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Agnes Obel
Myopia [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] For almost a decade, Agnes Obel has been one of the most independent and original artists in contemporary music. Now she has returned with the highly anticipated new album Myopia - her first through iconic German label Deutsche Grammophon. |
Aldous Harding
Warm Chris [ Flying Nun / CD - released 25/Mar/2022 ] An artist of rare calibre, Aldous Harding does more than sing; she conjures a singular intensity. The artist has announced details of Warm Chris, a new studio album, the follow-up to 2019's acclaimed Designer. |
Julia Jacklin
Pre Pleasure [ Polyvinyl / CD - released 26/Aug/2022 ] This breathtaking third album sees Jacklin as her most authentic self, delivering the most intimate, raw and devastating ten songs of her career to date. An uncompromising and masterful lyricist, always willing to mine the depths of her own life... |
Neil Young
Homegrown [ Reprise / Warner / CD - released 19/Jun/2020 ] Neil Young puts it best: "This album is the unheard bridge between Harvest and Comes a Time". Recorded between June 1974 and January 1975, Homegrown was intended to come out in 1975 before Neil cancelled the release. The album has remained... |
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Idiot Prayer - Nick Cave Alone at Alexandra Palace [ Inertia / 2 CD - released 20/Nov/2020 ] 'The most beautiful and sombre performance he's ever given' - The Telegraph Idiot Prayer: Nick Cave Alone at Alexandra Palace was recorded in June 2020 as the UK slowly emerged from lockdown, and was conceived as a reaction to the confinement and... |
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Raise The Roof [ Warner UK / CD - released 19/Nov/2021 ] Raise The Roof finds Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Plant and 27-time Grammy-winner Krauss reunited after some fourteen years, following the historic success of their first collaboration 'Raising Sand' (2007), which generated multi-platinum sales and... |
Aldous Harding
Designer [ Flying Nun / CD - released 26/Apr/2019 ] Aldous Harding's third album Designer is finally released as a fully formed body of work. The songs in this collection were all written on the road by Harding last year during a 200-date tour. Reuniting with John Parish, producer of Party, Harding... |
The Beths
Jump Rope Gazers [ Carpark / CD - released 10/Jul/2020 ] The Beths new album Jump Rope Gazers, out via Carpark Records, is the follow-up to their critically acclaimed debut album Future Me Hates Me - "one of the most impressive indie-rock debuts of the year" (Pitchfork). The Beths won Best Group and Best... |
Bob Dylan
Rough And Rowdy Ways [ Columbia / 2 CD - released 19/Jun/2020 ] Rough And Rowdy Ways, the first album of original songs from Bob Dylan in eight years. The album follows the recent release of two other songs from the forthcoming Rough And Rowdy Ways: The album's lead-off track, "I Contain Multitudes," and the... |
The Chills
Scatterbrain [ Fire / CD - released 1/May/2021 ] New studio album from the Dunedin songsmiths helmed by the enigmatic Martin Phillipps with artwork by Trees' David Costa. Dunedin's finest, The Chills release their seventh studio album 'Scatterbrain', a glorious self-examination of Martin... |
Courtney Barnett
Things Take Time, Take Time [ Milk! / CD - released 12/Nov/2021 ] This album signals an exciting new chapter for a musician who is operating at the very peak of her powers and it sees her consolidating her place in the storied global lineage of ground-breaking and influential female singer-songwriters. Over the... |
Don McGlashan
Bright November Morning [ Doncorp / CD - released 25/Feb/2022 ] Bright November Morning is Don McGlashan's first album since the renowned Lucky Stars was released in 2015. Recorded in Auckland, Lyttelton and Vancouver with the formidably talented The Others: Shayne P Carter (Dimmer, Straitjacket Fits) on... |
Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers
Ramble in Music City: The Lost Concert [ Nonesuch / CD - released 3/Sep/2021 ] After fifteen years of touring with the beloved Hot Band, Emmylou Harris formed the Nash Ramblers, a new acoustic all-star group, in 1990, featuring Sam Bush (fiddle, mandolin, vocals), Roy Huskey Jr. (bass), Larry Atamanuik (drums), Al Perkins... |
Fat Freddy's Drop
