100 Greatest Songs of the 00’s #19 Bloc Party – Like Eating Glass

Released : 2005 It all sounded so mid noughties indie. Talking to Scott McLennan of Rip It Up Australia in … More

Oya Paya – Slumped Up review

There are lots of reasons why people make music remotely, ranging from the sheer logistics of getting everyone into the … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 00’s #47 The Duke Spirit – Cuts Across The Land

Released: 2005 There used to be an advert on British tv for a car, where the people people trying to … More

Reignmaker – We Go Round EP review

It’s sometimes a cliché to infer that there’s a degree of expectation on bands who come from Liverpool, but for … More

Local Natives – Time Will Wait for No-One review

In hard times having a sense of unity is important. After a decade of largely trouble-free existence as a band … More

Blur – The Ballad of Darren review

September, 1993. A furious, London-living quartet are being interviewed by the Melody Maker’s Stud Brothers in a pub near Stamford … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 00’s #54 Trashcan Sinatras – Weightlifting

Released: 2004 In a game stuffed full of liars telling their lies the biggest one is always the false piety … More

Django Django – Off Planet Review

You could almost feel the eye roll whoever wrote the press release which accompanied copies of Off Planet landing people’s … More

bdrmm – I Don’t Know review

That’s the thing about expectations – if you don’t really have any, it’s very hard to undershoot them. bdrmm started … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 00’s #57 Klaxons – Golden Skans

Released: 2007 It’s a much repeated theme of this decade but the rapidly diminishing influence of the print music press … More