Depeche Mode – Memento Mori review

It’s no secret that a few weeks prior to the start of recording Memento Mori Depeche Mode suffered the loss … More

M83 – Fantasy review

It’s not something that happens regularly, but there can be a gap betwen contemplating career sabotage and then going through … More

Novelty Island return with their new album “Wallsend Weekend Televsion”

Novelty Island – in effect the work of Liverpudlian Tom McConnell – brought us one of 2021’s most intriguing debut … More

March 2023’s best New Music

10. Viagra Boys – Punk Rock Loser 9. English Teacher – Song About Love 8. Everything But The Girl – … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 00’s #81 Common – The People

Released: 2007 So Hip Hop grew up, like all things eventually do. After spending two decades pillaging it’s beats and … More

Philip Selway – Strange Dance review

With Radiohead on the sort of hiatus only their respective members could dream up, drummer Philip Selway has had plenty … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 00’s #82 The Shins – Phantom Limb

Released: 2006 Music is always at it’s best when it’s unashamedly borrowing from something. By the middle of the decade … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 00’s #83 Modjo Lady – Hear Me Tonight

Released: 2000 It’s hard to countenance now and for many it must seem like a fantasy, but there was a … More

Inspiral Carpets – The Complete Singles review

The recent closure of Oldham’s Coliseum Theatre after almost 140 years and the imminent opening of a second twenty thousand … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 00’s #84 Fountains of Wayne – Hackensack

Released: 2003 Most people’s recall for Fountains of Wayne will be through Stacy’s Mom, a big dumb hit with a … More