Pip Blom – Welcome Break review

From Amsterdam, Pip Blom’s British naturalisation would seem to be well on the way to being complete. Their follow up … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 90’s #34 The Sundays – Here’s Where The Story Ends

Released : 1990 As the underground throbbed to the alien textures of acid-house, hip-hop and Madchester, it was still hardly … More

It’s true that by 2018 the new economic realities of the streaming era were very much upon us, but The … More

To date Connor O’Brien’s songwriting career had been a critically successful one – double Mercury nominated, double Ivor Novello winning … More

“Regrets, I’ve had a few, but then again, too few to mention” once sang Sid Vicious, although how many and … More

It might be an aphorism that’s bland to the point of meaningless, but it remains true to say that good … More

If in doubt, diversify. Many born on the internet stars eventually find a ceiling for their audience in the non-mainstream … More

The Calder Valley lies in the shadow of the Pennines, the often bleak hill chain which divides much of the … More

Speaking in the run up to the release of Wolf Alice’s third album, singer Ellie Rowsell gave some insight as … More

Music is a brutal game, never more than in the last year or so for reasons in the northern hemisphere … More