UK Alternative CDs

Throughout 2011 Radiohead have released a series of seven 12"s featuring remixes of tracks from the King Of Limbs by electronic producers/artists who are currently exciting and inspiring them. This 2CD set compiles the complete collection of remixes.

VCMG release one of 2012’s most anticipated musical collaborations with the album ‘Ssss’, out on Mute on 13 March 2012. It marks the long awaited reunion of electronic pioneers Vince Clarke (Erasure/ Yazoo/ Depeche Mode) and Martin L. Gore (Depeche Mode), who have joined forces for the first time...

Twenty years on from their debut, and nine from their 2003 hiatus/lineup change, England’s Tindersticks releases their ninth studio album. The Something Rain is a synthesis of some of the style of discordant/swirling guitar sounds from their early records with some of the smoothness and jazziness...

The Cure need no introduction, this double album is made up of thirty-two Cure classics, including “The Lovecats”, “The Caterpillar”, “Close To Me”, “Friday I’m In Love”, “Lullaby”, “The Hungry Ghost”, “The End Of The World”, “Just Like Heaven”, “Grinding Halt”, “Jumping Someone Else's Train” and “B...

The second album of post-punk / indie rock from the Scottish four-piece tightens the craggy fuzz of their first, melding frenetic drums, off kilter guitar riffs, shouty sing-a-longs and edgy energy into twisty post-punk songs with pop centers. Produced by Peter Katis (Interpol, The National)

Mystery Jets are an English four-piece indie band, formerly based on Eel Pie Island in Twickenham, London RADLANDS is their 4th album, The album was recorded in Austin, Texas and Streatham, London and was co-produced by Mystery Jets and Dan Carey (Hot Chip, Franz Ferdinand, Emiliana Torrini). ...

On this wonderful live album, the acclaimed British group led by Rachel and Becky, Unthanks interprets the Songs of Robert Wyatt and Antony & The Johnsons – recorded live from The Union Chapel in 2010 and making The Independent’s Gigs of the Year list. Robert Wyatt, an avant-pop Englishman, and ...

I've no idea why The Cramps don't seem to figure in a lot of alleged histories of punk or just plain music in general. This could be down to them being utterly or unpigeonhole-able (is that even a word?) or just outright ignorance. Perhaps a bit of both but hey, let's not concern ourselves with that...

The Maccabees third album 'Given to the Wild' debuted at #4 in the UK last month. The album is a culmination of 2 years of writing - a sprawling masterpiece of distorted pop, psychedelia, and soulful guitar wig outs. The Maccabees take inspiration from The Stone Roses, Kate Bush and David Bowi...

Creatures Of An Hour is the London-based four-piece Still Corners’ debut album. The album glows with the delicate vocals of singer Tessa Murray and the atmospheric, cinematic influences of songwriter Greg Hughes but the band are unafraid to mix in other elements, evidenced by the utterly spooky w...

Creatures Of An Hour is the London-based four-piece Still Corners’ debut album. The album glows with the delicate vocals of singer Tessa Murray and the atmospheric, cinematic influences of songwriter Greg Hughes but the band are unafraid to mix in other elements, evidenced by the utterly spooky w...

Tellin' Stories is the sixth album by Manchester’s The Charlatans, released 1997. It includes the final contributions of founder-member and keyboard player Rob Collins who died in a car accident midway through recording. The album featured the groups three top ten singles, which remain their career'...

Colourbox emerged from the diverse mix of musical cultures that formed the post-punk era, inevitably incorporating synthpop, indie, reggae, dub, soul and funk. They were dance pioneers in the pre-sampling era, and from 1982 to 1986 they created an eclectic body of work incorporating their influences...

Yesterday Was Lived and Lost is the debut effort from New Build, a trio made up of multi-instrumentalist Al Doyle (Hot Chip), synth-maestro Felix Martin (Hot Chip), and studio engineer Tom Hopkins. New Build is a revival of the unabashedly playful, artfully crafted pop music that thrived some fou...

Sound of Rum’s debut album ‘Balance’ will undoubtedly carve a place in the hearts and minds of any and all who are fortunate enough to experience it. Fronted by female UK emcee Kate Tempest she is undoubtedly talented; you can count on one hand the performance poets who outstrip her in terms of a...

'All The Little Lights' is the much anticipated 3rd official album release from continent hopping troubadour Passenger (AKA Mike Rosenberg). For All The Little Lights, Mike was joined by a core Australian band that included Boy & Bear drummer Tim Hart, jazz bassist Cameron Undy, who also played o...

Southhampton, England's Band of Skulls return with their highly anticipated new album, 'Sweet Sour'. The trio's sophomore album was recorded at Rockfield studios in Wales, once again with producer Ian Davenport, and mixed in Los Angeles by Nick Launay (Nick Cave / PIL / Yeah Yeah Yeahs). When Ban...

Twenty years on from their debut, and nine from their 2003 hiatus/lineup change, England’s Tindersticks releases their ninth studio album. The Something Rain is a synthesis of some of the style of discordant/swirling guitar sounds from their early records with some of the smoothness and jazziness...

Brothers Peter and David Brewis, aka Field Music, hail from Sunderland in the north-east of England. The band's music draws on influences as wide-ranging as Stravinsky, Stax R&B, Fleetwood Mac, Serge Gainsbourg, Thelonious Monk and Kate Bush. Field Music's sound is like all of the pop music you'v...

The first release from new Cooking Vinyl imprint Maida Vale Records, Gary Numan’s ‘The Complete John Peel Sessions’ is a fascinating comparison of Numan at very different stages in his career. The first seven tracks of this compilation are made up of two John Peel sessions recorde...

"In The Belly Of The Brazen Bull" is the 5th studio album by English trio, The Cribs (twin brothers Gary and Ryan and younger sibling Ross Jarman). Writing for this album began in November of 2010 when the band were on an unofficial break. Gary had set up a home studio in Portland and Ryan came out ...

In 1983 with a bunch of session musicians, Lydon and Atkins embarked on a worldwide tour which led them from Tokyo to Germany and most places in between. Along the way they played a legendary set at the Rockpalast in 1983. This performance contains not only the highlights of previous albums, like...

The frontman for one of the most revered British bands of the 1980s and '90s, Ian Brown symbolized the arrogant cocksureness of his mouthpiece, The Stone Roses. Post the Stone Roses, Ian Brown embarked on his own successful solo career including four Top 20 albums and sales totaling one million. ...

Following the release of his UK quadruple platinum-selling album The Defamation of Strickland Banks, the Brit Award-winning artist Plan B (AKA Ben Drew) has announced details of his forthcoming album ill Manors, which is set for release through Atlantic Records on Friday 11th May 2012. Produced b...

Mystery Jets are an English four-piece indie band, formerly based on Eel Pie Island in Twickenham, London RADLANDS is their 4th album, The album was recorded in Austin, Texas and Streatham, London and was co-produced by Mystery Jets and Dan Carey (Hot Chip, Franz Ferdinand, Emiliana Torrini). ...