Welcome once again to the annual tradition of Song Bar’s favourite album releases of 2023. This is Part 1, and Part 2 is also out here. There’s no such thing as a chart rundown or ‘best of’ here, and these come in no particular order. This is all about quality and innovation …
Read moreQueens of the Stone Age: In Times New Roman
New album: After a six year absence, Josh Homme and co return with an eighth blistering, brutally brilliant, meaty loud rock LP, returning to more to their roots too – dark, powerfully emotional, ironic, sharp, witty and powerful, here with some elements of Scary Monsters-era Bowie, Cream, epic glam rock, and all fuelled by various personal tragedies
Read moreSexuality, seduction and salutations: favourite albums of 2017 – part 2
St Vincent to Queens of the Stone Age, Marika Hackman to Laura Marling, Fleet Foxes to the Mountain Goats, this second part of our readers' favourite albums throws up lots of questions over the self and others
Read moreNew albums: Queens of the Stone Age, Nadine Shah, Cabbage, Susanne Sundfør, Martin Hannett, Iron & Wine
Josh Homme and co work with Mark Ronson, Nadine Shah and Cabbage go political, Martin Hannett's tribute to Delia Derbyshire, plus Susanne Sundfør and Iron & Wine decorate this week's selection
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