What price a homecoming? Nick Hodgson has trod the boards in Leeds many times as one fifth of the Kaiser … 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.
Ghosts On The Wire – 20 Years of Music Has The Right To Children
June, 1998. A friend of mine has leant me two albums; one is Adam F’s Colours, a more than palatable … More
Josh Rouse – Love In The Modern Age Review
Nebraskan Josh Rouse has been operating at the margins of the indie-folk mainstream for almost two decades now, along the … More
Shame – Live In Leeds Review
“Live, they’re still in the intimacy phase; rolling his shoulders like a piston, singer Charlie Steen beckons the audience closer to the front every time his cohorts almost imperceptibly turn things up a notch”
Manic Street Preachers – Resistance Is Futile Review
How do you solve a problem like the Manic Street Preachers, if you’re the Manic Street Preachers? Choices abound; keep … More
The Ballad Of Shirley Collins OST – Review
Everyone’s story can, with some self-effacement, be told in just a few words. Shirley Collins sums up hers pithily during … More
Introducing April’s Playlist – UPDATED
There’s never been a more diverse playlist than this month’s – and now it’s been updated with a gob-smakcing 19 … More
The March Roundup
March is always an exciting month in music, as along comes a whole clutch of releases in what is regarded … More
Cabbage – Nihilistic Glamour Shots Review
“On Exhibit A the band collectively proffer a staggering, perverse strain of country on which to hoist the zero-sum farce of modern politics on its own petard, whilst Perdubaro’s ramshackle post-punk sounds like it might fall apart at any minute.”
The Boxer Rebellion – Ghost Alive Review
People make music derived from all sorts of motivations, whether it’s performed in front of the mirror or a thousand … More
The Voice Of Unreason 