Category: New Releases

New releases: The Specials expanded reissues, new Camouflage, live World Party

New releases: The Specials expanded reissues, new Camouflage, live World Party

This week’s new releases include reissue of The Specials’ three albums — 1979′s The Specials, 1980′s More Specials and 1984′s In the Studio, the latter of which was released under the band’s original name, The Special AKA — as well as a new record from German synthpop outfit Camouflage.

New releases: Robin Guthrie and Mark Gardener, James, Blancmange, Lloyd Cole, The La's

New releases: Robin Guthrie and Mark Gardener, James, Blancmange, Lloyd Cole, The La’s

This week’s new releases include the brand-new record from Cocteau Twins’ Robin Guthrie and Mark Gardener or Ride, plus a new Blancmange LP, a box set combining James’ ‘Laid’ and ‘Wah Wah’ albums, plus new low-cost introductory compilations from Lloyd Cole and The La’s.

New releases: Simple Minds, Shriekback, Game Theory, Alien Sex Fiend, Roxy Music

New releases: Simple Minds, Shriekback, Game Theory, Alien Sex Fiend, Roxy Music

This week’s new releases include multi-disc box sets from Simple Minds, Alien Sex Fiend, Roxy Music and The Farm, new albums from Shriekback, The Rezillos and The Monochrome Set, a reissue from Game Theory, and a compilation of late-’70s and early-’80s post-punk tracks.

This week: New music from The The, Jimmy Somerville, Marc Almond — plus Julian Cope best-of

This week: New music from The The, Jimmy Somerville, Marc Almond — plus Julian Cope best-of

This week’s new releases include brand-new music from The The, Jimmy Somerville (Bronski Beat, The Communards) and Marc Almond (Soft Cell), plus a new best-of from Julian Cope (The Teardrop Explodes) that collects material of his from the past 15 years.

New releases: Swervedriver's first new album in 17 years — plus Carter Tutti, Gang of Four

New releases: Swervedriver’s first new album in 17 years — plus Carter Tutti, Gang of Four

This week’s new releases include the first new album in 17 years from reunited shoegaze legends Swervedriver (“I Wasn’t Born To Lose You”), an album of studio reworkings of live Chris & Cosey tracks by the duo under their current name Carter Tutti, and the UK release of the new Gang of Four album.

New releases: Gang of Four, The Pop Group drop new albums, plus The Sound box set

New releases: Gang of Four, The Pop Group drop new albums, plus The Sound box set

This week’s new releases include brand-new studio albums from U.K. post-punk groups Gang of Four (‘What Happens Next’) and The Pop Group (‘Citizen Zombie’), plus a five-disc box set from The Sound that collects three studio albums, an EP, a live record and a disc of early tracks.

New releases: The Pretenders, Kate Pierson, Colin Hay, The Juliana Hatfield Three, Texas

New releases: The Pretenders, Kate Pierson, Colin Hay, The Juliana Hatfield Three, Texas

This week’s new releases include a slew of reissues from The Pretenders, which are also being collected into a single box set, plus new albums from The B-52s’ Kate Pierson, Men at Work’s Colin Hay and The Juliana Hatfield Three, plus a new collection from Texas of re-recorded favorites.