Released: 2009 Florence Welch was an enigma, but not as musicians go exactly a new one. Profiled by The Independent’s … 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.
100 Greatest Songs of the 00’s #38 The Knife – Heartbeats
Released: 2002 Art and commerce are frequently strange bedfellows and more often than not, any marriage is one of convenience. … More
Lathe of Heaven – Bound by Naked Skies Review
The underground. Who really wants to be there? Or is it just a state of mind? In the last decade … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 00’s #39 Dizzee Rascal – Fix Up, Look Sharp
Released: 2003 Not everyone, it was fair to say, immediately got grime. Writing in 2004 for the American then-magazine Spin … More
Super Furry Animals – Phantom Power 20th Anniversary edition review
For whatever reason, it wasn’t always necessarily important to add context to a Super Furry Animals album. Not that the … More
The Coral – Sea of Mirrors review
If pop by design lacks substance and in form is just a temporary construct, as their career progresses The Coral … More
September 2023’s New Music Playlist
Updated 15.09.23 Massive update, featuring new material from Chemical Brothers, Scowl, Doja Cat, Fort Romeau, Baroness, Skinny Pelembe, Romy, Angel … More
slowdive – everything is alive review
One of Nirvana’s recurring early visual motifs was that of Kurt Cobain hurling himself into either Chad Channing’s, or later … More
Son Lux – Alternate Forms review
Depending on whether you like films or music, you may or may not have heard of Son Lux, a trio … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 00’s #40 – The xx – Infinity
Released: 2009 There’s an intangible element – actually no, it’s the intangible element to music – that enables it to … More
The Voice Of Unreason 