Shearwater – The New World review

Offstage many of rock n’ roll’s most prominent figures have hobbies that might surprise us – golf, bingo, bee keeping … More

The Durutti Column – Renascent review

There are musicians who prefer to make the recording process an endurance test, obsessively poring over every note, and then … More

The 9’s #13 Boards of Canada – Inferno

There’s no such thing as an album that’s a perfect 10 – but there those that are one notch below. … More

Poppy Ackroyd – Liminal review

For Poppy Ackroyd the three years that preceded Liminal‘s release were a period in which she learned to embrace what … More

Ed O’Brien – Blue Morpho Review

When Ed O’ Brien began looking at producers for his second solo album one name kept cropping up; Paul Epworth, … More

The 9’s #10 cLOUDDEAD – cLOUDDEAD

There’s no such thing as an album that’s a perfect 10 – but there those that are one notch below. … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 20’s So Far #5 Lankum – Go Dig My Grave

Released: 2023 The past: ominous, easily forgotten, deliberately misinterpreted, a place where only ghosts know the truth. More than ever … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 20’s So Far #19 Julie Byrne – Summer Glass

Released: 2023 There are few better musical recommendations to get from anyone than just listen to it. Open ended, the … More

The Durutti Column – The Return Of The Durutti Column (45th anniversary) Review

Vini Reilly wasn’t feeling great. Suffering from depression after the version of The Durutti Column which had appeared on the … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 20’s So Far #28 Saint Etienne – Half Light

Released: 2024 It wasn’t an entirely unexpected paradox that Saint Etienne began to make their most captivating music the further … More