Formed in Oxford in 1993, the BRIT Awards, Q, NME and Ivor Novello winning Supergrass are one of the most influential bands to emerge during the 1990s, with several million record sales, 6 UK Top 10 albums and 10 UK Top 20 singles. Their Mercury music prize nominated, #1 debut album I Should Coco catapulted them into the public conscience, thanks partly to their chart-topping single ‘Alright’ in 1995.

The band marked the 30th anniversary of their iconic album I Should Coco – which features the global hit ‘Alright’ alongside fan favourites ‘Caught by the Fuzz’, ‘Lenny’, and ‘Mansize Rooster’.

TRACK LISTING

1. I’d Like To Know
2. Caught By The Fuzz
3. Mansize Rooster
4. Alright
5. Lose It
6. Lenny
7. Strange Ones
8. Sitting Up Straight
9. She’s So Loose
10. We’re Not Supposed To
11. Time
12. Sofa (Of My Lethargy)
13.Time To Go

You like your lo-fi dreamgaze like you like your men: born in the ’90s and shacked up with their college girlfriend in a suburban bedroom. Compiled here for the first time is Should’s 1998 debut 'Feed Like Fishes' plus 10 period bonus tracks, on vinyl for the first time ever. Sounds like a head hanging out of a car window while speeding down a county road, three hours past curfew on a school night. Go ahead and turn the headlights off.

TRACK LISTING

1. Fish Fourteen
2. Sarah Missing
3. Aside
4. Spangle
5. It Still Would
6. Lullen
7. Memdrive
8. Its Pull Is Slight
9. Inst2
10. In Nine
11. Both Eyes Open
12. Things Are The Same (in Nine)
13. Faded
14. This House I’m Living In
15. Myself
16. Singe
17. Feed Like Fishes
18. Ocean Warm
19. Soothed (Rerecorded)
20. Merger
21. These Days

1991's 'Scrabbling At The Lock' became a turning point for The Ex in several ways. It was their first collaboration with New York-based improviser Tom Cora, who would play nearly 100 concerts with the band. It also expanded their range considerably and turned them into a force that steered their balance of invention and intensity to new heights. It was not only a creative benchmark, it also won them a new audience, as they became one of the first 'punk' bands to cross over into the world of improvised music, and a recurring guest at free music festivals all over Europe.

Follow-up album 'And The Weathermen Shrug Their Shoulders' continued that winning streak with another stellar batch of songs that combine scorching energy, with limitless eclecticism and a confident, improvisatory glee. Artful punk, Oriental and European folk inspirations, inventive and passionate lyrics, and a knack for real time-creation seamlessly blend together in a cocktail that is highly combustible and occasionally ominous, but also consistently adventurous and strikingly infectious. By this point, The Ex had become one of the most consistently challenging and forward-thinking bands of their generation. And now 'And The Weathermen Shrug Their Shoulders' is finally available again on vinyl!

TRACK LISTING

1. Dere Geliyor Dere 
2. The Big Black 
3. What's The Story
4. Lamp Lady
5. One-Liner From China
6. Everything And Me 
7. New Clear Daze
8. Oh Puckerlips Now
9. Empty V
10. Okinawa Mon Amour
11. Dear House 
12. Conviction Going Gaga
13. Stupid Competitions 
14. Hickwall 
15. War OD

Oasis announce the 25th anniversary reissue of their fourth studio album, 'Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants' – available on limited edition silver vinyl.

A pivotal moment in Oasis’ storied history, 'Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants' marked the start of a new era for the band. ‘Go Let It Out’ was the first release on Noel and Liam Gallagher’s own label Big Brother Recordings Ltd, established in January 2000 following the sudden closure of Oasis’ former UK label Creation Records. Big Brother’s debut release was rushed into production and released on 7th February 2000, only seven weeks after the label’s inception.

