It’s almost impossible to come across a new release in 2020 without the artists making reference to change, whether it’s…
100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #42 808 State – Pacific State
Released: 1989 Nothing comes from absolutely nowehere: in the annals of the UK’s house music scene it’s a popular myth…
The Chills – Submarine Bells/Soft Bomb re-releases review
The last time The Chills played in Leeds they had the misfortune of turning up on a sunny Summer’s Monday…
100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #43 Pixies – Monkey Gone To Heaven
Released : 1989 It’s pretty pointless now, but compare and contrast as the exam question of the time requested the…
Biffy Clyro – A Celebration of Endings review
An album that reveals Biffy Clyro’s darkest side, but it’s one that both 2020 and they needed in order to make sense of a turbulent past and a chaotic future.
Glass Animals – Dreamland review
They say you should always write about what you know, but on Glass Animals last outing How To Be A…
Ian Skelly – Drifter’s Skyline Review
Overthinking often stifles creativity. Whilst it might’ve taken three years for Def Leppard to complete Hysteria, Ian Skelly – drummer…
Ellie Goulding – Brightest Blue review
It’s been five years since Ellie Goulding released her third album Delerium, a record she’s more recently been quick to…
100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #44 – Rhythim is Rhythim – Strings of Life
Released : 1987 Barely had the UK begun to get it’s head around house music when something different arrived, a…
‘Everything Was Alright In The End’ – An interview with Simon Rix
Just over 12 months back I spoke to the Kaiser Chiefs Simon Rix on the eve of the release of their last album, Duck. We talked more music than about his beloved Leeds United, but this time round there was a lot more to reflect on – and to celebrate.
The Voice Of Unreason 