1 September 2026
Today's Shelf Pull: Anathema, Alternative 4
Anathema's Alternative 4 turns late-1990s heaviness inward, with clean tension, bruised melody and a sleeve that looks like a visitation.
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31 August 2026
Today's Shelf Pull: AIR, The Virgin Suicides Redux
AIR's The Virgin Suicides Redux turns soundtrack melancholy into a warm, woozy Electronic LP, with pink sleeve art and quiet menace in the grooves.
30 August 2026
Today's Shelf Pull: Aerosmith, Pump
Aerosmith's Pump catches the band turning late-1980s arena rock into tight engineering, with grit, hooks, swagger and a truck on the sleeve.
29 August 2026
Today's Shelf Pull: ABBA, The Album
ABBA's The Album arrives as a limited edition picture disc LP, with theatre, polish, hooks and a green sleeve built to catch the eye.
28 August 2026
Today's Shelf Pull: AC/DC, Blow Up Your Video
AC/DC's 1988 LP Blow Up Your Video keeps the machinery simple: riffs, choruses, swing and a band staying very much in character.
27 August 2026
Today's Shelf Pull: A Day to Remember, Big Ole Album Vol. 1
A Day to Remember's Big Ole Album Vol. 1 turns pop-punk lift, metalcore weight and festival-sized hooks into one loud, crowded LP.
26 August 2026
Today's Shelf Pull: 69 Eyes, Savage Garden
The 69 Eyes catch sleaze rock turning darker on Savage Garden, a Svart Records coloured LP reissue with punk impatience, glam hooks and gothic weather.
25 August 2026
Today's Shelf Pull: Apella, 1963
Apella's 1963 is a polished Irish Pop Rock LP with bright guitars, big choruses and enough lived-in feeling to keep the shine honest.
24 August 2026
Today's Shelf Pull: Beck, Sea Change
Beck sets the masks down on Sea Change, letting slow songs, spacious production and a plainspoken ache do the work without waving for sympathy.
23 August 2026
Today's Shelf Pull: 40 Below Summer, Invitation to the Dance
40 Below Summer's Invitation to the Dance is a 2001 Metal LP with nu metal pressure, alternative metal bite, New Jersey grit and a translucent green vinyl twist.
22 August 2026
Today's Shelf Pull: AC/DC, Ballbreaker
AC/DC's Ballbreaker is on the shelf today, a 1995 Rock LP with Rick Rubin in the room, thick swinging riffs, close-miked grit and no patience for decoration.
21 August 2026
Today's Shelf Pull: AIR, Talkie Walkie
AIR's Talkie Walkie is a calm Electronic LP with pop shape, soft-focus detail and enough late-night lift to make the shop feel a little wider.
20 August 2026
Today's Shelf Pull: 3 Doors Down, Away from the Sun
3 Doors Down are on the shelf today with Away from the Sun, a 2002 2LP where early 2000s post-grunge turns longing, radio hooks and road-lit feeling into one very earnest room.
18 August 2026
Today's Shelf Pull: D'Angelo, Voodoo
D'Angelo is on the shelf today with Voodoo, a 2000 2LP where soul, funk, gospel, jazz and hip-hop move together by listening harder than the clock.
15 August 2026
Today's Shelf Pull: 21 Savage & Metro Boomin, Savage Mode II
21 Savage & Metro Boomin are on the shelf today with Savage Mode II: a 2023 LP where trap, dark rap and Metro's haunted studio patience give one red-black sleeve a serious job.
13 August 2026
Today's Shelf Pull: Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Moanin' (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series)
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers are on the shelf today with Moanin': a 2024 Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series LP where hard bop, big themes and one steady stare make the counter sit up...
12 August 2026
Today's Shelf Pull: Angelo Badalamenti, Music for Film and Television
Angelo Badalamenti is on the shelf today with Music for Film and Television: a 2010 LP where screen music, shadowed piano and one serious black sleeve make the room behave itself.
11 August 2026
Today's Shelf Pull: Kaiser Chiefs, Yours Truly, Angry Mob
Kaiser Chiefs are on the shelf today with Yours Truly, Angry Mob: a 2018 2LP Rock reissue where bright UK indie hooks, crowd behaviour and one very stern cream sleeve get their elbows out.
10 August 2026
Today's Shelf Pull: Beck, Odelay
Beck is on the shelf today with Odelay: a 1996 LP where sample-heavy alternative rock, hip-hop drums and one airborne shaggy sleeve land exactly where they mean to.
9 August 2026
The Pictures Are Coming to Church Street
Sluagh Hall and The Kilmorna Collection are coming together for a new series of films at TKC, beginning on Thursday 3 September.
9 August 2026
Today's Shelf Pull: Biffy Clyro, Futique
Biffy Clyro are on the shelf today with Futique: a 2025 LP where memory, return and polished alternative-rock force all arrive wearing one very calm cream sleeve.
8 August 2026
Today's Shelf Pull: Antony and the Johnsons, I Am a Bird Now
Antony and the Johnsons are on the shelf today with I Am a Bird Now: a 2005 LP where chamber-pop stillness, piano, strings and one black and white sleeve ask the room to listen properly.
7 August 2026
Today's Shelf Pull: Cypress Mine!, Pulling All The Clouds Apart
Cypress Mine! are on the shelf today with Pulling All The Clouds Apart: a 2026 Dolphin Music Group LP where Irish indie memory, post-punk weather and one Cork street sleeve keep their coat...
6 August 2026
Today's Shelf Pull: Jon Hopkins, Music for Psychedelic Therapy
Jon Hopkins is on the shelf today with Music for Psychedelic Therapy: a 2021 Domino 2LP where ambient electronics, field recordings and a very pale sleeve ask the room to lower its...
5 August 2026
Today's Shelf Pull: David Bowie, Let's Dance
David Bowie is on the shelf today with Let's Dance: a 1983 LP where glossy pop rock, Nile Rodgers rhythm and one very composed boxing sleeve all arrive with their hair behaving better than...
4 August 2026
Today's Shelf Pull: Alice Coltrane (featuring Pharoah Sanders & Joe Henderson), Ptah the El Daoud (Verve By Request Series)
Alice Coltrane is on the shelf today with Ptah the El Daoud: a 2022 Verve By Request LP where spiritual jazz, patient space and one very serious orange sleeve all know how to hold the room.
3 August 2026
Today's Shelf Pull: Ashtar Afterhours, Body Music
Ashtar Afterhours are on the shelf today with Body Music: a 2025 LP where deep house, warm bass and a sleeve full of worried pink fruit all keep the counter awake.
2 August 2026
Today's Shelf Pull: American Aquarium, Things Change
American Aquarium are on the shelf today with Things Change: a 2018 LP where Americana rock, grown-up trouble and a row of moons all keep steady time.
1 August 2026
Today's Shelf Pull: Pet Shop Boys, Nonetheless
Pet Shop Boys are on the shelf today with Nonetheless: a 2024 LP where elegant synth-pop, polished rhythm and a dry little shadow all behave as if fuss would be vulgar.
31 July 2026
Today's Shelf Pull: Santana, Santana III
Santana III is on the shelf today: a 1971 LP where Latin-rock heat, percussion, guitar pressure and one gloriously busy sleeve all arrive with their sleeves rolled up.