Following the meteoric global success of 'Definitely Maybe' (1994), 'What’s The Story (Morning Glory?)' (1995) and 'Be Here Now' (1997), with 'Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants' Oasis embraced a bold development in their sound. Noel Gallagher took a broader and more experimental approach to recording, resulting in a departure from their earlier sounds towards a modern psychedelic rock influenced record. This experimentation and richer sonic palette was in part due to Noel taking more time to craft this record than he had previously enjoyed. New instruments and techniques were utilised, including drum loops, samples, electric sitar, Mellotron, synthesisers and backward guitars, all contributing to a progression in Oasis’ output.

The bold new sounds were quickly embraced by Oasis’ fans, and 'Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants' reached No.1 in the UK Album Charts, selling over 310,000 copies in its first week alone. It is now certified double platinum and has also sold in excess of 200,000 copies in the US.

The 25th anniversary of 'Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants' lands at the start of a year that is sure to belong to Oasis as fans eagerly anticipate the Oasis Live ‘25 tour, the reunion that ended years of feverish speculation. Unprecedented demand and a resounding global appetite made the announcement the music story of 2024. Last year also saw the 30th anniversary edition of 'Definitely Maybe' reach No.1 in the UK album charts for a second time in its history. 

STAFF COMMENTS

Liam says: Brand spankin' new reissue of Oasis' fourth LP 'Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants' on silver vinyl. Home to fan favourites and mega belters 'Gas Panic!' and 'Fuckin' In the Bushes', if you don't bag a copy then you aren't allowed in to Heaton Park come the summer...

TRACK LISTING

1. Fuckin’ In The Bushes
2. Go Let It Out
3. Who Feels Love?
4. Put Yer Money Where Yer Mouth Is
5. Little James
6. Gas Panic!
7. Where Did It All Go Wrong?
8. Sunday Morning Call
9. I Can See A Liar
10. Roll It Over

British four-piece rock band Collateral are set to release their highly anticipated sophomore album Should’ve Known Better on May 24, 2024. The album is distributed worldwide by Cargo. The album will be released on CD, red vinyl, picture disc, limited edition cassette, and digital. Friday February 9th will see the release of the lead single “Glass Sky.”. The new single “Glass Sky” and the forthcoming album Should’ve Known Better is produced by Dan Weller (Those Damn Crows, Enter Shikari, Monster Truck, Kris Barras, Holding Absence, Bury Tomorrow). "I love massive riffs, massive hooks and feel-good guitar music,” says Weller. “When Collateral sent me their demos, I jumped at chance to produce their new record. I’m proud of what we managed to create. It’s Collateral mk2 - ambitious, daring and refined. I can’t wait for people to hear it." Since the band released their debut album (Top 5 UK Rock Album Chart) at the start of 2020 Collateral have spent no time standing still. Covid came only weeks after the debut album was released and forced the band to cancel their highly successful tour with Phil X (Bon Jovi) halfway through. This made the band hungry to keep the momentum. With innovative ways to produce top quality live streams, the band became special guests supporting the likes of Skid Row, H.E.A.T and Reckless Love.

