Tag: Album
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Bastille’s ‘Bad Blood’ was released Ten Years Ago!
Ten years ago I was wearing black skinny jeans, a denim jacket, and a pair of dirty white converse. I wanted to go to Leeds University, I listened to To Kill A King, and I watched Twin Peaks; all because I loved Bastille- my original influencers. Bastille was the first band I loved because their […]
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Daisy Jones & The Six – ‘AURORA’ album review: A joy to listen to
Holly Allwright is loving Daisy Jones & The Six’s AURORA and its 70s vibes!
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Nostalgic news: Our favourite releases from the ’80s
The best books, movies, and albums from the decade!
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Nostalgic News: Adele’s ‘19’ Turns 15!
The glory of Adele begins with ‘19’. Her debut studio album, named after the age she was during its production and release, celebrates its 15th anniversary this year. Winning a Grammy earlier this month for Best Pop Solo Performance for ‘Easy on Me’ amongst incredible competition from artists such as Doja Cat (‘Woman’), Lizzo (‘About […]
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Nostalgic News: Duran Duran’s ‘Duran Duran’ Turns thirty!
Known as ‘The Wedding Album’ by many fans, both due to its cover featuring the wedding photos of the band members’ parents, and to avoid confusion with their 1981 debut album of the same title, 1993’s Duran Duran was a comeback album for a band that many believed had peaked in the 1980s. Following […]
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Celebrating Blur’s 2023 Wembley Return: Mollie’s Top Ten Tracks
Ahead of their big Wembley Stadium return next year, Mollie Potter takes a look at her favourite tracks from the iconic Britpop band.
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Review: Beabadoobee at Engine Rooms 18/10/2022
On browsing Beabadoobee’s most popular songs on Spotify to find out what to expect from the artist, you might leave confidently under the impression that Beatrice Lau’s repertoire consists of easy listening, slow and sweet, sunday morning soft rock. The 22 year old singer has found her biggest hit to date with “Coffee”, a song […]
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Orbital – ’30 Something’ album review: a postmodern best-of for the kings of techno
Max Williams is raving about Orbital’s most recent compilation of dance bangers.
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Nostalgic News: Fall Out Boy’s ‘Infinity on High’ Was Released 15 Years Ago.
Leann Yfrah looks back on Fall Out Boy’s classic 2007 album
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“You would never dare to waste a crisis”: A Review of Joshua Bassett’s Crisis/Secret/Set Me Free
Trigger Warning: mentions of sexual assault, abuse and pedophillia. 2021 began with Olivia Rodrigo tearing up every single record, chart and expectation of the music industry, with her smash-hit debut drivers license supposedly about her rumoured ex Joshua Bassett. In Crisis/Secret/Set Me Free, Joshua Bassett finally explains his side of it all. It was pretty impossible to avoid Olivia Rodrigo […]
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Nostaglic News: Bon Iver’s self-titled album was released 10 years ago
Georgie Holmes takes us back to the Bon Iver album that “enabled them to find their fame”.
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Nostalgic News: Beyoncé’s Lemonade was released 5 years ago
Becky Davies takes us back to the unexpected Beyoncé album that quickly became her best album.
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A Beautiful Eulogy of Loss, Hope and Pain: A Review of For Those I Love’s ‘For Those I Love’
TW: Mentions of su*cide Dublin-based artist For Those I Love, real name David Balfe, is no stranger to grief. After the suicide of his best friend and fellow artistic collaborator Paul Curran in 2018, Balfe retreated into his parent’s shed where he and his friends used to hang out and recorded over 76 songs as […]
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Nostalgic News: Gorillaz was released 20 years ago
Conor O’Hanlon looks at Gorillaz’s first album two decades since it helped popularised virtual bands.