Releases

Happy New Year = Happy New Music. Here are our Releases of the Month for January 2020. Does 2020 still sound like the future to you?

From debuts to welcome returns, we count down our favourite albums of 2019.

Heading into the season of goodwill and the season of 'Album of the Year' charts, might any of these releases be making a late run for inclusion?

Behold the longer, autumnal evenings flying by, with October's Releases of the Month.

Wake me up when September ends? No way! Lock me in a room with some top-grade speakers and our Releases of the Month until September ends, more like it.

With releases from The Hold Steady, Marika Hackman, Ezra Furman, Whitney and many other luminaries, August is a veritable love-in of long-players.

Plenty to get hot and sweaty about in July's Releases of the Month. Don't forget to wear sunscreen. And other clothing.

On the strength of this month's album releases, you might just need to remember to leave the house now and then, possibly even without earphones.

You'd have to have undergone an optimism bypass operation not to get excited about March's releases. Get stuck in.

February's releases include some Bristolian favourites. These would be the ideal Valentine's gift for your ears. IDLES said it: "Love yourself."