The Twilight Sad – It Won’t Be Like This All The Time review

Inspiration can come from triumph, tragedy and all points in between as we know – that’s the unpredictably of the…

Steve Mason – About The Light review

With a Beta Band reformation seemingly never further away there is no better antidote than a new album from their…

Introducing – Elson

Leeds based songwriter James Elson launches his solo career with the release of Silent Observer on the city’s fledgling Odd…

Semisonic – Feeling Strangely Fine – 20th Anniversary Reissue

It all might have been very different for Minneapolian trio Semisonic. Having released a moderately rockish, moderately mild and moderately…

Introducing January’s Playlist – Updated

Update 12.01.19 Now with added Weezer, Sharon Van Etten, Ladytron, Bring Me To The Horizon and much. much more, including…

Metacritic Best of 2018 Picks

At the end of each year global music ranking site Metacritic publishes a list of  reviewer’s album choices – the…

20 Best Albums of 2018 – The List

Not many end-of-year lists will feature both Kacey Musgraves and High on Fire.

Best Albums of 2018 #1 Low – Double Negative

There was no definitive sound of 2018 – like the times that swirled around us all it was impossible to…

Best Albums of 2018 #2 Rolling Blackouts, Coastal Fever – Hope Downs

Rule #1 of music writing is never to start a piece with something as rustic as “Back in the old…

Best Albums of 2018 #3 – Shame – Songs of Praise

What with the music industry just returning to growth after years of declining revenues it’s unlikely that it’s going to…