Special Edition Part 1 [ The Drop / CD - released 6/Dec/2019 ] New Zealand juggernaut Fat Freddy's Drop announce the release of their new studio album Special Edition Part 1, featuring Trickle Down and the brand new single Kamo Kamo. Part 1 of a double album, Special Edition Part 1 was recorded at the band's... |
Fleet Foxes
Crack-Up [ Nonesuch / CD - released 16/Jun/2017 ] Crack-Up comes six years after the 2011 release of Helplessness Blues and nearly a decade since the band's 2008 self-titled debut. All eleven of the songs on Crack-Up were written by Robin Pecknold. The album was co-produced by Pecknold and Skyler... |
Kacy & Clayton and Marlon Williams
Plastic Bouquet [ Caroline Australia / CD - released 11/Dec/2020 ] Every December, Christchurch enjoys the start of summer as Saskatoon begins to freeze over. For as far apart as these places may seem, you would never know it from Plastic Bouquet - the debut collaborative album between Saskatoon duo Kacy & Clayton... |
Khruangbin & Leon Bridges
Texas Moon [ Dead Oceans / CD - released 18/Feb/2022 ] Two of the acts boldly leading Texas music into the future have now delivered a second chapter of their groundbreaking collaboration, further extending the region's sonic possibilities. Singer/songwriter Leon Bridges, from Ft. Worth, and trailblazing... |
L.A.B
III [ LOOP Recordings Aot(ear)oa / CD - released 6/Dec/2019 ] 12 months after the release of their second album, L.A.B - the power house group from the legendary Kora brothers Brad and Stu plus the extraordinary talent of Joel Shadbolt on lead guitar and vocals, Ara Adams-Tamatea from the mighty Katchafire on... |
Lana Del Rey
Blue Banisters [ Universal / CD - released 22/Oct/2021 ] After the release of 'Chemtrails Over The Country Club' in March, Lana Del Rey had some words for the media. Accused of building a career on cultural appropriation and glamorising domestic abuse in her lyrics, she took to her Instagram Story with a... |
Laura Marling
Song For Our Daughter [ Partisan / CD - released 14/Aug/2020 ] Laura Marling's exquisite seventh album 'Song For Our Daughter' arrives almost without preamble or warning in the midst of uncharted global chaos, and yet instantly and tenderly offers a sense of purpose, clarity and calm. As a balm for the soul,... |
Marlon Williams
Make Way For Love [ Caroline / Universal Music / CD - released 16/Feb/2018 ] Known for his effortlessly distinctive voice, Make Way For Love, Marlon Williams' second album, marks his exponential growth as a songwriter. Throughout 11 original songs, he explores new musical terrain and reveals himself in an unprecedented way in... |
Nadia Reid
Out Of My Province [ Slow Time Records / CD - released 6/Mar/2020 ] Out of My Province showcases Nadia's sharpest songwriting to date, atmospheric arrangements replete with strings and Rhodes, and of course that immense voice, alternately soothing and riveting. |
The National
I Am Easy To Find [ 4AD / CD - released 17/May/2019 ] On September 3, 2017, director Mike Mills emailed Matt Berninger to introduce himself and in very short order, the most ambitious project of the National's nearly 20-year career was born and plans for a hard-earned vacation died. The Los... |
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Ghosteen [ Bad Seed / 2 CD - released 8/Nov/2019 ] Ghosteen is the follow-up to the acclaimed 2016 album 'Skeleton Tree'. The double album features 8 songs on 'Part 1', and 'Part 2' consists of two long songs, linked by a spoken word piece. |
The Phoenix Foundation
Friend Ship [ The Phoenix Foundation / Universal Music NZ / CD - released 16/Oct/2020 ] The Phoenix Foundation have lived many lives. From high school distortion addicts to indie folk trippers to masters of motorik dream pop. It's been five years since GUYD but that down time has been spent writing, recording, touring with the New... |
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Raise The Roof (Deluxe CD) [ Warner UK / CD - released 19/Nov/2021 ] Raise The Roof finds Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Plant and 27-time Grammy-winner Krauss reunited after some fourteen years, following the historic success of their first collaboration 'Raising Sand' (2007), which generated multi-platinum sales and... |
Sharon Van Etten
