Nothing gets people more active than the sound of a much cherished set of performers changing their own game – … 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.
The The – Live In Leeds
“I’ve always made albums for people to listen to alone in their bedrooms”, confesses Matt Johnson towards the end of … More
Beach House – 7 Review
Your life can go many ways depending on the number 7: fate, chance and destiny whirl around it like cosmic … More
Soft Science – Paris/Sooner Review
From Northern California, Soft Science’s press release describes them – you can only imagine euphemistically – as “Molecular gastronomists”, when … More
Arctic Monkeys – Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino Review
When artists normally talk about exploring their creative freedom they don’t really mean it. Results are usually underwhelming: A new … More
Live At Leeds – Review
Great weather, 200 bands spread across venues from shoebox to main stage (And one former petrol station) – this year’s … More
Introducing May’s Playlist – Updated
More tunes? Ok then. Is the new Arctic Monkeys album duff or dynamite? Listen to One Point Perspective and try … More
April Round Up
What an April it’s been! Getting straight to it Shame didn’t disappoint with their show at The Brudenell, also caught … More
Future Sound of London – ISDN Review
“They made music that they once described as “Immersive soup”, but here the tone is more about the abstract, far out places of experimentation which echo the krautrock, free jazz and psychedelic nuances which became their later avatars.”
James – Better Than That EP review
2018 has been a year for taking stock for many of us; miraculously we survived 2017 as a species, whilst … More
The Voice Of Unreason 