11 September 2026
Lana Del Rey steps away from conventional song form on Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass. Fourteen spoken readings make room for cadence, small details and the useful pause between two...
10 September 2026
Essential John Coltrane places tenderness beside sustained exploration across four vinyl sides. The attraction is not simply the range, but the chance to hear those different impulses...
9 September 2026
Beyoncé makes momentum feel like a matter of character. B'DAY (20th Anniversary Edition) brings the percussion, brass and dramatic changes of scale into a longer listening frame.
8 September 2026
AC/DC's Highway to Hell rewards listening past the familiar outline. Beneath the big choruses, the interest lies in rhythm, restraint and the little decisions that keep a riff moving.
7 September 2026
A Tribe Called Quest make relaxed music that asks for alert ears. Midnight Marauders offers an easy way in, then gives you enough rhythmic and verbal detail to make staying worthwhile.
6 September 2026
Changes and Life on Mars? offer a familiar way in. Hunky Dory rewards staying for the warmth, unease and sharper turns that make the whole album such good company.
6 September 2026
Jeff Buckley’s Grace asks for more than a familiar song. A Shelf Pull about the space between fragility and force, and the pleasure of hearing an album all the way through.
6 September 2026
ABBA's I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do / Rock Me pairs saxophone-led romance with Björn-led rock energy, a small record with two very different ways of making an entrance.