Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 24 February 2023. ARIA award-winning musician Tim Rogers and his fiddle-and-squeezebox country-blues compadres The Twin Set have shared their new album Tines of Stars Unfurled, out now via Virgin Music Australia. Tines of Stars Unfurled is a bookend to…
It appears to have taken a global pandemic to get power duo Quasi back into the studio 10 years after their last release. Surrounded by numerous end-of-the-world scenarios with no touring happening, it seemed the perfect time for the combined talents of Sam Coomes and Janet Weiss to put their unique stamp on a dozen…
Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 17 February 2023. Keep Up The Good Work is the new album by Lowly, out now on Bella Union. The internationally acclaimed quintet from Denmark continue to develop their creative process, embracing other peoples’ affection and letting it blend…
Yo La Tengo have been faithfully plugging along for nearly 40 years, with a new release every few years offering their assessment of what was going on in the world around us. For instance, in 2020 as the pandemic was kicking all of our asses, the trio re-assembled in their practice space following social distancing…
Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 10 February 2023. Barefoot On Diamond Road is the third album from Dutch singer/songwriter Amber Arcades (a.k.a Annelotte de Graaf). A record of engaging maturity, filled with slow motion builds and epic lifts that elevate it to dizzying heights….
2023 is shaping up to be a big year for fans of the Britpop/alternative rock band Blur. While the quartet hasn’t toured since supporting their 2015 release, Magic Whip, Blur has already sold out one performance at London’s Wembly Stadium for this summer, and a second show currently on sale as part of their European…
Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 3 February 2023. Acclaimed Australian singer–songwriter and founding member of The Go-Betweens, Robert Forster has released his 8th solo album, The Candle and the Flame. Featuring the first single ‘She’s A Fighter’, The Candle And The Flame consists of…
When Nashville singer-songwriter Margo Price made her debut in 2016 with Midwest Farmer’s Daughter, on Jack White’s Third Man label, the album went to No. 1 on the UK Country Album Chart, and she earned a Best New Artist Grammy nomination. Here on her fourth studio album, Price, her co-writer and husband Jeremy Ivey, and…
Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 27 January 2023. Phoenix is the highly-anticipated, expansive new album in the musical evolution of alto saxophonist and composer Lakecia Benjamin. The album was produced by the multi-Grammy-award winning Terri Lyne Carrington and features a star-studded line up of…
Another Realm is the sophomore album from punk group Houseghost. The trio is made up of drummer Tyler Beaty (Goon, Break Yourself), guitarist/vocalist Nick Hamby (The Raging Nathans), and bassist/vocalist Kayla Hamby. The record was released in mid December of last year and is definitely worth a visit if you are eager for some new…
