ALBUM REVIEW – BASHT. : POOR ADVICE

Despite such a huge surge in Irish music as of late, Basht. have managed to stand out in such a populated crowd as a mainstay in Irish expression. Maybe it’s the sense of frustration running underneath nearly every track, or the way their music manages to sound both completely chaotic yet strangely sombre and calculated […]
ALA.NI and Adrian Younge       Proud of Me      The album pairs ALA.NI’s gorgeous, understated vocals with Younge’s vintage-inspired soul arrangements, blending cinematic orchestration, psychedelia and late-night jazz. Written over several years, Proud of Me traces love, longing, grief and self-discovery through a deeply personal collection of songs. Sulaf    ABA       She weaves Sudanese folk and ancient Nubian […]

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 9 OCTOBER 2026

ALBUM REVIEW – PHOEBE GREEN: PREMATURE NOSTALGIA

“I wonder if you’d even feel it.” To live the human life and experience is to live with attachment. For some, all the attachment they need comes off their loved ones, family, close friends and that special love of their life. Other people find the beauty of life in more than just the concrete, they […]
One of the wittiest, sharpest, coolest records of the 90s just got a reissue, and now is a better time than ever to revisit—or discover—it. Elastica’s eponymous debut album hit shelves in early 1995, and swiftly triumphed as the best-selling debut album since Oasis’ Definitely Maybe. 31 years on, it’s still easy to tell why. […]

ALBUM REVIEW – ELASTICA: ELASTICA

ALBUM REVIEW – DEATH VALLEY GIRLS: WELCOME TO EARTH

It would be easy to look at the cover to the Death Valley Girls’ latest album and get a mistaken impression. A Sgt. Pepper style multi-coloured collage featuring the band centred around a cast of animals, anthropomorphic mountains, two birds holding up a sign saying “Welcome To”, flowers forming the word “Earth” and tombstones in […]
30 years since two giants of house, trance and IDM birthed this era defining compilation. And in the wake of this fact, the duo have decided to bring it out of the locker and give it some polish, make the bass thump more, and bring back many memories to a lot of people that were […]

ALBUM REVIEW – SASHA AND JOHN DIGWEED: NORTHERN EXPOSURE REDUX

ALBUM REVIEW – BHAJAN BHOY: ELECTRISOL

The prize for most productive recording artists is hotting up. There are long standing contenders such as Robert Pollard of Guided By Voices and John Dwyer with his various OSEES iterations. They rarely seem to pause for breath with each season heralding a new album, all while maintaining a recognisable style and good level of […]
“I bet they heard that all over Manchester” said the bloke stood behind me to his mate, after a mass sing along of ‘There Is A Light That Never Goes Out’ performed by Johnny Marr and his band at Castlefield Bowl back in July this year, the whole crowd belting out those famous lines at […]

ALBUM REVIEW: JOHNNY MARR – THE AGE OF EVERYTHING

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 2 OCTOBER 2026

Cinder Well      Small Prophets OST    Soundtrack to one of this year’s best TV shows. Mackenzie Crook says, “Amelia’s music has been the soundtrack to my life for the past five years and I have no doubt that it seeped into the writing of Small Prophets and helped inspire the magical tone of the show.” Oumou […]
A decade after their debut, Blossoms are already releasing their sixth album, Songs From The Wedding Cake. Following the success of 2024’s Gary and bringing them on their first arena tour of the UK, Songs From The Wedding Cake is pre-emptively proving to be an important release for the band. If there is one thing […]

ALBUM REVIEW – BLOSSOMS: SONGS FROM THE WEDDING CAKE