Category: OPINION
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BEST OF 2024
Arbitrary lists are no good, really. However, it is nice to praise musicians and the work they’ve done. They may never see the praise on…
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STUPID MUSIC PREDICTIONS FOR 2025
Before we round up the stuff from 2024 that we thought was great, we’re going to have a little fun predicting what might happen next…
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IS IT THE BEGINNING OF THE END FOR STREAMING?
Streaming is hugely popular and, on the strength of people sharing their Spotify Wrapped graphics to social media platforms, it doesn’t look like it will…
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SPOTIFY WRAPPED SZN IS HERE
Spotify Wrapped 2024 is upon us and, obviously, spare a thought for those people who pushed all their chips into those dreadful puritans over Apple…
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2024 BEST OF? NOT YET
We have noticed that The Quietus, Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, NPR and others have released their Best Albums Of 2024 lists already, and that…
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CRITICISING BAND AID IS… WAIT… WOKE NOW?
There’s going to be a new version of Band Aid’s ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’ out this year and y’know, it’s a song that’s done…
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BRIGITTE CALLS ME INDUSTRY PLANT?
Look, no-one likes to besmirch anyone’s hard work, but when a band has a stratospheric rise and a bunch of massive support gigs with next…
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REVIEW / KENDRICK LAMAR / GNX
After the absolutely breathtaking spectacle and culture event of the Kendrick/Drake feud, King Kenny wasn’t quite done. We knew he was planning a Super Bowl…
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M*RRISSEY FINALLY TURNS INTO A STEWART LEE JOKE
Look, we don’t like mentioning Morrissey on here because he sucks, his music stinks, and The Smiths were crap as well. However, he is eminently…
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SHEL TALMY’S BEST
Way back in the summer of 1962, Chicago born Shel Talmy decided he wanted to have a trip to Britain. He intended staying for five…
