It’s an unlikely beginning, but for Tor Maries the path to a kind of redemption came via a Sleaford Mods … 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.
Belle and Sebastian – Late Developers review
After all these years since appearing in the mid nineties with Tigermilk, given what we now know one of the … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 00’s #98 Layo and Bushwacka! – Love Story
Released: 2002 All the best things happen simply. Layo Paskin and Matthew Benjamin (AKA Bushwacka!) had met at The End, … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 00’s #97 Skream – Midnight Request Line
Released: 2005 At the beginning of the new century the South London borough of Croydon had one asset which couldn’t … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 00’s – #100 The Hold Steady – Stuck Between Stations
Released: 2007 It was hard to be a cult band by this point in history, but it seemed The Hold … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 00’s #99 Simian – One Dimension
Released: 2001 You can almost guarantee that when the phrase “criminally underrated” is applied the subject mostly falls into one … More
January 2023’s New Music Playlist
Updated 20.01.23 Almost too many to mention, but additions from Shame, Daughter, Everything But The Girl, Jane Weaver, Temples, The … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #1 Donna Summer – I Feel Love
Released: 1977 If one narrative played strongest in the 1970’s, it was sex. Gone were the hippie conjunctions of bad … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #2 Sex Pistols – God Save The Queen
Released: 1977 Almost anyone who embraces the idea of destiny is a fool or a liar, or both. Usually pre-ordainment … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #3 The Clash – London Calling
Released: 1979 The release of The Clash’s third studio London Calling was accompanied by a simple tagline, lauding them as … More
The Voice Of Unreason 