The exciting and flamboyant Kent-based rock and roll band are comprised of Angelo Tristan (lead vocals, guitar), Louis Malagodi (guitar), Jack Bentley-Smith (bass) and Ben Atkinson (drums). On October 21, 2022, Collateral independently released a re-mixed and re-mastered version of their debut album “Re-Wired” which featured Jeff Scott Soto, Phil X, Kee Marcello, Rudy Sarzo, Danny Vaughn, and Joel Hoekstra. The re-release saw the band in the Official UK Rock Charts at #12. After the gruelling back-to-back tours with Skid Row, H.E.A.T and Reckless Love, the band ignited a spark and strengthened their already loyal fanbase leading them to win the opening slot at 2023s Stonedead Festival, leading the band to perform their biggest show. Collateral’s hotly tipped sophomore album looks like it will take them to the next level. A lot of people don’t know what to expect from the new album, as the band have been tight-lipped about the new songs. Collateral have created a state-of-the-art rock album that will immerse listeners in their rock music universe, enabling fans to feel the blood, sweat and glory that went into the recording of every song. “We felt that our debut album was lacking the production,” reflects Collateral’s frontman, Angelo Tristan. “For the sophomore album, I wanted to make sure that this time we left no room for error and so got one of the hottest producers in the music industry, Dan Weller, to help lift these songs into a new dimension. With Dan’s pioneering studio expertise, this album has massive production quality that enables you to get lost in each character-filled track. Dan really brought out the emotions we were trying to portray and has achieved it with his own unique style.” “We wanted this album to express where we were in our own lives since the release of our first. So much has happened since then, I mean the world shut down for what felt like a lifetime! And it was obvious that people were going to need some sort of optimism. I hope ‘Glass Sky’ is one of those songs that gives people the belief to find themselves again.” “Whereas, the feel-good ‘Just One Of Those Days’ is trying to find the good side of a bad day. Me being me, couldn’t help but to write a big power ballad, ‘The Long Road’, that I wrote from a very hard and deep place, in hope that it could maybe bring some peace and comfort to people who need it. I think there’s all aspects of life running though this album and what it means to us will remain in our hearts forever. ”Should’ve Known Better” is an album that goes beyond specific music genres,” says Angelo. “It’s almost like a soundtrack to a beating heart. It’s an album that will remain timeless in years to come.”

Marc Collin, the creator of Nouvelle Vague, never anticipated producing a fifth album for the project, originally envisioning it as a one-off tribute to post-punk through bossa nova. However, the unexpected success of their debut album, featuring unique covers of songs by XTC, Public Image Limited, Josef K, and Joy Division, propelled Nouvelle Vague into unforeseen popularity. Collin attributes their success to the timing of the post-punk revival and the emotional resonance achieved by blending bossa nova with melancholic music. He also suggests that their French identity played a significant role, as their willingness to reinterpret songs without treating them as sacred, along with French vocals, contributed to the project's appeal.

Despite initially considering Nouvelle Vague as a short-lived endeavor, Collin reflects on its enduring success over 20 years, marked by diverse albums covering French new wave artists, original compositions, and unique reinterpretations of various musical styles. The latest album, "Should I Stay Or Should I Go", continues the trend, featuring pop-infused renditions of post-punk classics. 

TRACK LISTING

1. What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend
2. People Are People
3. You Spin Me Around
4. Only You
5. She’s In Parties
6. The Look Of Love
7. Shout
8. Should I Stay Or Should I Go?
9. Rebel Yell
10. Breakfast
11. Girls On Film
12. Rapture
13. This Charming Man

To tie in with the 40th anniversary of the multi-platinum selling album, we present ‘Too-Rye-Ay, as it should have sounded’.

Kevin Rowland was never happy with the final mix of the album, despite its huge commercial success. So with Helen O’Hara, and Pete Schwier they decided to mix it again. In recent interviews Kevin has stated…

“The songs and performances are great, but I always felt the mixes could be better. It’s my most successful album, but it doesn’t sound as good as the others”

“This is the director’s cut and it’s how it should have sounded…”

The album’s cover has also been re-modelled, using the preferred image from the Come On Eileen single sleeve. 

TRACK LISTING

1LP
Side A
The Celtic Soul Brothers
Let's Make This Precious
All In All (This One Last Wild Waltz)
Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile)
Old
Side B
Plan B
I'll Show You
Liars A To E
Until I Believe In My Soul
Come On Eileen

