Ben Sadler has a statement to make. “We’ve reached the point..” he confides “Where people say we’re over rated, over … 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.
Hotel Lux – The Bitter Cup review
It’s all but disappeared as a concept, that difficult third album thing. In the olden days this curse was all … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 20’s So Far #26 Everything But The Girl – Nothing Left To Lose
Released: 2023 Reunions are never quite what people think they’re going to be. In the two decades plus since Everything … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 20’s So Far #27 Kylie Minogue – Padam Padam
Released: 2023 “Don’t call it a comeback” has long passed into common parlance for people trying to convince you that … More
The Belair Lip Bombs – Again review
Sometimes it’s the things that aren’t said that hold the biggest clues. Admittedly not everyone will be recipients of the … More
Daniel Avery – Tremor review
It seems like there’s barely a niche left in our culture in which something divisive can’t be wedged into; even … More
November 2025’s New Music Playlist
Get the playlist here. The last new music playlist of the year features Florence and The Machine, Tyler, The Creator, … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 20’s So Far #28 Saint Etienne – Half Light
Released: 2024 It wasn’t an entirely unexpected paradox that Saint Etienne began to make their most captivating music the further … More
Killed By Deaf (A Punk Tribute To Motorhead) review
“Though shalt not cover Motorhead” is one of rock’s ten alternative commandments: Listen, firstly nobody, sounds like them, despite fifty … More
October 2025’s Album of The Month
Album of The Month Brògeal – Tuesday Paper Club Read about it here. Also great.. Nightbus – Passenger Read about … More
The Voice Of Unreason 