If, as one half of Young Knives Henry Dartnell has stated about Barbarians each of their albums usually has some … 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.
Tricky – Fall To Pieces review
Tricky’s autobiography Hell Is Around The Corner was an archetypal bad boy made good story, as the man who found … More
Afflecks Palace – Everything Is An Attempt To Be Human EP review
The term “Nu-Madchester” isn’t newly minted; back in 2008 The Guardian were musing jokily whether to apply it to the … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #39 Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
Released : 1985 Telling Kate Bush’s story in three thousand words would be impossible, let alone around 300, so we … More
Doves – The Universal Want review
Blog exclusive – Doves return after a decade away with The Universal Want.
100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #40 R.E.M It’s The End Of The World As We Know it (And I Feel Fine)
Released : 1987 What’s the difference between sleeping and being awake? Michael Stipe claims that It’s The End Of The … More
Angel Olsen – Whole New Mess review
The wellspring of creativity is a thing not to be defined or understood; some songwriters like to shake their fists … More
Cut Copy – Freeze/Melt review
Is there such a thing as global music any more? A decade ago it was easy to hear some artists … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #41 Orange Juice – Rip It Up
Released : 1983 Speaking in the 2007 documentary The Sound Of Young Scotland, Josef K’s Malcolm Ross described how in … More
Introducing September 2020’s new music playlist – Updated 20.09.20
Just lots of new music. Much better than bosses jokes, hanging with your second family, weird carpets or endless bants.
The Voice Of Unreason 