Such is the cynicism endemic to this period in twenty first century history, Crooked Wing‘s premise at first sounds like … 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.
Stereolab – Instant Holograms On Metal Film review
Fifteen years is a long time between records. Such though is the monolithic nature of the oligarchies that Stereolab had … More
May 2025’s Best New Music
10. The Royston Club – Shivers 9. Billy Nomates – Plans 8. Ken Ishii – Drift 7. Mclusky – Way … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 20’s So far #63 Blake Mills – Money Is the One True God
Released: 2020 If there are only actually seven different jokes and the rest is just messing around, then does the … More
Orbital – Orbital II (The Brown Album) Reissue review
Orbital have always had a bit of an image problem. Whilst that might sound ridiculous in an electronic music world … More
Tune-Yards – Better Dreaming review
Merrill Garbus and Nate Brenner are not the first to feel it of course, but they know that like the … More
100 Best Songs of the 20’s So Far #64 Kiasmos – Bound
Released: 2024 The thing is electronic music is that anyone can make it, right? A computer, some free software, a … More
100 Greatest Songs of The 20’s So Far #65 Belle and Sebastian – Prophets on Hold
Released: 2022 Take a look in the mirror. Breathe in. Muzz the hair up a bit. Eye up that top … More
Das Koolies – Pando review
Loosely translated, Responde a La Pregunta – one of the song titles on Pando – comes out as “Answer the … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 20’s So Far #66 Danger Mouse ft. Black Thought, A$AP Rocky & Run The Jewels – Strangers
Released: 2022 Word of mouth records are of course, just that. You hear something you feel everyone else needs to … More
The Voice Of Unreason 