New releases last two weeks: Indie/Alternative

Review: Seminal electronic doom mongers New Order may be mainly associated for the siesmic shifts they created in electronic music in the 80s, but they remain a huge draw as a live act to this day. Their show at London's Alexandra Palace on November 9, 2018, was their only UK show of that year and Education Entertainment Recreation captures exactly what went down with Bernard Sumner and crew at the helm. This deluxe, limited edition box set includes the full concert and spans two hours and 20 minutes in a show that mixed crowd-pleasing New Order classics like 'True Faitth' and 'Temptation', highlights from Music Complete and even some Joy Division favourites. From 'Singularity' to 'Blue Monday' and a powerful Joy Division encore of 'Atmosphere', 'Decades' and 'Love Will Tear Us Apart', it's a well-rounded celebration of their legacy, and also includes a Blu-ray film of the entire show.

Review: Time flies, and yet there's time enough yet for the albatross of Britpop to mantle its wings just one more time. With this Oasis throwback first released as a 15th anniversary retrospective, now in 2025 yet another 15 years has passed, in effect marking the band's pearl anniversary (but not the pearly gates just yet). The quadruple vinyl set lands just ahead of the band's upcoming Oasis Live '25 tour, which we're won't fall afoul of a dynamic pricing fiasco this time around! The band's entire chart-crushing run from debut single 'Supersonic' to swan song 'Falling Down' is traversed, gathering all 26 singles from their seven UK number one albums - Definitely Maybe, (What's The Story) Morning Glory?, Be Here Now - including standalone favourites 'Whatever' and 'Lord Don't Slow Me Down'.