It’s encouraging that, even though the commercial pressures of the industry mean that any kind of reward is a far … 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 00’s #18 Mylo – Drop The Pressure
Released: 2004 Disappearances – not thankfully of the Jimmy Hoffa kind – are quite common in the arts. Often the … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 00’s #19 Bloc Party – Like Eating Glass
Released : 2005 It all sounded so mid noughties indie. Talking to Scott McLennan of Rip It Up Australia in … More
Oya Paya – Slumped Up review
There are lots of reasons why people make music remotely, ranging from the sheer logistics of getting everyone into the … More
November 2023’s Best New albums
Album of the Month King Creosote – I Des Read about it here. Also great.. David Holmes – Blind on … More
Honesty – Where R U EP review
Home isn’t always where the heart is. Rooms are full of memories; going back to where you once knew isn’t … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 00’s #20 Amy Winehouse – You Know I’m No Good
Released: 2007 “When all hope is gone/Sad songs say so much” Do we really over-eulogise about records which come in … More
November 2023’s Best New Music
10. Honesty – Nightworld 9. Bas Jan – Singing Bar 8. Turner – Distance 7. The Seshen – Hold Me … More
H31R – Headspace review
As much as the big rap game appears largely to have creatively stalled, those content to work on it’s underground … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 00’s #21 P J Harvey – This Is Love
Released: 2001 Much was said about Britpop’s reductive laddishness, about how it’s trade offs and compromises were usually focussed on … More
The Voice Of Unreason 