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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 20’s So Far #88 Open Mike Eagle – For Doom
Released: 2021 When you carve out such a legend for yourself, pass away in a hip-hop obscure place in secret, … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 20’s So Far #89 Headache – Truisms 4 Dummies
Released: 2023 AI is the thing that artists love to hate, and for good reason in some cases. But Headache’s … More
Manic Street Preachers – Critical Thinking review
The thing with a mid life crisis is that eventually, you’re just over it. Now thirty five years plus into … More
Vashti Bunyan – Lookaftering Expanded Edition review
It’s the scourge of modernity that has many looking to the past; whether we really want to live in a … More
Circa Waves Death and Love, Part 1 review
In this era of attention seeking something as basic as a trip to the shops can be classed as a … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 20’s So Far #90 Other Lives – We Wait
Released: 2020 When the pandemic began it was difficult to remember that the music you were hearing had been made … More
100 Greatest songs of the 20’s So Far #91 Protomartyr – Michigan Hammers
Released: 2020 In the flesh Joe Casey cuts an unlikely figure for someone who leads a band as seminal as … More
Bonnie “Prince” Billy – The Purple Bird review
You do wonder if Will Oldham’s adopted pseudonym has left many neutrals passing him by, in the belief that they’re … More
February 2025’s New Music Playlist
It being February, there’s even less time to waste, so just to say that this month’s selection includes great new … More
The Voice Of Unreason 