BEST AND WORST NEW TRACKS OF THE FORTNIGHT 14/02/2025: Black Country, New Road, JPEGMAFIA, Lady Gaga and more…

It’s Valentine’s Day, but don’t expect any love songs. It’s mostly loud and unhinged stuff. Artists featured this week include Black Country, New Road (all one band), JPEGMAFIA, Courting, Ecce Shnak, Idioteque and Lady Gaga…

My Top 20 Favourite Albums Of 2024

Here are my 20 favourite albums of 2024. What were your favourites?

BEST AND WORST NEW TRACKS OF THE MONTH 28/06/2024: Louis Cole, JPEGMAFIA, Nilufer Yanya and more…

I haven’t done one of these for a while, so here we go! Artists featured this week include Louis Cole, JPEGMAFIA, Nilufer Yanya, Worthitpurchase, Tommy Richman, Dream Phases, Astral Swans and NoCap.

BEST AND WORST NEW TRACKS OF THE FORTNIGHT 05/08/2022: Dry Cleaning, The Garden, Muse and more…

The new Dry Cleaning song is delightfully deranged. Meanwhile, Muse have gone full-on metal. Plus more cool tracks from The Garden, Jesse Maxwell and Boy Pablo.  

BEST AND WORST NEW TRACKS OF THE FORTNIGHT 05/11/2021: Idles, Hiatus Kaiyote, Big Sean and more…

Idles deliver a new vicious track, Hiatus Kaiyote embrace Halloween, Big Sean covers himself in bees for his latest banger, plus new killer tracks from underground artists Darkroom Data and Oog Bogo. 

My Top 50 Favourite Albums of the 2010s

The 2010s – the decade of Tinder, Tesla, Bitcoin, Brexit, Covfefe and Harambe – is over. All the music blogs and vlogs have been rounding up their top albums of the decade. I thought I’d get in on the action by publishing a list of my personal favourites.

Albums I Never Got Round To Reviewing In 2019: Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift, Harry Styles and more…

I listened to a lot of albums in 2019. However, my busy ass didn't get round to reviewing many of them. For this reason, I thought I'd catch up with a few mini-reviews of all the notable albums I missed. 

Here are all the albums I will be looking at: No. 6 Collaborations Project by Ed Sheeran, Lover by Taylor Swift, Fine Line by Harry Styles, Bubba by Kaytranada, Magdalene by FKA Twigs, There Existed An Addiction To Blood by Clipping, 1000 Gecs by 100 Gecs, We Are Not Your Kind by Slipknot, H.A.Q.Q. by Liturgy and Hidden History of the Human Race by Blood Incantation.

My Top 20 Favourite Albums of 2018

Having already delved into my favourite and least favourite singles, it's now time for my belated top 20 favourite albums of 2018. Feel free to let me know your favourite albums of the year - there was so much music being released in 2018 that I could barely keep up with it all, so I've probably missed out on a few hidden gems.

As always, don't forget to check out my previous year end lists from 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 and 2012!

20 - 11

20. Errorzone – Vein

Boston metal/hardcore band Vein let loose a non-stop assault of explosive riffage and wild percussion. If you like your music loud, heavy and unrelenting, this is certain to hit your sweet spot.

Favourite tracks: 'Doomtech', 'Broken Glass Complexion'

My Top 20 Favourite Tracks of 2018

I've already rounded up the worst songs of 2018. It's now time to celebrate some of my favourites! This list was tough to put together given the amount of great music released this year, but I think I've finally settled on a list I can be proud of. 

BEST AND WORST NEW TRACKS OF THE WEEK 24/08/2018: Disclosure, I Aeronaut, Paul McCartney and more…

Disclosure won’t stop dropping new songs and Paul McCartney wants to ‘fuh’ you.

Double Review: 'Year of the Snitch' by Death Grips and 'Oil of Every Pearl's Un-insides' by SOPHIE

Rhythmless hip hop and undanceable EDM – these two albums are certainly challenging.

BEST AND WORST NEW TRACKS OF THE WEEK 15/06/2018: Big Shaq, Slaves, Death Grips and more…

Big Shaq removes his coat and Slaves are soundly oddly upbeat.

BEST AND WORST NEW TRACKS OF THE WEEK 19/05/2018: Disclosure, The Chromatics, Death Grips and more...

Whilst you've been obsessing over the royal wedding and debating whether its Yanny or Laurel, I've been hunting down the latest and greatest tunes (P.S. it's definitely Laurel).

Review of 'Veteran' by JPEGMAFIA

Experimental hip hop finds its sense of humour thanks to Baltimore rapper/producer JPEGMAFIA.

INTRODUCING: Dopest Gringo Alive

Meet DGA (Dopest Gringo Alive).

THE BEST TRACKS OF THE WEEK 17/12/2017: Brockhampton, N.E.R.D, Joyner Lucas and more…

It’s all hip hop this week. Rapping to accompany your Christmas wrapping. There were so many gems to choose from this week, so no worst tracks either.

BEST AND WORST NEW TRACKS OF THE WEEK 11/05/2017: LCD Soundsystem, Ho99o9, Lil Yachty and more...

More music from the undisputed best blog in the universe. Better than Martian blogs. Even xenomorph blogs can’t compete.

BEST AND WORST NEW TRACKS OF THE WEEK 04/05/2017: Paramore, Wavves, The I.L.Ys and more...

Paramore swap out pop-punk for funk. Also, Christian trap rap is a thing.

My Top 20 Favourite Albums of 2016

We lost a lot of good musicians this year. But that isn’t to say 2016 has been an awful year for music. In terms of albums, there have been some impressive releases this year that show we can all still look forward to the future with optimism. Here are my personal favourites.

(psst! if you like lists don’t forget to check out my favourite and least favourite tracks of the year. You can also check out my favourite albums of 2015, 2014, 2013 and 2012.)

My Top 20 Favourite Tracks Of 2016

It’s time for my favourite tracks of the year, having already given you my worst (there’s a pun here that will become clear by the end).

20. ‘Lemontrees’ – Eagulls 

Indie rock with a Cure vibe that feels as bouncy as it does forlorn. ‘It tastes bittersweet/ beneath the lemon trees’.

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19. ‘The Big Big Beat’ – Azealia Banks

This nostalgic house banger has all the ingredients of a good Azealia anthem – glitzy singing, tongue-twister rapping and a big big beat!

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