Manic Street Preachers – Critical Thinking review

The thing with a mid life crisis is that eventually, you’re just over it. Now thirty five years plus into … More

Circa Waves Death and Love, Part 1 review

In this era of attention seeking something as basic as a trip to the shops can be classed as a … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 20’s So Far #90 Other Lives – We Wait

Released: 2020 When the pandemic began it was difficult to remember that the music you were hearing had been made … More

100 Greatest songs of the 20’s So Far #91 Protomartyr – Michigan Hammers

Released: 2020 In the flesh Joe Casey cuts an unlikely figure for someone who leads a band as seminal as … More

Bonnie “Prince” Billy – The Purple Bird review

You do wonder if Will Oldham’s adopted pseudonym has left many neutrals passing him by, in the belief that they’re … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 20’s So Far #92 Soul Glo – Spiritual Level of Gang Shit

Released: 2022 Joining the dots between Soul Glo’s early EP’s The Nigga In Me Is Me and Songs to Yeet … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 20’s so Far #93 Caroline Polacheck – Bunny Is A Rider

Released: 2021 The producer of Caroline Polachek’s albums Pang and Desire I Want To Turn Into You Danny L Harle … More

Anna B Savage – You and I Are Earth review

In the likely words of the industry suits, Ireland is so hot right now, musically at least. Ironically the industry’s … More

Tunng – Love You All Over Again review

There must, in 2025, be some kind of algorithmic supercomputer thing that knows the answer to this question: “If an … More

Young Knives – Landfill review

Popular movements always trigger some sort of collateral damage. Young Knives – primarily now the Oxford based fraternal duo of … More