Idles - Ultra MonoFollowing Brutalism (2017) and Joy as an Act of Resistance (2018), two releases that garnered global critical acclaim, IDLES return with their highly anticipated third album Ultra Mono. Sonically constructed to capture the feeling of a hip hop record (including production contribution from Kenny Beats), the album doubles down on the vitriolic sneer and blunt social commentary of their past work. Not far beneath the surface of their self admitted

and long gone (& expensive on the secondary market) on CD

co-owner of L

whose recent credits include the hugely successful Royal Blood album) are very much music as ritual - raw

but one that is also intensely introspective and profound

The Lovely Eggs

bouncing electro pop on the deceptively upbeat 'Save Me' and the deliriously sad

åÊ psychedelic daydreams

with the Kills

Always There 11

Like an Inexplicable Wheel' The strangest thing in life is time

Japan’s financial buoyancy also permeated its popular culture

sweet and dramatic sound of Il Guardiano Del Faro made me fantasise about so many romantic aspects of Italian culture