September 2020’s Best New Music

The best of this month’s new tracks from Deftones, Shame, A Certain Ratio, Django Django, Knucks, Young Knives & The Goa Express….

Throwing Muses – Sun Racket review

Being a veteran in the music industry – unless you’re one of the mega stars, with a back catalogue which … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #36 China Crisis – African and White

Released : 1982 Liverpool has always made a noise apart, despite the obvious hangover  –  some city natives will tell … More

Idles – Ultra Mono review

December 2019, Leeds: the atmosphere at that Idles gig, precisely one week before the general election, is one of positivity, … More

Roachford – Twice In A Lifetime review

For artists of a certain career length different options present themselves; in the last decade plus, former “pop” stars – … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #37 Big Country – Where The Rose Is Sown

Released : 1984 At the forefront of “Celtic rock” musical arms race with U2 and Simple Minds – all three … More

Young Knives – Barbarians review

If, as one half of Young Knives Henry Dartnell has stated about Barbarians each of their albums usually has some … More

Tricky – Fall To Pieces review

Tricky’s autobiography Hell Is Around The Corner was an archetypal bad boy made good story, as the man who found … More

Afflecks Palace – Everything Is An Attempt To Be Human EP review

The term “Nu-Madchester” isn’t newly minted; back in 2008 The Guardian were musing jokily whether to apply it to the … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #39 Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)

Released : 1985 Telling Kate Bush’s story in three thousand words would be impossible, let alone around 300, so we … More