By now, Elvis Costello’s fans have gotten used to his experimental collaborations and explorations of new musical territory. After all, he’s the same stripped-down punk rocker who gave us My Aim Is True in ’77, but by ’82 had delivered the lush, textured Imperial Bedroom. In 1986, he delivered the T Bone Burnett produced acoustic…
Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 11 December 2020. What to Look for in Summer is a new live double album gathering choice selections from Belle and Sebastian’s 2019 world tour, including last summer’s epic “Boaty Weekender” cruise. Neither a retrospective nor a back-door greatest-hits,…
After releasing a handful of live releases earlier this year, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have now returned with the new studio album K.G., their sixteenth since they formed in 2010. It represents a collection of songs that saw the six members of the band home isolating and creating the record remotely. What could…
Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 4 December 2020. Australian icon Mia Dyson is reissuing her ARIA Award-winning 2005 album Parking Lots on vinyl, celebrating the 15-year milestone release with an additional Parking Lots (Revisited) EP and 2021 East Coast Tour. Heading back into the…
Richard Hamilton (aka Ricky Hamilton or Ricky Hell) is the formal name of the founder of the criminally under-the-radar label Quality Time Records. His new long player, My Perfect World, is a 180 degree turn in sound from his past gutter pop bands like Fascinating and Ricky Hell & The Voidboys. Right from the opening…
Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 27 November 2020. From the outrageously brilliant brain of Australia’s favourite satirical songwriter comes a sophisticated debut studio album of 11 beautifully observed songs. Following a return home to Australia in 2018, a string of sold-out theatre tours and…
Wilco fans can no doubt remember when experimental jazz guitarist Nels Cline came on board, appearing for the first time on the band’s 2005 double live album, Kicking Television; Live In Chicago. While the band had plenty of experience coloring outside the lines – consider “Via Chicago”’s noisy contours shaped by drummer Glenn Kotche’s unexpected…
Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 20 November 2020. Camilla George follows her critically acclaimed debut album Isang with The People Could Fly, a hypnotising blend of Afrofuturism, hip-hop and jazz. The album is named after a book of African folktales that portrays the lives…
Bruce Springsteen, the very guy who wrote “Glory Days” about folk who spend their adult years looking back to the time when they were in their prime and their star shone brightest, should probably have seen this time in his life and career coming. Maybe it’s a little bit easier to spot nostalgia in a…
Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 13 November 2020. Welsh musician Gwenifer Raymond’s 2018 debut album, You Never Were Much of a Dancer, introduced a new voice on acoustic guitar, receiving 5 stars in The Guardian, big spreads in MOJO and UNCUT, and airplay on…
