After the year that was 2020 an album built almost entirely from the effects of the grief cycle seemed like … More
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50 Best Songs of 2021 #7 Violet Cold – We Met During The Revolution
Disclaimer #1 The author had never heard of Violet Cold, or this song until two nights ago. Disclaimer #2 Or … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 90’s #8 Nas – N. Y. State of Mind
Released : 1994 By now we were in rap’s fourth or fifth wave – new things were coming so fast … More
Best Albums of 2021 #2 Wolf Alice – Blue Weekend
2021’s sure had some vectors, but Wolf Alice coming up with year’s benchmark for sophisticated pop was one not many … More
50 Best Songs of 2021 #8 Django Django – Kick The Devil Out
Art rockers go full on Madchester with ode to removing negativity (And old St.Nick) from your life. Read a review … More
50 Best Songs of 2021 #9 Gruff Rhys – Can’t Carry On
Making pop this sublime is becoming a lost art. Here was yet more evidence that the (Former?) Super Furry Animals … More
Best Albums of 2021 #4 The War On Drugs – I Don’t Live Here Anymore
Fatherhood has left an indelible mark on Adam Granduciel, shaping The War On Drugs most human and best album to … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 90’s #9 Boards of Canada – Aquarius
Released : 1998 Latterly revealed as brothers, reclusive Scottish producers Marcus Eoin and Mike Sandison’s retro-futurist ambience had already been … More
50 Best Songs of 2021 #10 Manic Street Preachers – Orwellian
James Dean Bradfield composes new material on upright piano, rediscovers inner ABBA whilst railing against big tech. Pick of their … More
Best Albums of 2021 #5 Dave – We’re All Alone In This Together
You wouldn’t get much in the ends for using an expression like tour de force, but with We’re All Alone … More
The Voice Of Unreason 