3CD
CD1 (The 1982 Album – ‘as It Should Have Sounded’)
The Celtic Soul Brothers
Let's Make This Precious
All In All (This One Last Wild Waltz)
Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile)
Old
Plan B
I'll Show You
Liars A To E
Until I Believe In My Soul
Come On Eileen
CD2 (Bonus Tracks - B-Sides / Out-Takes)
Show Me (Single A-side – 1981)
Soon (B-side Of Show Me Single - 1981)
...And Yes We Must Remain The Wildhearted Outsiders (B-side Of Liars A To E Single - 1981)
Love Part 2 (B-side Of The Celtic Soul Brothers Single - 1982)
Let's Make This Precious (‘Original Version’ – From Too-Rye-Ay (2CD Deluxe))
Come On Eileen (Single Edit - 1982)
Dubious (B-side Of Come On Eileen Single - 1982)
T.S.O.P. (B-side Of Jackie Wilson Said.. 12” Single - 1982)
Let's Get This Straight From The Start (Non-album Single - 1982)
Reminisce (Part 1)(B-side Of The Celtic Soul Brothers 12" Single - 1983)
Let's Make This Precious (Out-Take - Previously Unreleased)
‘Smoke Your Own’ (AKA Liars A To E, 1981) (Out-Take - Previously Unreleased)
Until I Believe In My Soul (Out-Take - Previously Unreleased)
CD3 (Live At The Shaftesbury Theatre – October 1982)
Old
Geno
Let's Get This Straight From The Start
All In All (This One Last Wild Waltz)
Tell Me When My Light Turns Green
Plan B
Let's Make This Precious
I Couldn't Help If I Tried
Until I Believe In My Soul
Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile)
Respect
There, There, My Dear
Come On Eileen
Seven Days Too Long
The Celtic Soul Brothers
I'm Just Looking 

4LP Super Deluxe Edition
LP1 (The 1982 Album – ‘as It Should Have Sounded’) - Side A
The Celtic Soul Brothers
Let's Make This Precious
All In All (This One Last Wild Waltz)
Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile)
Old
LP1 (The 1982 Album – ‘as It Should Have Sounded’) - Side B
Plan B
I'll Show You
Liars A To E
Until I Believe In My Soul
Come On Eileen
LP2 (Bonus Tracks - B-Sides / Out-Takes) - Side A
Show Me (Single A-side – 1981)
Soon (B-side Of Show Me Single)
...And Yes We Must Remain The Wildhearted Outsiders (B-side Of Liars A To E Single)
Love Part 2 (B-side Of The Celtic Soul Brothers Single)
Let's Make This Precious (‘Original Version’)
Come On Eileen (Single Edit)
Dubious (B-side Of Come On Eileen Single)
T.S.O.P. (B-side Of Jackie Wilson Said.. 12” Single)
LP2 (Bonus Tracks - B-Sides / Out-Takes) - Side B
Let's Get This Straight From The Start (Single)
Reminisce (Part 1)(B-side Of The Celtic Soul Brothers 12" Single)
Let's Make This Precious (Out-Take - Previously Unreleased)
‘Smoke Your Own’ (AKA Liars A To E, 1981) (Out-Take - Previously Unreleased)
Until I Believe In My Soul (Out-Take - Previously Unreleased)
LP3 (Live At The Shaftesbury Theatre – October 1982 - Part 1) - Side A
Old
Geno
Let's Get This Straight From The Start
All In All (This One Last Wild Waltz)
Tell Me When My Light Turns Green
LP3 (Live At The Shaftesbury Theatre – October 1982 - Part 1) - Side B
Plan B
Let's Make This Precious
I Couldn't Help If I Tried
Until I Believe In My Soul
LP4 (Live At The Shaftesbury Theatre – October 1982 - Part 2) - Side A
Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile)
Respect
There, There, My Dear
LP4 (Live At The Shaftesbury Theatre – October 1982 - Part 2) - Side B
Come On Eileen
Seven Days Too Long
The Celtic Soul Brothers
I'm Just Looking

One year after the release of Ignorance, The Weather Station returns with How Is It That I Should Look At The Stars. The album is intended to be heard as a companion piece to Ignorance; songs written at the same time that connect thematically and emotionally, songs that reveal the vulnerability at the heart of the body of work. Recorded live in just three days, How Is It That I Should Look At The Stars is achingly intimate; full of breath, silence, and detail.

