa, more commonly known as Teebs, has established himself as a consummate artist. Layered and endlessly lush, Teebs' music speaks to the mind and body in a hyperreal way that ultimately leaves one curious, perplexed, and... |
Teebs
Anicca (Limited Edition Purple & Black Coloured LP) [ Brainfeeder / LP - released 25/Oct/2019 ] Over the years Mtendere Mandowa, more commonly known as Teebs, has established himself as a consummate artist. Layered and endlessly lush, Teebs' music speaks to the mind and body in a hyperreal way that ultimately leaves one curious, perplexed, and... |
Tenderlonious
The Shakedown ft The 22archestra [ 22A / CD - released 6/Jul/2018 ] 'The Shakedown' is the debut album from Tenderlonious and features a new band - the dream team of top talent he named the 22archestra, who he leads seamlessly throughout. Listeners are exposed to the full breadth of Tender's technical and... |
Thornato
Bennu (LP) [ Wonderwheel Recordings / LP - released 21/Jul/2017 ] The long awaited debut album Bennu by Queens, NY based produced Thor Partridge, aka Thornato. Building up a name for himself over a number of years as a proficient and in-demand remixer, Thor's breakout tune "Gaita Gaita" has been sampled... |
Thundercat
It Is What It Is [ Brainfeeder / CD - released 3/Apr/2020 ] hundercat's new album It Is What It Is, produced by Flying Lotus and Thundercat, follows his game-changing album Drunk. That record completed his transition from virtuoso bassist to bona fide star and cemented his reputation as a unique voice that... |