Rock/Pop/Indie

Van Morrison - Accentuate the Positive

Released 3rd November 2023 Van Morrison unveils his 45th studio album, ‘Accentuate the Positive’....

Released 3rd November 2023 Van Morrison unveils his 45th studio album, ‘Accentuate the Positive’. This electrifying homage to rock ‘n’ roll is launched alongside its first single, a new take on the Johnny Kidd classic ‘Shakin’ All Over’.Like this year’s acclaimed ‘Moving On Skiffle’, ‘Accentuate The Positive’ sees Van Morrison returning to one of his childhood passions: this time rock ‘n’ roll. Growing up in Belfast shortly after World War II, he was immensely inspired by the heady sounds of ...

Van Morrison - Move On Skiffle

Released 10th March 2023. It should come as no surprise that Van Morrison has made an album inspi...

Released 10th March 2023. It should come as no surprise that Van Morrison has made an album inspired by skiffle. Van Morrison’s love of skiffle dates back to his childhood. He would hang out at the famed Belfast record store Atlantic Records, where he’d hear early 20th century folk, blues and jazz from the likes of Lead Belly and Jelly Roll Morton. So when he heard Lonnie Donegan’s take on ‘Rock Island Line’ he intuitively understood the music he was creating. Before long, Van Morrison was pl...

Vanishing Twin - Ookii Gekkou

Released 15th October 2021. There’s a mystery to Vanishing Twin – from their name to the multitud...

Released 15th October 2021. There’s a mystery to Vanishing Twin – from their name to the multitude of sounds that inhabit their music. They don’t sound like many but they hint at plenty. ‘Ookii Gekkou’ (Japanese for Big Moonlight) is the sound of ordinary life under a different set of rules, a record conceived and created in dark times – a sort of dream catcher for all the madness of the past year.Vanishing Twin explore new ground on ‘Ookii Gekkou’ incorporating elements of afrofunk, outer ja...

Various Artists - Bills & Aches & Blues (40 Yea...

Released 23rd July. In 2020, 4AD turned 40. Never one to be on time for a party, the label is com...

Released 23rd July. In 2020, 4AD turned 40. Never one to be on time for a party, the label is commemorating that landmark this year with the release of Bills & Aches & Blues. The compilation features 18 of its current artists covering a song of their choosing from 4AD’s past: a creative experiment rooted in the spirit of collaboration and a snapshot of 4AD, 41 years after its inception. Bills & Aches & Blues will be released on double LP and double CD on 23rd July. The first 1...

Various Artists - I'll Be Your Mirror: A Tribut...

Released 24th September 2021. TRACK LISTING⦁ Sunday Morning – Michael Stipe (3:50)⦁ I’m Waiting F...

Released 24th September 2021. TRACK LISTING⦁ Sunday Morning – Michael Stipe (3:50)⦁ I’m Waiting For The Man – Matt Berninger (3:44)⦁ Femme Fatale – Sharon Van Etten (w/ Angel Olsen on backing vocals) (4:43)⦁ Venus In Furs – Andrew Bird & Lucius (6:55)⦁ Run Run Run – Kurt Vile (6:59)⦁ All Tomorrow’s Parties – St. Vincent & Thomas Bartlett (4:52)⦁ Heroin feat. Bobby Gillespie– Thurston Moore feat. Bobby Gillespie (7:24)⦁ There She Goes Again – King Princess (3:29)⦁ I’ll Be Your Mirror –...

Various Artists - Pacific Breeze: Japanese City...

SK Says: 'Light In The Attic's essential primer for the smooth melange of jazz, R&B and synth...

SK Says: 'Light In The Attic's essential primer for the smooth melange of jazz, R&B and synth that makes up the City Pop sound- Japan's answer to the West's airwave-ruling yacht rock and adult contemporary movements. Essential summer listening featuring YMO's Haruomi Hosono and a host of household names in Japan unlikely to be familiar to anyone further ashore.' Pacific Breeze documents Japan’s blast into the stratosphere. By the 1960s, the nation had achieved a postwar miracle, soaring t...

Various Artists - The Ladies of Too Slow To Dis...

Released 19th June 2020. SK says: 'The peerless Too Slow To Disco series digs up more lost gems f...

Released 19th June 2020. SK says: 'The peerless Too Slow To Disco series digs up more lost gems from the West Coast era, including some hiding in plain sight like (disco banger from Lulu, anyone?) and diggers' favourites like Marti Caine's epic 'Love the Way You Love Me'. 

Various Artists - Yacht Soul: The Cover Versions 2

Released 10th November 2023 Welcome Back, friends, to the Yacht Soul cruise that never ends! This...

Released 10th November 2023 Welcome Back, friends, to the Yacht Soul cruise that never ends! This theme, explored at length in the previous installment of this series, is a fertile one that just keeps on giving, and give it certainly does on the tracks we have dug up for your perusal, enlightenment, edification and enjoyment on Yacht Soul 2. For those just joining us, the concept here concerns R&B and soul artists mining the songbooks of their white contemporaries for cover versions that...