Category: album review

• YOUR MERCURY PRIZE 2023: Your Top Twelve

  Jul 27

  YOUR TOP TWELVE: As we draw closer to the end of festival season, we see our first shortlist of the hotly-contended artists we’ve all been talking about this year and… more ›

• Blur: “The Ballad of Darren” Album Review – A Welcoming Return for the Ages

  Jul 21

  A heedy fork in the road, The Ballad of Darren is a welcoming return for a brit-pop resurgence of tender mildlife-crises. Damon Albarn has had quite a busy schedule so… more ›

• Grian Chatten: “Chaos For The Fly” Album Review – A tender debut for the Fontaines frontman

  Jul 17

  A timeless airy debut filled with traditional folky fruits, Chaos For The Fly is Grian’s floating thought bubble of introspection. Rare moments of respite, retrospection and an awful lot of… more ›

• Being Dead: “When Horses Would Run” Album Review – relentless and chaotic in all the right places…!

  Jul 15

  WHEN HORSES WOULD RUN: It’s a startling debut for the Texan trio as they strive for surf rock, avant-garde post-punk – and everything in-between. Being Dead: America’s #1 Sweethearts. Being… more ›

• Yard Act: “The Trench Coat Museum” Single Review

  Jul 13

  Yard Act are open for business for the second act. And They’re not intending to do the same thing twice. Grease up your jukeboxes again, Yard Act are back for… more ›