How Is It That I Should Look At The Stars was written in the same fruitful winter of songwriting that gave rise to Ignorance, but were songs that Lindeman felt were too internal, too soft to fit on the album she had envisioned.

Not long after completing Ignorance, Lindeman decided to make this album on her own terms, fronting the money herself and not notifying the labels. She assembled a new band, and communicated a new ethos; the music should feel ungrounded, with space, silence, and sensitivity above all else.

On this record, there are no drums, no percussion; in the absence of rhythm, time stretches and becomes elastic. Lyrically, many of the songs return to what has often been a hallmark of Lindeman’s writing; a description of a single moment and all the meaning it might encompass. And this dilation of the moment occurs musically too; as the band moves through music so ephemeral it often incorporates stretches of near silence, and breaths, single notes, and brief solos take on greater importance in the absence of other sound. Whereas the recordings on Ignorance leaned towards ambition and grandeur, here the band reaches towards a different goal; grace perhaps.

How Is It That I Should Look At The Stars was recorded from March 10 - 12, 2020. When the band entered the studio, Covid-19 was a news item, not front of mind, but by the time they left, just three days later, everything had changed. Somehow, the music captures that instability; it is ungrounded and diaphanous, it floats and drifts. It is an album of immense sensitivity, a recording of a band and a person daring to reach towards softness without apology.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: A mostly unadorned collection of swooning piano pieces, reminiscent of country rock but a lot more intangible. Otherworldly and veering towards modern classical in parts, but with a firm footing in the realms of folk and pop songwriting.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
1. Marsh
2. Taught
3. Ignorance
4. To Talk About
5. Stars
SIDE B
1. Endless Time
2. Song
3. Sway
4. Sleight Of Hand
5. Loving You

You never know when that tap’s going to come. How about now? (Not for you to decide.) Or exactly what it means—except in the aftermath.

Mutual admiration society and David Grubbs and Ryley Walker had been taking notes on one another’s playing for some time before they hit the stage together on a couple of blistering occasions immediately pre-pandemic. (One of these live sets was released earlier this year as Fight or Flight Simulator on Café OTO’s Takuroku label.)

Studio sessions were clearly in the cards, and the result is A Tap on the Shoulder, a collection of duo performances that veers from crystalline instrumental compositions (“A Tap on the Shoulder,” “Accepting Most Plans,” “Dorothy Kept”) to animated alien chatterfests (“Leslie Steinberger”), and from ecstatic extrapolations charging this way and that (“Pump Fake on the Death Rattle,” “The Madman from Massachusetts in an Empty Bar”) to, I don’t know, words don’t do the trick (“Uglification”). Don’t think for a second that these shorthand descriptions suffice.

Electric guitars make electronic music. Ryley’s hellion musical fearlessness lights a fire under the more typically Apollonian, chess-masterly Grubbs. What’s good for the geezer is good for the, etc. And where the duo’s live performances thus far have been set-length juggernauts, A Tap on the Shoulder toggles effortlessly between microscope, telescope, and Cinemascope, letting the smallest of gestures land in all of its sonic specificity before opening the scene up to disorienting panoramas.

Listen to A Tap on the Shoulder in the context of Ryley’s glorious Course in Fable; listen to it in the context of Grubbs’s playing with Loren Connors, Jim O’Rourke, Taku Unami, and others; or listen to it as if you’ve never heard note one from these soulful odd birds, the two of them curiously, quixotically committed to working inside and beyond song form.

TRACK LISTING

1. A Tap On The Shoulder (5:42)
2. Accepting Most Plans (3:04)
3. Uglification (13:30)
4. Leslie Steinberger (4:27) 
5. Pump Fake On The Death Rattle (8:26)
6. Dorothy Kept (2:50)
7. The Madman From Massachusetts In An Empty Bar (7:53)

Standing on the Shoulder of Giants was the fourth studio album by the Britpop band, originally released in 2000. It is the 16th fastest selling album in UK chart history, selling over 310,000 copies in it's first week. Standing on the Shoulder of Giants has been certified double platinum by the British Phonographic Industry and has sold around 208,000 copies in the US.

