Over the last seven years there has been a quest to bring readers the best music, by the decade, complete…
Keyside – Keyside review
How’s it going then, that bittersweet thing? More bitter than sweet? Well, at the moment, yeah. Time was that a…
August 2026’s New Music Playlist
Ok, you know the drill by now: new music from Fat Dog, Sleep, Hot Since 82, Julia Holter, The Avalanches,…
July 2026’s Best Albums
Album of The Month Shearwater – The New World Read about it here. Also great.. The Durutti Column – Renascent…
Shearwater – The New World review
Offstage many of rock n’ roll’s most prominent figures have hobbies that might surprise us – golf, bingo, bee keeping…
The Durutti Column – Renascent review
There are musicians who prefer to make the recording process an endurance test, obsessively poring over every note, and then…
The Trashcan Sinatras – Ever The Optimist review
It show how far we’ve come – and not forward by the way – that in 2026 calling your album…
July 2026’s Best New Music
10. Knats – Bowling Ball 9. KURUPT FM – Tek Time 8. Beth Orton – Cigarette Gurls 7. Phoebe Bridgers…
Pocket Lint – Wunderkammer review
Synth pop veteran Thomas Dolby has never made any secret of the fact that his father was an academic, with…
Gene Loves Jezebel – Discover (40th Anniversary Reissue) review
Like any niche, gothic rock had it’s own cluster of self limiting beliefs. Now it’s visual iconography and sub-cultural dynamics…
Tricky – Different When It’s Silent review
Even in the slightly more mental health enlightened times of now, the idea that grief is the most non-linear of…