Released: 2005 The phrase “Indie landfill” was coined by The Word magazine’s Andrew Harrison, one which rapidly became a blanket … 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 #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
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
The Voice Of Unreason 