Editors Collaborate with Blanck Mass for ‘Violence’
Editors experiment on Violence and produce a pop-focused set of tracks tinged in darkness and depth, but explore too far and overshadow the band's strengths and past successes.
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The Fratellis’ ‘In Your Own Sweet Time’ Is a Lively, Fun Record That Thrills
The Fratellis fifth album is light, fun, and fast, incorporating new styles and musical cues that share revelry and spontaneity regardless of the scenario or feeling.
Jonny Greenwood Creates His Best Soundtrack Yet With ‘Phantom Thread’
Jonny Greenwood's Oscar-nominated score for Paul Thomas Anderson's Phantom Thread is his strongest yet, and an integral character driving the tension of the film and its intense love story.
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Takes on Death and Loss on ‘Wrong Creatures’
Evocations of death and loss dominate the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and their progressive approach incorporating rock music's history across their career into new album Wrong Creatures.
Celebrating 50 Years of the Doors’ Experimental ‘Strange Days’
The 50th anniversary reissue of the Doors' second album, Strange Days, offers a direct, no frills edition that emphasizes the dynamic, solid music.
The Rolling Stones: On Air
This set of early Rolling Stones recordings by the BBC is a lively, energetic revisiting of the band ready to invade the world between 1963 and 1965.
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds: Who Built the Moon?
Noel Gallagher's third solo release after Oasis is a marked shift from previous outings, delivering a desire for experimentation that demonstrates his continued relevance as musician, songwriter, and performer.
Carole King: Tapestry – Live in Hyde Park
Carole King’s seminal 1971 album Tapestry forms the core of this live album celebrating her long career and immense legacy as influential songwriter and musician.
Alex Chilton: A Man Called Destruction
Alex Chilton’s 1995 selection of covers and originals produced with constructed spontaneity is reissued with bonus tracks and a vinyl debut.
Shelby Lynne and Allison Moorer: Not Dark Yet
Musicians and sisters Shelby Lynne and Allison Moorer duet together for the first time on an album that strongly covers and links songs with ease and style.
Dusty Springfield: The Complete Philadelphia Sessions – A Brand New Me
Two recording sessions separated by one album are compiled on this collection to represent the cohesive recordings Dusty Springfield made with production team Gamble and Huff.
Alex Chilton: Take Me Home and Make Me Like It
Alternate takes and rehearsal takes during 1975 sessions highlight Alex Chilton’s frenzied energy and uncompromising musicianship that resulted in Singer Not the Song and Bach’s Bottom.