It’s debatable what came first, the British media’s venal delight in building people up only to drag them down, or … 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 #77 Echo and The Bunnymen – The Cutter
Released : 1983 Ian McCulloch was never shy about Echo and The Bunnymen’s credentials, declaring them without a trace of … More
March 2020’s Best New Music
Hard times have called for some hard choices this month so feast your ears on The Chats, Caribou, Childish Gambino, The Avalanches and much much more…
100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #78 Fini Tribe – De Testimony
Whilst The Shamen’s In Gorbachev We Trust straddled that boundary between indie and electronic, Detstimony was a tougher beast altogether, relying on a clanging church bell phrase and atonal vocals, splicing industrial clatter with techno phrasing before most even knew what it was. @finitribe @shamen1
Tycho – Simulcast review
On 2019’s Weather Scott Hansen earned a Grammy nomination for taking his Tycho concept outside of the box: adding in … More
The 100 Greatest Songs of the 1980’s – The Playlist #100 – #71
Over the year the list will be regularly updated. Find it without the blurb here. Or read on… For all … More
Caribou – Suddenly review
When a great philosopher (Probably) once said “I’ve got something for your mind, your body and your soul”. Dan Snaith … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #81 Thomas Dolby – Airwaves
Released : 1981 Briefly, it seemed that the meek might inherit the earth. Engineered by futuristic lab natives like Kraftwerk … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 1980’s #82 Black Flag – Six Pack
Released: 1981 Michael Azerrad’s beyond essential book Our Band Could Be Your Life tells the story of how a handful … More
Baxter Dury – The Night Chancers review
“Dury’s reached into a personal A-Z of his West London habitat, the streets paved with beggars and hustlers, everyone playing a role and on the take, from the social media trolls” sketched on Saliva Hog to Sleep People’s and it’s puddle-deep fashionistas.”
The Voice Of Unreason 