New music from Biffy Clyro, Disclosure, Fontaines DC, Akon, John Legend, Angel Olsen and post punk veterans The Psychedelic Furs, amongst many others.
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.
July 2020’s Best Albums
Album of the month – Fontaines DC – A Hero’s Death (Read the review) Also great.. JARV IS – Beyond … More
Introducing – Macroscope
So, what’s new in the world of almost post-Covid, making alternative music, right now? Well, basically there are no rules … More
Fontaines D.C. – A Hero’s Death review
“Don’t get stuck in the past” declares Grian Chatten during the title track of this, the Dublin based quintet’s second … More
Nadine Shah – Kitchen Sink review
If Nadine Shah has ever consciously taken a backwards step it was probably only to tread on the toes of … More
July 2020’s Best New Music
10. Kush Jones – Earth Note 9. Sofia Portanet – Free Ghost 8. Bugseed – Caria 7. Disclosure, slowthai – … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #45 The Wedding Present – My Favourite Dress
Released: 1987 For the suits the idea that any of the motley bunch contributing to the NME’s C86 compilation might … More
The Streets – None Of Us Are Getting Out Of This Life Alive review
If you wanted to know where Mike Skinner has been for the last nine years, the answer eventually became simple: … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #46 The Specials – Ghost Town
Released : 1981 That punk had created the conditions for anything-could-happen in British pop was self-evident and one of the … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #47 The Go Betweens – Streets of Your Town
Released: 1988 Led by introverted pop-aesthete Robert Forster and his writing foil Grant McLennan, The Go Betweens had been in … More
The Voice Of Unreason 