Released: 2006 The rise of the awkwardly misnomered nu-metal never had much of a feel or permanency in a commercial … 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.
Ladytron – Time’s Arrow review
“They only want you when you’re seventeen/When you’re twenty one, you’re no fun” Over the latter course of 2021 TikTok … More
February 2023’s New Music Playlist
Get the playlist here. Updated 17.02.23 Now there are some big names on the updated playlist such as Depeche Mode, … More
The 100 Greatest Songs of the 00’s
Get the playlist here and click on the links in the song titles to read about each one. Picture: New … More
January 2023’s Best Albums
Album of The Month The Murder Capital – Gigi’s Recovery Read about it here. Also great.. Belle and Sebastian – … More
Italia 90 – Living Human Treasure review
When are radicals not radicals? Well, according to Italia 90, it’s sometimes when they’re in polemical bands. The nicely pseudonymized … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 00’s #91 Jimmy Eat World – Sweetness
Released: 2001 All the best bands don’t really fit in. Jimmy Eat World formed in Mesa, Arizona in 1993, a … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 00’s #92 Madvillian – Rhinestone Cowboy
Released: 2004 The thing about Madvillainy, Madvillian’s only album, was that we thought we’d heard it all before. When Daniel … More
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
The Voice Of Unreason 