100 Greatest Songs of the 00’s #39 Dizzee Rascal – Fix Up, Look Sharp

Released: 2003 Not everyone, it was fair to say, immediately got grime. Writing in 2004 for the American then-magazine Spin … More

The Coral – Sea of Mirrors review

If pop by design lacks substance and in form is just a temporary construct, as their career progresses The Coral … More

slowdive – everything is alive review

One of Nirvana’s recurring early visual motifs was that of Kurt Cobain hurling himself into either Chad Channing’s, or later … More

Son Lux – Alternate Forms review

Depending on whether you like films or music, you may or may not have heard of Son Lux, a trio … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 00’s #40 – The xx – Infinity

Released: 2009 There’s an intangible element – actually no, it’s the intangible element to music – that enables it to … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 00’s #41 Super Furry Animals – Golden Retriever

Released: 2003 If it was all making sense, you were doing it wrong. The Super Furry Animals had made an … More

The Boo Radleys – Giant Steps 30th Anniversary Edition review

Released: 1993 Contextualising things is important. The Boo Radleys were signed to the anarchic Creation label in 1991 following their … More

August 2023’s Best Albums

Album of The Month Osees – Intercepted Message Read about it here. Also good.. The Hives – The Death of … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 00’s #42 Justice – Genesis

Released: 2007 Opera disco? Come again? Daft Punk had re-written all the rules about what was cool and what went … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 00’s #43 Interpol – The Heinrich Maneuver

Released: 2007 Yeah, Turn On The Bright Lights, yeah breakout album, yeah ‘PDA’, yeah ‘Obstacle 1’, yeah ‘Roland’. Interpol arrived … More