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Bonobo
Black Sands [ Ninja Tune CD / CD - released 19/Apr/2010 ] Simon Green aka Bonobo returns with his fourth and most accomplished album to date, the magnificent 'Black Sands'. Green proves once and for all that he is an artist and producer with his sights set on much higher prizes than to rule any dusty... |
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JOHN WILLIAMS
Star Wars - Return of the Jedi [remastered] The Boston Pops Orchestra, John Williams [ Decca CD / CD - released 1/Aug/2019 ] This collection has a lot going for it. Musically, it sounds gorgeous; Williams turned in a score incorporating layer upon layer of thematic elements, risking a tendency toward composing music that was too ornate. |
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JOHN WILLIAMS
Star Wars - The Last Jedi The Boston Pops Orchestra, John Williams [ Decca CD / CD - released 1/Aug/2019 ] Jedi Master-in-hiding Luke Skywalker unwillingly attempts to guide young hopeful Rey in the ways of the force, while Leia, former princess turned general, attempts to lead what is left of the Resistance away from the ruthless tyrannical grip of the... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies 1 - 9 (5 CD set) Boston Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 20/May/2012 ] "The recording is atmospheric in the Boston manner, and with Dynagroove makes even small machines give an impression of opulence." (Gramophone on the LP release) |
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Bow Wow Wow
I Want Candy [ Music on CD / CD - released 15/Oct/2021 ] Bow Wow Wow was a punk-pop confection masterminded by impresario Malcolm McLaren. After the dust raised by the implosion of the Sex Pistols had settled, McLaren poached Adam Ants backing band, suggested a world music bent inspired by Burundi Black.... |
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Brad Paisley
Moonshine In The Trunk [ Sony CD / CD - released 29/Aug/2014 ] Moonshine in the Trunk is all gleaming steel, hard edges, sleek rhythms, and power ballads, state-of-the-art modern country that doesn't dare make a big deal of any of Paisley's eccentricities outside of his squealing guitar... |
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Brian Eno
Reflection [ Warp Records CD / CD - released 1/Jan/2017 ] Reflection follows in the lineage of Brian Eno's long-running collection of 'Ambient' recordings that started with his 1973 collaboration with Robert Fripp, (No Pussyfooting) and 1975's Discreet Music. Consisting entirely of one long form... |
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Broadcast
Berberian Sound Studio [ Warp Records CD / CD - released 7/Jan/2013 ] The Broadcast soundtrack to Peter Strickland's film 'Berberian Sound Studio'. |
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Broadcast
Future Crayon [ Warp Records CD / CD - released 21/Aug/2006 ] Future Crayon is a welcome reminder of how consistently interesting the band's output is. While the decision to put most of the more accessible tracks on the first half of the disc is understandable, it doesn't always make for the easiest listening... |
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Broadcast
The Noise Made By People [ Warp Records CD / CD - released 9/Mar/2015 ] A look at the music history book tells us a lot of things. One of these is that nearly everything from the past eventually comes back, and with a vengeance. While this undeniable truth is responsible for a lot of distinctly horrible things (house... |
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Broadcast & The Focus Group
Investigate Witch Cults Of The Radio Age [ Warp Records CD / CD - released 26/Oct/2009 ] The exceptional avant-pop group combines with the Ghost Box records founder for a mini-LP that highlights their differences as much as their shared vision. |
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Broken Social Scene
Hug Of Thunder [ Spunk CD / CD - released 21/Jul/2017 ] Following up their triumphant return to music with "Halfway Home," their first single, Toronto's Broken Social Scene now release their first album in seven years. Produced by Joe Chiccarelli (Beck, The Strokes) and mixed by Shawn Everett, 'Hug Of... |
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Bruce Cockburn
The Charity Of Night [ True North CD / CD ] At once a departure and a return, The Charity of Night represents a change from the folk rock stylings of his previous two albums, having more in common with earlier jazz-inflected works such as Night Vision. Shades of light and shadow play through... |
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Bruce Springsteen
Tracks II: The Lost Albums (7 x CD Box Set) [ Columbia / CD Box Set - released 27/Jun/2025 ] Featuring 82 previously unreleased songs, The Lost Albums fill in chapters of Springsteen's expansive career timeline, while offering invaluable insight into his life and work as an artist. "The Lost Albums were full records, some of them even to the... |
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The Bug vs Earth
Concrete Desert [ Ninja Tune CD / CD - released 19/May/2017 ] This collaboration pairs UK producer The Bug with Dylan Carlson of pioneering Drone Metal band Earth. The Bug (Kevin Martin) and Earth have each spent over 20 years exploring sound worlds that - taken at face value - may seem incompatible. Martin... |
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Bury Your Dead
Alive (CD/DVD) [ CD ] |
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The Byrds
5 CD Original Album Classics [ 5 CD - released 28/Jun/2013 ] |
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CHOPIN / SCHUMANN / LISZT / RACHMANINOV / BEETHOVEN / etc
Byron Janis: The RCA Recordings 1950 - 1959 [5 CD set] Byron Janis (piano) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner [ Sony / RCA Classical Masters / 5 CD Box Set - released 16/Oct/2016 ] Byron Janis has been called one of the most exciting and dynamic American pianists to emerge on the post-war scene. All of his RCA recordings, dating from 1947 to 1959, are collected in the new 5-CD set. |
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Byron Wheatley Donald
Moondogs And Mad Dogs [ Maiden Voyage Recording Co. CD / CD - released 30/Jun/2017 ] Essentially a paean to his father, 'Big Don' Wheatley, Moondogs And Mad Dogs is unapologetically imbued with the spirit of Van Morrison, Dylan, The Band, Lennon et al; all musicians that have played a major part in both Donald's and his father's... |
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California Breed
California Breed (Deluxe Edition CD/DVD) [ Frontiers / 2 CD/DVD - released 20/Jun/2014 ] Former Black Country Communion stars, singer-bassist Glenn Hughes and drummer Jason Bonham, have formed a new band, California Breed with the astoundingly talented 23-year-old singer-guitarist Andrew Watt. Glenn and Jason's impeccable resumes... |