From the album Massseduction
Best songs of 2017 #23 Vince Staples – Crabs In A Bucket
From the album Big Fish Theory
Farewell to The Smithereens Pat DiNizio
American history in particular is written by the winners (Ask Sitting Bull) so it’s hard now not to believe that…
Best albums of 2017 #9 Sleaford Mods – English Tapas
Released on Rough Trade. When I first came into contact with Sleaford Mods scabrous, dystopian world view some time in…
Best songs of 2017 #24 Alvvays – Dreams Tonite
From the album Antisocialites.
Best songs of 2017 #25 Code Orange – Bleeding In The Blur
From the album Forever
Best albums of 2017 #10 Fleet Foxes – Crack Up
Released on Sub Pop. Is there such a thing as a critic’s record? Of course not, not even in the…
Best songs of 2017 #26 The War On Drugs – Up All Night
From the album A Deeper Understanding
Best songs of 40 2017 #27 Algiers – The Underside of Power
Title track of their album on Matador records.
You Can Have Your Dream – 30 Years of The Wedding Present’s George Best
Tomorrow night, 29 years and 364 four days after I first heard it played live, I’m witnessing the final performance…