It has to be said that the generation of indie bands which emerged at the beginning of the noughties didn’t … 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 20’s So Far #100 Scowl – Bloodhound
Released: 2021 If California’s longstanding credentials as a major node in the hardcore punk scene are decades old, they also … More
January 2025’s New Music Playlist
And just like that, it’s first update time! Some heavyweight new additions from Mogwai, Manic Street Preachers, IDER, Bob Mould, … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 60’s #1 The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations
Released: 1966 Sometimes your eyes and ears can be deceived. Over the course of time it’s become if not fashionable … More
More Familiar Fun – 2024’s Reissues
Old is the new new, right? Well, maybe not. But with catalogue as it’s known remaining as a major source … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 60’s #2 Dusty Springfield – Son of a Preacher Man
Released: 1968 Ask a cross section of the British public now to name the greatest female British soul singer and … More
100 Greatest Songs of The 60’s #3 Otis Redding – (Sittin’ On) The Dock of The Bay
Released: 1968 Whisper it quietly, but the mantle of soul music’s king seemed – briefly anyway – to be a … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 60’s #4 The Beatles – Tomorrow Never Knows
Released: 1966 For many The Beatles’ legacy – one continually being polished by an unending stream of biographers – remains … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 60’s #5 The Rolling Stones – Gimme Shelter
Released: 1969 In a world full of disinformation there are only three points of immutable truth. One, that the earth … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 60’s #6 The Who – My Generation
Released: 1965 Lovers of the theory that everything begins life as a single organism can point to My Generation as … More
The Voice Of Unreason 