This month’s pick features great tunes from This Is The Kit, Mary Lattimore, Autechre, Future Islands, Deftones, Arrested Development, Groove Armada and more..
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Hi, my name is Andy & I live in Leeds, in northern England. I've been writing about music for more than ten years. My work outside of this blog is featured on Live4ever and Contact Music.
100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #29 Electronic – Getting Away With It
Released : 1989 The idea of supergroups was something which punk had largely seen off; surely nothing worse it was … More
Autechre – Sign review
Fittingly for 2020, Sean Booth and Rob Brown – collectively Autechre – recorded SIGN in a bunker, albeit a virtual … More
Mary Lattimore – Silver Ladders review
Many traditional instruments invoke specific mental images in the listener, but few will be as ingrained as those of the … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #30 Gang of Four – I Love A Man In A Uniform
Released: 1982 Retrospectively, this was such a halcyon period for British music that it almost at the time seemed to … More
Metz – Atlas Vending review
The thing with making your own art is that you get to decide when you compromise. Metz have been in … More
Future Islands – As Long As You Are review
It’s a phenomenon most pronounced in acting – just ask Macaulay Culkin – but the notion of being career trapped … More
Death Valley Girls – Under The Spell of Joy review
During the press cycle for Under The Spell of Joy, lead singer Bonnie Bloomgarden revealed it’s essence, it having been … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #31 Hüsker Dü – Don’t Want to Know If You Are Lonely
Released : 1986 The apparent masters of self-sabotage, Hüsker Dü’s transition to a major label after five years releasing their … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #32 The Clash – Straight To Hell
Released: 1982 It wasn’t the first time The Clash had found themselves at a cross roads, but it would be … More
The Voice Of Unreason 