It’s not scientific, but it feels like a widely recognised fact that living in domestic bliss isn’t usually a precursor … 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.
March 2024’s Best New Music
10. Everything Everything – Don’t Ask Me to Beg 9. Lime Garden – Pop Star 8. Metronomy – Nice Town … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 60’s #80 Patsy Cline – I Fall To Pieces
Released: 1961 In a changing world, through Patsy Cline many people had found something to rely on. In possession of … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 60’s #81 The Belles – Melvin
Released: 1966 It might have been a man’s, man’s world so the song went, but given that in 1966 what … More
Xmal Deutschland – Early Singles 1981-1982 review
In the run up to this compilation’s release, none other than The Guardian ran an interview with former Xmal Deutschland … More
The Dandy Warhols – Rockmaker review
Pop has a very short memory, so The Dandy Warhols’ Bohemian Like You – a global hit in 2001 after … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 60’s #82 Jan and Dean – Surf City
Released: 1963 There’s a lot to be said for optimism as one of pop’s defining qualities; indeed the early part … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 60’s #83 Four Tops – I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)
Released: 1965 What’s in a name change? the Four Tops – Renaldo Benson, Lawrence Payton, Abdul Fakir and Levi Stubbs … More
Revival Season – Golden Age of Self Snitching review
Killer Mike knew it. “Look at all these slave masters posin’ on yo dollar” he spat on JU$T, a song … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 60’s #84 Big Brother and The Holding Company – Piece of My Heart
Released: 1968 Sometimes it’s said best when it’s not said at all, but Life’s Al Aronowitz did so anyway in … More
The Voice Of Unreason 