Mag Bay’s synthpop sci-fi opera deserves all the praise it’s getting.
Music Related Junk
“A collection of profound and epic album reviews and musical articles by former astronaut and brain surgeon, Alasdair Kennedy. Reaching levels of poetry that rival Keats and Blake, the following reviews affirm Alasdair to be a prodigy, a genius and a god whose opinion is always objectively right. He is also without a doubt the most modest man in the universe.” - Alasdair Kennedy
Monday, 2 December 2024
Friday, 29 November 2024
Friday, 22 November 2024
BEST AND WORST NEW TRACKS OF THE FORTNIGHT 22/11/2024: James Blake, Squid, Clipping and more…
There’s a dystopian theme to several of the tracks this week. Artists featured include James Blake, Squid, Clipping, Saint Joshua, Ecce Shnak and Mark Zuckerberg & T-pain…
Thursday, 14 November 2024
Every UK Number One Single From The 1960s Ranked
From ‘Do Wah Diddy Diddy’ to ‘Yellow Submarine’, I rank every British chart-topper from the swinging sixties.
Friday, 8 November 2024
BEST AND WORST NEW TRACKS OF THE FORTNIGHT 08/11/2024: Tyler, the Creator, Lady Gaga, KSI and more...
A lot has happened in the last two weeks (wait, no, three weeks!) since I last did one of these roundups. A new Tyler the Creator album. Halloween. The US election. It feels like a year has passed. Here are some of the songs that have stood out over the last three weeks. Artists featured include Tyler, the Creator, Lady Gaga, Beck Pete & Timothy Brown, Scions, Derya Yildirim & Grup Simsek, Brock Geiger, Shealagh Rose and KSI.
Friday, 1 November 2024
Tuesday, 22 October 2024
Friday, 18 October 2024
BEST AND WORST NEW TRACKS OF THE FORTNIGHT 18/10/2024: J Cole, Greet Death, Flying Lotus and more...
Aside from the new J Cole and FlyLo singles, it’s a lot of underground stuff from my inbox this week. Artists featured include Greet Death, Wax Head, Jenna Pemkowski, The Wednesday, Leif Maine & Jackson Mathod and Shida Shahabi.