Mancunians named after local Chinese supermarket swap prog rock for rave after summering in Todmorden. Results: ecstatic. Read the full…
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LA five piece put down their vihuelas and guitarróns for just long enough to completely reinvigorate punk rock. Again. ‘VI…
2021’s Best Albums #20 Arab Strap – As Days Get Dark
After a sixteen year wait since 2005’s last outing The Last Romance, Falkirk’s glummer twins were back, older, wiser and…
Pip Blom – Welcome Break review
From Amsterdam, Pip Blom’s British naturalisation would seem to be well on the way to being complete. Their follow up…
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Released : 1990 For it’s punters – half a million plus sweaty, goggle eyed, lockjawed teenagers in disused buildings up…
Idles – Crawler review
The music industry’s hype cycle is such a transient phenomenon, who can tell whether anyone is trying to genuinely appraise…
Echo and The Bunnymen – Crocodiles, Heaven Up Here, Porcupine & Ocean Rain reissues review
The problem with the gold old days – when everything was better, wasn’t it – is that everyone’s start and…
Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes – Sticky review
At five seven, with red hair and a surface area that’s now more tattoo than skin, Frank Carter you’d say…
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Released : 1995 Extract from the Weekender piece on Timeless, originally published in 2018: Like all good urban legends, the…
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Released : 1992 It may surprise people to know that the art of whataboutery – or the practice of attempting…
The Voice Of Unreason 