Fats Waller declared a long time ago that he was gonna sit right down and write himself a letter, and … 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.
Feet – Make It Up review
There are many ways to deconstruct the creative process when things go wrong, but Feet’s George Haverson is more sanguine … More
Peggy Gou – I Hear You review
You do wish pop commentators would make their minds up; one week it’s become a bastion of leftfield diversity, picking … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 60’s #65 The Contours – Do You Love Me?
Released: 1962 Sometimes you’ve just got to let it all go. In the early part of the decade pop was … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 60’s #66 The Box Tops – The Letter
Released: 1967 These days it’s almost impossible to move without stumbling over a high profile disciple of Big Star, the … More
Bess Atwell – Light Sleeper review
It’s something of a myth that getting the right producer means that an album will stand for maximum creative fulfillment … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 60’s #67 The Band – The Weight
Released: 1968 In amongst the chaos, the turbulence, the drugs, the noise and the sheer sense of displacement that 1968 … More
May 2024’s Best Albums
Album of The Month Lylo – Thoughts of Never Read about it here. Also great.. Michael Head and The Red … More
La Luz – News of The Universe review
If only there’s only one truism to our existence on this rock, it’s that life often has a way of … More
DIIV – Frog In Boiling Water review
Once the solo project of Zachary Cole Smith, DIIV’s 2012 album Oshin set the blogosphere (Remember that?) ablaze, but the … More
The Voice Of Unreason 