Jon HowardNov 30, 20201 minNew Music: Rolling Blackout's C.F. - Sideways To New ItalySecond outing for Oz indie rockers Rolling Blackouts CF, with Sideways To New Italy (Sub Pop 'Loser Edition' on blue vinyl). Has a very...
Jon HowardNov 10, 20201 minNew Music: Ghostpoet - I Grow Tired But Dre Not Fall AsleepI didn't get on board with Ghostpoet (aka Obaro Ejimiwe) until his 4th album Dark Days + Canapés. That was great, and follow up I Grow...
Jon HowardOct 5, 20201 minNew music: Sports Team - Deep Down HappyMid-90s Britpop meets mid-80s indie, in the cracking debut from Sports Team: Deep Down Happy. Some proper earworms too, especially Here's...
Jon HowardSep 9, 20201 minNew music: Shopping - All Or NothingOne of my finds of 2020 so far has to be Scottish post-punk-funk trio Shopping. What's such a surprise is that it's only with their 4th...
Jon HowardAug 13, 20201 minNew music: Nadia Reid - Out Of My ProvinceA new discovery for me, but one of my highlights of the year so far. Out Of My Province is the third album from New Zealand...
Jon HowardJul 20, 20201 minNew music: Moses Boyd - Dark MatterContinuing my concerted attempt to crack jazz, helped by releases from a new gen of artists that I actually like. So hot on the heels of...
Jon HowardJul 1, 20201 minNew music: The Orielles - Disco VoladorOne of my faves of the year so far, Disco Volador is the second outing from Halifax post-punk indie-poppers the Orielles. It wasn't quite...
Jon HowardJun 15, 20201 minNew music: Wire - Mind HiveOver 40 years on from their debut and Wire are still delivering new music that's amongst the best post-punk around. Released in January,...
Jon HowardJun 4, 20201 minThe music: where it all beganNot a new music post but an old music one, stimulated by the recent death of Steve Priest bassist with glam rock band The Sweet. Be under...
Jon HowardMay 30, 20201 minNew music: Mott The Hoople - The Golden Age Of Rock 'N' RollStrange as it may seem, UK supermarket Sainsbury every now and them comes up with a nice album exclusive, often on orange vinyl (to match...
Jon HowardApr 19, 20201 minNew music: Sam Fender - Hypersonic MissilesReally wasn't expecting to like this. In my head Sam Fender was going to be yet another 10-a-penny, pop-folk Sheeran clone. But an...
Jon HowardApr 13, 20201 minNew music: Billy Bragg - Best of Billy Bragg at the BBCBilly Bragg is one of my musical heroes, and pretty central to my political education. So I couldn't miss out on this: the best of his...
Jon HowardApr 5, 20201 minNew music: A Winged Victory For The Sullen - The Undivided FiveWith a name like A Winged Victory For The Sullen you've got to be expecting some Scandi death metal or similar. Particularly with titles...
Jon HowardMar 30, 20201 minNew music: The Comet Is Coming - Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep MysteryJazz and I have a love/hate relationship. I want to love it but usually hate it. So some of the new music coming out of the London jazz...
Jon HowardMar 25, 20201 minNew music: Romare - Love Songs pt.2I first heard this when one of the 'young people' put it on the work Spotify, and I had to go and find out what it was. Romare, AKA...
Jon HowardMar 23, 20201 minNew music: The Murder Capital - When I Have FearsDublin is a bit of a hot bed of young post-punk bands at the moment. One of the big 2 from last year (with Fontaines DC) were The Murder...
Jon HowardMar 22, 20201 minNew music: Billy Bragg can't be there for Mother's DayNew song from Billy on this lockdown Mother's Day, Can't Be There Today. If it doesn't make you cry there's not much I can say.
Jon HowardMar 16, 20201 minNew music: Lost Souls Of Saturn - Lost Souls Of SaturnHow to describe Lost Souls Of Saturn? I'll leave it to their Bandcamp: epic in scope, time and space, this multidimensional mind trip is...
Jon HowardMar 11, 20201 minNew music: Wild Billy Childish - Last Punk StandingNot sure why I'd never listened to Wild Billy Childish before, as Last Punk Standing was one of my picks of 2019. I knew who he was: from...
Jon HowardMar 4, 20201 minNew music: Du Blonde - Lung Bread For DaddyA top find from last year: Lung Bread For Daddy, the second album from Du Blonde (third if you count the debut by her AKA Beth Jeans...