Massive 50th-anniversary set from classic British reggae imprint
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Paul McCartney – Egypt Station
Beatle Paul is back with a reflective yet vibrant 17th solo studio album
Paul Weller – True Meanings
A wistful Weller takes stock at 60, with the help of strings and special guests
Craig Smith aka Satya Sai Maitreya Kali – Love Is Our Existence
Cache of spirituality and brittle humanity from a tragic figure; liner notes by biographer Mike Stax
Tomberlin – At Weddings
Florida native’s sweet but strong, unflinchingly honest first album
The Fiery Furnaces – Blueberry Boat
Sell out, who? Vinyl reissue for the Friedbergers’ overlooked masterpiece
Pretty Things – S.F. Sorrow: 50th Anniversary Vinyl Box Set Edition
By the time the Pretty Things psychedelic rock opera S.F. Sorrow limped its way into the new release racks in December 1968, the Small Faces Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake –…
Mark Lanegan & Duke Garwood – With Animals
There’s a moment on “My Shadow Life” that encapsulates the humid, prickly atmosphere of With Animals. As a drum machine snares out a steady beat and Mark Lanegan huskily whispers…
Cowboy Junkies – All That Reckoning
Mid-life crises fuel mid-career gem from Americana dreamers
David Axelrod – Song Of Innocence
Visionary producer’s solo debut given shiny new makeover
Pete Shelley – The Genetic Years
Celebrating Buzzcocks singer’s solo area, swapping punk for trailblazing electropop
Kathryn Joseph – From When I Wake The Want Is
More confident second, full of emotional turmoil
Dave Evans – The Words In Between
Forgotten Bristol folkie’s delicate, Steve Gunn-approved first
Ray Davies – Our Country: Americana Act II
The King Kink seeks closure, theatrically
Judee Sill – Songs Of Rapture And Redemption
Vinyl resurrection for transcendental troubadour’s Dead Sea Scrolls
Israel Nash – Lifted
"Hippie spiritual" LP is a thing of wonder
Elephant Micah – Genericana
Joseph O'Connell takes his avant country folk to the water's edge and strips it down
Ornette Coleman – The Atlantic Years
Game changing jazz joints
Grateful Dead – Anthem Of The Sun
Pioneering live studio hybrid, expanded
Dirty Projectors – Lamp Lit Prose
Dave Longstreth relaxes. A little