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Hannah Lew – Hannah Lew
This self-titled debut album may well be the most out-and-out pop record I have written about on these pages this year but, as is so often the case with pop I love both new and old, it arrives from the hand of an artist with a broader range of musical reference in her armoury. Even… Read more
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New Mix: Fruit Tree Records – Fresh Juice 2026 Vol. 5
Volume five of our 2026 new music releases series ‘Fresh Juice’ opens with the welcome return of Tom Waits alongside Massive Attack before embarking on a journey incorporating new sounds in Psych Pop, Garage Rock, Electro Pop, Folk, Soul, Americana and Singer-Songwriter before ending on one of the greatest Blue Note Jazz tracks released this… Read more
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Ella Clayton – Could It Be You?
It can sometimes feel that an artist stating they were aiming for a warm analogue sound has lost its impact with chronic overuse. There is actually an important ideal at the roots of an ambition like that, but such is the ubiquity of the claim it has almost become shorthand for non-electronic music. But if… Read more
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ESYA – Chasing Desire
ESYA is the name of a new project from Savages bassist Ayşe Hassan launching with this debut album, ‘Chasing Desire,’ a work that revs with the energy of the new whilst building on the experience of the past. After three exploratory EPs and the dissolution of Savages, Hassan uses this record to rebuild her musical… Read more
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Fresh Juice 20th April 2026
Tom Waits & Massive Attack – Boots On The Ground New music from Tom Waits seemed to have totally dried up after his wonderful 2011 album ‘Bad As Me’ so anything fresh from the man was always going to grab some attention. Massive Attack too have been quiet since 2020 but here they are, both… Read more
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Galvezton – Ocean Cabaret
‘Ocean Cabaret’ is the name of a mysterious, abandoned strip club in Galveston, Texas and the album that has taken its name for a title sounds very apt. In the same way that you would imagine the location feeling alive with the ghosts of salacious encounters, spilled emotions and frustrated desires, so too the music… Read more
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