Ear Music Vinyl & CDs

Review: In 2019, soul legend P.P. Arnold made a powerful comeback with The New Adventures of... P.P. Arnold, her first studio album in decades. It saw her lay down some killer collaborations with Paul Weller, Steve Cradock, The Specials, and her son Kojo Samuel, and as such the album earned widespread praise. Arnold's UK tour ended with a standout performance at Liverpool's Grand Central Hall in October and it is that which was recorded to be presented here in her live album Live In Liverpool on earMUSIC. It's a great showcase of her commanding stage presence and effortless vocals with classics like 'The First Cut Is The Deepest' alongside some fresh new songs, all on nice heavyweight wax.

Review: Michael Schencker recollects his years during the 70s as part of his time-vaunted band, UFO across two chunks of vinyl, with the Scorpions/MSG rock icon leader marking the 50th anniversary of the spacefaring UFO era. Schenker became a driving force behind some of UFO's best loved tracks, including 'Doctor Doctor', 'Rock Bottom' and 'Only You Can Rock Me'. Now we can relive these larger-than-life, out-of-this-world rock smackdowns for a second time.

Review: RECOMMENDED
There's always been an air of mystery about The The. Look through the band's history, which stretches wayyyyy back to the late-1970s, and the list of collaborators alone is enough to convince you they've been making moves in the right places for many, many years, striving to innovate and carve out their own space in the unarguably busy post punk landscape.

Everything Matt Johnson touches seems to turn to gold. Albeit a particularly scuzzy gold that exists solely in the darkest rooms of the least kept venues. Even on this accolade - a group getting a spot at The Royal Albert Hall is no mean feat - there's a sense of yellow-hued street lights and rain falling on concrete. But this is combined with a poetic element that's up there with the finest literary Romantics, and a commentary that will tell you all there is to tell.