Fontaines D.C. – A Hero’s Death review

“Don’t get stuck in the past” declares Grian Chatten during the title track of this, the Dublin based quintet’s second … More

Nadine Shah – Kitchen Sink review

If Nadine Shah has ever consciously taken a backwards step it was probably only to tread on the toes of … More

July 2020’s Best New Music

10. Kush Jones – Earth Note 9. Sofia Portanet – Free Ghost 8. Bugseed – Caria 7. Disclosure, slowthai – … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #45 The Wedding Present – My Favourite Dress

Released: 1987 For the suits the idea that any of the motley bunch contributing to the NME’s C86 compilation might … More

The Streets – None Of Us Are Getting Out Of This Life Alive review

If you wanted to know where Mike Skinner has been for the last nine years, the answer eventually became simple: … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #46 The Specials – Ghost Town

Released : 1981 That punk had created the conditions for anything-could-happen in British pop was self-evident and one of the … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #47 The Go Betweens – Streets of Your Town

Released: 1988 Led by introverted pop-aesthete Robert Forster and his writing foil Grant McLennan, The Go Betweens had been in … More

Protomartyr – Ultimate Success Today review

Protomartyr’s front man Joe Casey has been seeing things, nightmarish visions that can punctuate sleep or lucidity. His mind is … More

JARV IS – Beyond The Pale review

The more things whatever, the more they stay the same. For men of a certain age the planet has become … More

Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard – The Non Stop EP

“A mission statement which boldly reads: YOU CAN LOVE OLD ROCK WITHOUT PASTICHING IT.”