Released: 2004 The thing about Madvillainy, Madvillian’s only album, was that we thought we’d heard it all before. When Daniel … 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.
January 2023’s Best New Music
10. Fucked Up – Roar 9. Oddisee, Freeway – Ghetto to Meadow 8. Hamish Hawk – Think of Us Kissing … More
Gaz Coombes – Turn The Car Around review
The soundtrack to a midlife crisis often makes for very awkward listening, so whilst Gaz Coombes will find it hard … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 00’s #93 The Futureheads – Hounds of Love
Released: 2005 The phrase “Indie landfill” was coined by The Word magazine’s Andrew Harrison, one which rapidly became a blanket … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 00’s #94 Death From Above 1979 – Romantic Rights
Released: 2004 In the words of the late, great Bill Hicks, to which many are still prone to quoting so … More
The Murder Capital – Gigi’s Recovery review
Before and after the release of their stunning debut album When I Have Fears, The Murder Capital had a great … More
Giant Swan – Fantasy Food EP review
They might have taken a name like something from a kids book, but Giant Swan – produers Robin Stewart and … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 00’s #95 Goldfrapp – Strict Machine
Released: 2003 So the twentieth century rolled over into the twenty first, no computers stopped, no reactors went haywire and … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 00’s #96 Blonde Readhead – 23
Released: 2007 Blonde Redhead spent a frustratingly long time in discovering the art of compromise. Originally formed in 1994 when … More
Billy Nomates – CACTI review
It’s an unlikely beginning, but for Tor Maries the path to a kind of redemption came via a Sleaford Mods … More
The Voice Of Unreason 