How to respond your debut album, recorded in your flat for less than £100, being nominated for the Mercury Prize? … 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.
100 Greatest Songs Of The 2010’s #92 Bill Ryder-Jones – Only Good Things Break My Heart
Released : 2016 It’s amazing what people throw away; Even Good Things Break My Heart is a song so excellent … More
Fontaines D.C. – Dogrel review
People talk a lot these days about identity, about standing for something and wearing it, as if by defining yourself … More
100 Greatest Songs of The 2010’s #93 King Krule – Logos
Released: 2017 If the job of a music writer is to describe how something sounds, how to perch over Archy … More
White Denim – Side Effects review
Ever heard the phrase “Don’t mess with Texas”? White Denim have been doing just that, with Texas, the rest of … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 2010’s #94 Class Actress – Weekend
Released : 2011 In the days before the phrase sex positive passed into our lexicon Elizabeth Harper’s second album Rapprocher … More
False Profits – but is self denial the biggest sin of all?
Church burnings, Satanism, murder; You may not have heard Varg Vikernes’ story yet, but that could soon change with the … More
Introducing April’s New Music Playlist..updated 16.04.19
New additions to the monster list include Hot Chip, Jane Weaver, Bibio, The Chemical Brothers and the brilliant Fontaines DC..check … More
March’s Round Up
What a month! Almost too much to remind you about, but first a quick rundown of the new reviews published, … More
Iron & Wine – Our Endless Numbered Days reissue review
Appropriately enough for a movement birthed around a campfire, the angsty, check shirted strain of American roots music that went … More