The album is an effective modern psychedelic record complete with drum loops, samples, electric sitar, mellotron, synthesizers and backward guitars, resulting in an album more experimental with electronica and heavy psychedelic rock influences. Songs such as "Go Let It Out", the Indian-influenced "Who Feels Love?", and the progressive "Gas Panic!" were a departure from the band's earlier style.

Nearly 4 years since Girl band’s critically acclaimed debut album, hailed by some as one of the best debuts of that year – they return with new single ‘Shoulderblades’. Sonically, the landscape warps from a dissonant, distant horizon to a threatening “shh!”, the sawing note panning from ear to ear, the uncomfortable atonal blanket that wraps around you, initiating you into the new world of Girl Band. Shoulderblades is a moment, a study, a significant detail from the greater surrealist portrait to come.

TRACK LISTING

1. Shoulderblades

Following the release of 2012’s ‘Women And Work’, Lucero’s new album ‘All A Man Should Do’ contains some of the most resonant lyrics Ben Nichols has ever written.

Working with producer Ted Hutt (Old Crow Medicine Show, Flogging Molly) for a third time at Memphis’ Ardent Studios, the band felt comfortable enough to take some chances with a palette of new tones that sound understated yet powerful, bringing life to the stories behind the lyrics without overshadowing them.

For the first time the band have put a cover song on a record, with a full band version of Big Star’s ‘I Fell In Love With A Girl’. The track features Jody Stephens from Big Star singing back-up vocals.

TRACK LISTING

Baby Don’t You Want Me
Went Looking For Warren Zevon’s Los Angeles
The Man I Was
Can’t You Hear Them Howl
I Woke Up In New Orleans
Throwback No. 2
They Called Her Killer
Young Outlaws
I’m In Love With A Girl
My Girl & Me In ‘93

Combining the spirit of Punk with traditional Irish Folk music, The Pogues were one of the most radical bands of the 1980’s. Their instantly recognizable and politically tinged music helped them achieve 5 consecutive top 20 albums in the UK as well as producing the hit single ‘Fairytale of New York’ which is widely regarded as the greatest Christmas song of all time. 

To celebrate over 30 Years of the Pogues, Rhino is reissuing the band’s first 5 classic albums along with the 1986 Elvis Costello produced EP ‘Poguetry In Motion’. 

Features the original audio mastered to vinyl at Abbey Road for the highest quality. Includes original artwork and printed inner bag.

TRACK LISTING

Side One:
1. If I Should Fall From Grace With God
2. Turkish Song Of The Damned
3. Bottle Of Smoke
4. Fairytale Of New York
5. Metropolis
6. Thousands Are Sailing

Side Two:
1. Fiesta
2. Medley
3. Streets Of Sorrow/Birmingham Six
4. Lullaby Of London
5. Sit Down By The Fire
6. The Broad Majestic Shannon
7. Worms

‘(I Should Be A) Communist’ is the new single by Leeds indie poppers This Many Boyfriends, released on Angular Records and produced by Ryan Jarman from The Cribs.

Following the 6Music playlisted ‘Young Lovers Go Pop!’, and the subsequent success of fanzine single ‘Starling’, This Many Boyfriends recently completed sellout tours with Allo Darlin’ and The Cribs, also finding time for a Huw Stephens Radio 1 session along the way.

STAFF COMMENTS

Laura says: Another winner from these Leeds popsters! It reminds me of a time (around 1987 to be precise) when bands whacked out great jangly pop singles with wit, charm and killer hooks. Two bands immediately sprung to mind (even though TMB don't actually sound like either of them!) - The Wedding Present and Age Of Change - coincidentally they're both from Leeds. Must be something in the water...

TRACK LISTING

(I Should Be A) Communist
How Is This Even A Job?