“This is history, right here, right now” Noel Gallagher of all people knew how true that was. Stretched out across … More
Author: arcticreviewsblog
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.
September 2020’s Best Albums
Album of the Month: Young Knives – Barbarians Read about it here Also great.. Idles – Ultra Mono Read about … More
Fleet Foxes – Shore review
Right about the time that Fleet Foxes third album, 2017’s Crack Up was released, front man Robin Pecknold appeared to … More
September 2020’s Best New Music
The best of this month’s new tracks from Deftones, Shame, A Certain Ratio, Django Django, Knucks, Young Knives & The Goa Express….
Throwing Muses – Sun Racket review
Being a veteran in the music industry – unless you’re one of the mega stars, with a back catalogue which … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #36 China Crisis – African and White
Released : 1982 Liverpool has always made a noise apart, despite the obvious hangover – some city natives will tell … More
Idles – Ultra Mono review
December 2019, Leeds: the atmosphere at that Idles gig, precisely one week before the general election, is one of positivity, … More
Roachford – Twice In A Lifetime review
For artists of a certain career length different options present themselves; in the last decade plus, former “pop” stars – … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #37 Big Country – Where The Rose Is Sown
Released : 1984 At the forefront of “Celtic rock” musical arms race with U2 and Simple Minds – all three … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #38 Prince – Sign O’ The Times
Released: 1987 Some people spend decades trying to write the perfect song, one that will catapult them to fame and … More
The Voice Of Unreason 