Arctic Monkeys – Favourite Worst Nightmare

“Acerbic screen grabs of the viscerality of millions of people’s real lives bringing the fuzz of existence in the gap between working proper and jobbing, school and ASBO’s and the feeling of being better off permanently anaesthetised into a relief so sharp it was like a one band manifesto.”

Best songs of 2017 #20 Nabibah Iqbal – Something More

From the album Weighing Of The Heart

Best songs of 2017 #24 Alvvays – Dreams Tonite

From the album Antisocialites.

Best songs of 2017 #30 Neon Waltz – Heavy Heartless

From the album Strange Hymns.

The Vaccines – What Did You Expect From The Vaccines

“Whilst White Lies and Delphic liked to cloister all their synth pop yearnings in po-faced home counties Gothery, The Vaccines want to fuck to forget us.”

The Cribs – Men’s Needs, Women’s Needs, Whatever review

“At times, it’s breathless and brilliant, from the screeching, larynx grating Men’s Needs to the Strokes-with-a-purpose of Major’s Tilting Victory”

Kaiser Chiefs – Yours Truly, Angry Mob

“Yours Truly…is as much of an improvement as it had to be, both musically and spiritually and comes equipped with a healthy dose of much-needed closing time realism.”