Category: Alternative Rock

• Darlingside: “Everything is Alive” Album Review – Baroque folk-pop quartet put on a harmonious display

  Jul 30

  Boston-based quartet take us into gardens once again with their slice of baroque folk-pop on fourth: “Everything Is Alive.” It’s felt like only yesterday since Fish Pond Fish was released… more ›

• 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 ›