Real Estate – The Main Thing review

Sometimes it’s easy to forget that the people behind the microphone are human beings too: The Main Thing is Real … More

Sheafs – Vox Pop EP review

There’s never been a more watched – or manipulated – generation than the one born this millennium but for Sheafs, … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #85 Sueño Latino – Sueño Latino

Released : 1989 Italo-House’s finest hour might’ve been Ride On Time, but it’s apex was Sueño Latino, a feature length … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #86 Icehouse – Hey Little Girl

Released : 1982 Iva Davies – the creative fulcrum of Icehouse, one of Australia’s most successful bands of the pre-Hutchence … More

Nada Surf – Never Not Together review

Music career veteranhood – for this is surely where Nada Surf find themselves now after more than 20 years – … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #87 Visage – Fade To Grey

Released : 1980 Less (in)famous than it’s counterpart in Manchester of the same year, the Sex Pistols gig in Caerphilly … More

Bambara – Stray review

Ghosts have always been used as inspiration for songwriters, from Johnny Remember Me to Stan Ridgway’s Camouflage and well beyond. … More

February’s Best Albums

Album of the month: Stray by Bambara (Read the review here) Also great: Tame Impala – Slow Rush Read the … More

February’s Best New Music

The month’s finest tunes from Seafret, Isobell Campbell, Soccer Mommy, Tame Impala, Bambara, Son Little, and The Orielles

100 Greatest Songs of the ’80’s #79 Lil’ Louis – French Kiss

Released : 1989 Dancing has been part of the human mating ritual for thousands of years, so if strutting it … More