Released : 2011 Green Aisles is in many respects an almost cover version of The Go Betweens wonderfully potent Streets … 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 2010’s #87 Skepta – Shutdown
Released: 2015 It took far longer than it should’ve done for the sound which first bled out through the capital’s … More
The National – I Am Easy To Find review
The adapt-or-die mantra that seems to have become so important to contemporary musicians never seemed to apply to The National, … More
May’s Round Up
Another May tried to grab the spotlight this month, but not likely. So much new stuff going up, from The … More
May’s Album of The Month
Also recommended Vampire Weekend – Father of The Bride On which Ezra Koening and friends keep their minds by losing … More
May’s Best New Music
10. Defeater – Stale Smoke 9. Trade Wind – How’s Your Head 8. Hayden Thorpe – Diviner … More
The 100 Greatest Songs of The Decade – #100 – #90
Compiling these things is impossible: you need to go with your gut, all the time. Because we’ve all spent the … More
100 Greatest Tracks of the 2010’s #88 CoastDream – Soft Moon
Released: 2017 Ah, the YouTube algorithm. Thrower-upper of stuff most stupid or horrible, from pasty faced old guys pretend to … More
Vampire Weekend – Father of The Bride review
Ezra Koenig may well the only full time member left of Vampire Weekend, but that hasn’t left him in stasis; … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 2010’s #88 Deaf Havana – Youth In Retrospect
Released : 2011 Not all the best songs have to be written by Dylan or Lennon and McCartney; the beauty … More
The Voice Of Unreason 