It’s high time for a New Music Playlist, so here are some of the tracks we’ve been listening to while putting together the latest issue of the mag (out next week). There’s an inescapable theme of protest to this selection, as you might expect when there is so much to protest about – witness vital new tunes from Alabama Shakes, Gang Of Four and Tori Amos, as well as Bruce Springsteen covering Edwin Starr live in Minneapolis.
It’s high time for a New Music Playlist, so here are some of the tracks we’ve been listening to while putting together the latest issue of the mag (out next week). There’s an inescapable theme of protest to this selection, as you might expect when there is so much to protest about – witness vital new tunes from Alabama Shakes, Gang Of Four and Tori Amos, as well as Bruce Springsteen covering Edwin Starr live in Minneapolis.
But there’s also plenty of joy, solace, wistfulness and weirdness, courtesy of Paul McCartney, Kurt Vile, Bedouine, Cass McCombs, Fatoumata Diawara, White Denim, Angine De Poitrine, Steve Gunn, Seefeel and many more, not to mention some truly terrifying doom-folk from Lankum side-project One Leg One Eye.
A quick reminder that if you’re enjoying the music we’ve posted here, there’s a chance to catch some of our favourite artists in the flesh – specifically Joana Serrat, Chris Eckman and Tenderness – at Club Uncut in The Blue Basement, Third Man Records, Soho, London on Friday (April 17). The last few tickets are available here.
JACK WHITE “G.O.D. And The Broken Ribs” (Third Man)
TORI AMOS “Gasoline Girls” (Universal / Fontana)
GANG OF FOUR “No Kings Here!” (Velveteen Records)
ALABAMA SHAKES “American Dream” (Island)
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND “War” / “Born In The USA” – live in Minneapolis
THE AFGHAN WHIGS “House Of I” (Royal Cream / BMG)
PAUL McCARTNEY “Days We Left Behind” (MPL / Capitol)
BEDOUINE “Long Way To Fall” (Thirty Tigers)
CASS McCOMBS “Seeing The Elephant” (Domino)
TENDERNESS “True (live with Clay Slade)”
ZOH AMBA “Another Time” (Matador)
KURT VILE “Chance To Bleed” (Verve)
JEFFREY ALEXANDER & THE HEAVY LIDDERS “From Loch Raven To Fells Point” (Edit) (Riot Season)
WHITE DENIM “Ruby (Live at Bess St.)” (Bella Union)
THE GNOMES “Magic Man” (Goblin Records)
MATT BERRY TRIO “Everything’s Peachy, Pt 8” (Acid Jazz)
ANGINE DE POITRINE “Sarniezz (Live on KEXP)”
FATOUMATA DIAWARA “Fala” (NØ FØRMAT!)
TARA CLERKIN TRIO “Silently” (World Of Echo)
STEVE GUNN “Nearly There (Sonic Boom remix)” (No Quarter)
SEEFEEL “Until Now” (Warp)
ALISON COTTON “I Am!” (Tak:Til / Glitterbeat)
BROWN WIMPENNY “Raglan Road” (Broadside Hacks)
ONE LEG ONE EYE “Many Are My Names Besides” (AD93)
