If Frank Ocean moved to Iceland, he’d find a kindred soul in Ásgeir. Both make self-reflective songs drenched in late-night melancholy. “Afterglow” and “Unbound” show a deep folktronica base, the latter bubbling with glitchy touches and Ásgeir’s buttery falsetto. “Stardust” takes a more unplugged approach, a showcase for his soulfulness. Afterglow is an appropriate title—it’s an eye-opening album that sustains its charms and begs to savoured.

This second album by Equally Stupid sees the same transnational crew of three gents working in the same vein as their first Exploding Head, blending Rögnvaldsson's astringent guitar with saxophonist Pauli Lyytinen's this time more mellow tenor. David Meier is still holding things together with a strong physicality behind the drums, but from the cover onwards there's obviously a major change of style.

Toss is the 2017 album by Japanese artist Shugo Tokumaru. It features help from Greg Saunier of Deerhoof on drums. This was released by Polyvinyl Record Co. on 28 April, 2017.

Cloak Of Skies is the 2017 album by Chicago group Drug Honkey. The Honkey men released this on 5 May, 2017 through Transcending Obscurity Records. The album features a remix of the opening song by Justin K Broadrick of Godflesh fame.

To Nowhere is an album by drone rockers Dreissk. This was released by n5MD ‎on 31 March, 2017.

Following hot on the heels of the predecessors, Roger Scott Craig and friends now deliver a new helping of melodic rock entitled “No U-Turn”! Gregory Lynn Hall once again takes over the vocal job whilst Craig himself performs both vocals and keyboards. Singer Chris Thompson (MANFRED MANN) is guesting on the track “Blue Skies” whereas the guitar credits go to Billy Liesegang (NINA HAGEN a.o.), Ian Bairnson (ALAN PARSONS PROJECT) and David Pasillas.

After the success of the first 101 South CD in the year 2000, Producer ROGER SCOTT CRAIG and vocalist GREGORY LYNN HALL teamed up again in 2002 to record another classic album called ROLL OF THE DICE. Placed in the top ten by many rock journalist's 'album of the year' throughout Europe in 2002, this album has everything for those who love melodic rock. Compared to bands like Foreigner and Journey this CD flows with great melodies, guitar solos and exceptional vocals and production.

Among the many obscure British prog rock albums of the early '70s, Second Hand's Death May Be Your Santa Claus has to be one of the strangest, though not necessarily one of the best. While it's the kind of record likely to fire up genre enthusiasts, it's equally likely to inspire scorn from more general rock listeners unlikely to take a shine to its over the top frivolous absurdity…

Price moved to Jet Records in 1977 and recorded a series of successful albums throughout the rest of the decade. In 1980, he crossed the big pond to record an unusual album in Los Angeles: entitled Rising Sun, it included a reworking of the song The House Of The Rising Sun, which picked up quite a bit of air play in the UK.

This is a very good live album from Alan Price which features a good mix of his old and new original material and a nice set of covers, such as Simon Smith and I Put a Spell on You. While the songs from O Lucky Man would be the best known, there are other gems here, such as Between Today and Yesterday (the LP which followed O Lucky Man) and the set as a whole is great listening. The musicians are top-notch and the production sounds really good; the drum sound is well captured, for example. Alan is in fine voice and sounds as if he's really enjoying the show(s). Highly recommended for fans of Alan Price, R&B or Randy Newman type songwriters.

White’s Lamentations are not as famous as Tallis’s, but their plangent harmonies and clashing lines have an equal intensity. This impressive debut disc by Gallicantus (an all-male group from the Tenebrae choir) includes White’s motets and hymns, emphasising his response to the texts and his eloquent way with the single Hebrew letters that begin each Lamentation. The vocal balance is slightly bass-heavy, but the sound is beautifully recorded.

In many ways Etta James resembled a female Ray Charles in her unerring ability to tackle (and sometimes combine) all of the strands of American popular music, from rock & roll to R&B, blues, country, gospel, jazz, and pure pop and soul, while still maintaining a distinct feel and sound that was all her own, and she did this throughout a five-decade career that is impressive for its consistency. This 25-track set (mostly drawn from her time with Chess Records) is hardly definitive (it doesn't have classic James' tracks like "Anything to Say You're Mine," "Don't Cry Baby," "Something's Got a Hold on Me," or the girl group pop of "Two Sides (To Every Story)," for instance, or any of her late-career blues tracks), but it does do a good job of spotlighting James' range and versatility by collecting sides like her signature "At Last," the soul-pop masterpieces "Tell Mama" and "I'd Rather Go Blind," and saucy versions of Willie Dixon's "Spoonful" and Randy Newman's "You Can Leave Your Hat On," all of which offer ample proof that James was one of the best singers of her generation – in any style.

2009 debut album from the hotly tipped UK outfit fonted by Florence Welch. Lungs, produced by Paul Epworth, James Ford and Steve Mackay, is an intoxicating mix of delicate fragility, dark humor and twisted Tim Burton style fairy-tales. From the live favourite 'You've Got The Love' to the raw Blues-tinged 'Girl With One Eye' to the beautifully painful 'Between Two Lungs', the album is crammed with crowd pleasers. Also boasting fresh tracks like new single 'Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)', 'Drumming' - with its epic denseness, the terrifyingly brilliant 'Howl' and 'Hurricane Drunk' with it's paradoxical charms of heartbreak, love and loss, Lungs promises to leave us wanting more of the insanely captivating Florence Welch.

Ministry of Sound are proud to present the return of Recover for 2017. Discover this year’s biggest anthems as you’ve never heard them before. This album is the essential album of laidback anthems heard in a light like never before. Ministry of Sound have tirelessly searched the globe for the very best in chilled renditions, the result of which is a carefully curated selection of the very best covers and original alternative versions of all time. For an essential collection of the greatest chilled versions and the most superb renditions ever created, discover Recover 2017 from Ministry of Sound.

Introducing Acoustic Hits, the antidote to end your busy day. Acoustic Hits is a 2CD collection of more than chilled acoustic songs and unique covers. Including stripped back favourites from James Bay, Clean Bandit, Justin Bieber and Jonas Blue chosen to help you unwind. The album also features handpicked music from rising new stars Hailee Steinfeld, Anne-Marie and Dua Lipa along with covers and live versions of some of the best songs in the UK charts. Acoustic Hits is the album you need to fight the chaos of modern life.