Blog exclusive – Doves return after a decade away with The Universal Want.
100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #40 R.E.M It’s The End Of The World As We Know it (And I Feel Fine)
Released : 1987 What’s the difference between sleeping and being awake? Michael Stipe claims that It’s The End Of The…
Angel Olsen – Whole New Mess review
The wellspring of creativity is a thing not to be defined or understood; some songwriters like to shake their fists…
Cut Copy – Freeze/Melt review
Is there such a thing as global music any more? A decade ago it was easy to hear some artists…
100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #41 Orange Juice – Rip It Up
Released : 1983 Speaking in the 2007 documentary The Sound Of Young Scotland, Josef K’s Malcolm Ross described how in…
Introducing September 2020’s new music playlist – Updated 20.09.20
Just lots of new music. Much better than bosses jokes, hanging with your second family, weird carpets or endless bants.
Jamie Webster – We Get By review
There are two Britains – one is the land we see when we open our curtains, a place where in…
Idles – Live At Abbey Road Sessions
A hurricane draws energy from a warm sea; last December when Idles played live in Leeds there was a fervour…
August 2020’s best albums
Album of the month – Dreamland by Glass Animals Read about it here. Also great.. Biffy Clyro – Celebration of…
Amy Winehouse – Back To Black review
The archive series continues with a look at Amy Winehouse’s touchstone album for a generation, Back To Black.