Iona Zajac – Bang review

As a writer there’s a very easy way to approach Bang, the debut album from Scottish singer Iona Zajac. This … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 20’s So Far #25 Thee Sacred Souls – Can I Call You Rose

Released: 2020 If we want it so much, can the past really ever come back? Some people want it to … More

Midlake – A Bridge To Far review

Before they set to work on their sixth album, Midlake as a collective had a band meeting. Amongst the topics … More

Getdown Services – Live in Leeds

Ben Sadler has a statement to make. “We’ve reached the point..” he confides “Where people say we’re over rated, over … More

Hotel Lux – The Bitter Cup review

It’s all but disappeared as a concept, that difficult third album thing. In the olden days this curse was all … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 20’s So Far #26 Everything But The Girl – Nothing Left To Lose

Released: 2023 Reunions are never quite what people think they’re going to be. In the two decades plus since Everything … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 20’s So Far #27 Kylie Minogue – Padam Padam

Released: 2023 “Don’t call it a comeback” has long passed into common parlance for people trying to convince you that … More

The Belair Lip Bombs – Again review

Sometimes it’s the things that aren’t said that hold the biggest clues. Admittedly not everyone will be recipients of the … More

Daniel Avery – Tremor review

It seems like there’s barely a niche left in our culture in which something divisive can’t be wedged into; even … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 20’s So Far #28 Saint Etienne – Half Light

Released: 2024 It wasn’t an entirely unexpected paradox that Saint Etienne began to make their most captivating music the further … More