We've Been Going About This All Wrong [ Jagjaguwar / CD - released 6/May/2022 ] Sharon Van Etten has always been the kind of artist who helps people make sense of the world around them, and her sixth album, We've Been Going About This All Wrong, concerns itself with how we feel, mourn, and reclaim our agency when we think the... |
Tami Neilson
Kingmaker [ Neilson Records / CD - released 15/Jul/2022 ] From being cradled as a baby in the arms of Roy Orbison, to performing a duet with Willie Nelson, you would think that Tami Neilson lived a country music fantasy life. However, in between these monumental occurrences, The Neilson Family Band, with... |
Tami Neilson
Sassafrass! [ Outside Music / CD - released 1/Jun/2018 ] With her new album, SASSAFRASS! Tami Neilson takes a giant step that should only bring her more widespread acclaim. On this 11-track effort, she places a heavier emphasis on soul music while not abandoning her country and rockabilly roots. Neilson... |
TEEKS
Something To Feel [ Sony Music NZ / CD - released 26/Mar/2021 ] Award-winning New Zealand-Māori singer-songwriter TEEKS announces the release of his highly anticipated debut album 'Something To Feel' featuring the stunning single 'Remember Me' set for release on March 26th. Named by Vogue US as "New Zealand's... |
Troy Kingi
Black Sea Golden Ladder [ Triple A Records / CD - released 18/Jun/2021 ] A collaboration with award winning Ōtautahi singer-songwriter and producer Delaney Davidson - who also plays a variety of instruments on the record, Black Sea Golden Ladder was written and recorded as part of Troy Kingi's Matairangi Mahi Toi Artist... |
Wet Leg
Wet Leg [ Univesal / CD - released 15/Apr/2022 ] After releasing two of the best singles of 2021, Wet Leg's Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers were catapulted to one of the most buzzed about new bands in the world. Now, the duo are thrilled to unveil their debut album. Wet Leg is sad music for... |
Khruangbin & Leon Bridges
Texas Sun EP [ Dead Oceans / CD - released 7/Feb/2020 ] Texas Sun started on the road and wrapped up in the studio. Both Bridges and Khruangbin had been touring nonstop behind their acclaimed sophomore LPs when their paths converged for a joint North American tour in 2018, a run of shows stretching from... |
Kurt Vile
Bottle It In [ Matador / CD - released 12/Oct/2018 ] Travel can inspire in surprising ways: Kurt Vile discovered as much making his first record in three years, the eclectic and electrifying Bottle It In, which he recorded at various studios around the country over two very busy years, during sessions... |
Reb Fountain
Reb Fountain [ Flying Nun / CD - released 26/Jun/2020 ] Celebrated singer-songwriter Reb Fountain's forthcoming self-titled album marks a new chapter in the kiwi artist's career and her first full-length release on Flying Nun Records. |
Thom Yorke
ANIMA [ XL Recordings / CD - released 19/Jul/2019 ] Thom Yorke's third solo album ANIMA, described by him in an interview as "dystopian", was written and produced in collaboration with Nigel Godrich and will be accompanied by a short film of the same name: a "one-reeler" directed by Yorke and Paul... |
Brian Eno
Foreverandevernomore [ USM / CD - released 18/Nov/2022 ] FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE is the 22nd solo studio album from Brian Eno and the first since January 2017's Reflection. The 10-track album was recorded and produced by him at his studio in West London and sees Eno singing on the majority of tracks. It's a... |
Aldous Harding
Party [ Flying Nun / CD - released 19/May/2017 ] Igniting interest with her eponymous debut album released just two years ago, Aldous Harding quickly became a name murmured on many lips. She's known for her sinister torch songs, gentle laments and eerie odes delivered with a charismatic combination... |
Bruce Springsteen
Letter To You [ Columbia / CD - released 23/Oct/2020 ] Letter To You is Bruce Springsteen's new studio album with the E Street Band, and is a rock album fueled by the band's heart-stopping, house-rocking signature sound. Recorded at his home studio in New Jersey, Letter To You is Springsteen's 20th... |
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
All The Good Times [ ADA / Warner / CD - released 5/Mar/2021 ] All The Good Times is the first Welch/Rawlings collaboration to feature both of their names on the cover, and received a 2021 Grammy nomination for Best Folk Album. After a devastating tornado ravaged Nashville in the Spring of 2020 making their... |