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This week we’re taking a look at some of the releases you might have missed during lockdown, including a triumphant return from a New York band, and some anticipated reissues……
New album review: The Vapors – Together
There’s something pleasantly Spinal Tap about this: for the first time in 34 years, three of the four Vapors take the stage to perform their biggest hit for a charity…
New album review: The Strokes – The New Abnormal
It’s quite something to sound as insouciant as The Strokes often do, yet so animated, especially 20 years after they exploded onto the scene as privileged pretty boys. Their sixth…
New album review: Elbow – Live At The Ritz – An Acoustic Performance
It’s obvious Elbow are playing to a partisan crowd from how this show – recorded in Manchester as latest album Giants Of All Sizes went to No.1 – gets underway…
New album review: Tim Burgess – I Love The New Sky
Few expected Tim Burgess to turn into a renaissance man and national treasure, yet here he is – frontman for The Charlatans, acclaimed solo performer, DJ, author, boss of the…
New album review: Badly Drawn Boy – Banana Skin Shoes
It’s been so long since Damon Gough released a studio album – his last, aside from 2012’s soundtrack to Being Flynn, was 2010’s It’s What I’m Thinking Pt.1 – Photographing…
New album review: The Magnetic Fields – Quickies
The kings of the themed album, the collective behind 69 Love Songs and 50 Song Memoir now go for 28 quick songs, from the 17 second assault of Death Pact…
New Release: 1 May
Here’s the latest release that we’ll be listening to at Classic Pop HQ this week… Wendy James – Queen High Straight 3.5/5 Wendy James’ renaissance is one of the happiest recent…
New Releases: 17 April
There’s never been a better time to curl up with a good book, so check out some of our top page-turning recommendations… Sheila Rocks – Young Punks 7/10 One of…
New Releases: 10 April
The news cycle has been so hectic lately that you may have missed some of these excellent new pop releases. Here are three new albums that we’d highly recommend… Cornershop…