Favourite Song: back in your Red Chevy
Best: at least you got to Love Somebody, it's a real Cruel World
Worst: it's just White Noise
Favourite Song: THUM
Best: 595, Bug In The Cake, Last Day I Loved You, Big Memory, Often Others, Applefish, Plastic Couch
Worst: Pool Of My Dreams
I'm going to put Mr. Blake down as an artist that I wish I could get. My critique still stands from his first album; his sound is like a glorified tech demo more than actual music and it fails to resonate with me.
Favourite Song: Retrograde
Best: Overgrown, Life Round Here
Worst: Voyeur
Favourite Song: A Boat to an Island on the Wall
Best: Nica Libres at Dusk, What the Moon Does, Someone in the Doorway, The Defeat, There's Your Man, Murmurations
Worst: Towing the Line
Favourite Song: Time Is Dancing
Best: I Forget Where We Were, Small Things, In Dreams
Worst: N/A
Favourite Song: Real Love
Best: Masterpiece, Vegas, Interstate, Humans, Parallels
Worst: Velvet Ring
You either die a hero, or you live long enough to become a cornball.
Favourite Song: N/A
Best: Burning Hammer, Pop this Heat, The Ghost Of Emmett Till, ¥ (Yen)
Worst: head
Favourite Song: Sleep Sweet
Best: Penguin, Superluminal, That You Might, Confession (of a Time Traveler), We, Melon
Worst: Dialogue Box
Favourite Song: Ride
Best: I Could Get Used To This, Superbloom, Automatic, Sauna, Mr Valentine, No Consequences, Mon Amour
Worst: Love You For
Wow, I've never heard them this tired before. Asking For A Friend is the only sign of life.
Favourite Song: Asking For A Friend
Best: Caught In The Echo
Worst: Your Favourite Toy
Ben has quickly become one of the most important songwriters that I've stumbled across.
Favourite Song: Esmerelda
Best: Oats In the Water, To Be Alone, Burgh Island
Worst: N/A
Favourite Song: ( âĨīšâĨ )
Best: You're serious aren't you ?, lil qoo, BURNMATERIAL, ( fallout ), all-time chump, landslide
Worst: Recap :
Favourite Song: Tribute
Best: Kielbasa, Wonderboy, Fuck Her Gently, Explosivo, The Road, Lee, Friendship, Rock Your Socks, Double Team, City Hall
Worst: Dio
I got to see Ms. Humberstone perform about two months ago and she was stellar. It was a minimalist set (consisting of just her and her keyboardist stripping back songs for an hour and a bit) of indie pop brilliance. I got to hear a few tracks from this album before it released, and since they were great, unsurprisingly the rest of the tracks are pretty great too. It's quite a front-heavy album though, as the second half definitely peters out a little. Nonetheless, I'm very lucky to ... read more
Favourite Song: Fabienk
Best: Mata Zyklek, Sarniezz, Utzp, Yor Zarad, Angor
Worst: N/A
Against all odds, it was actually possible to do a folk pop album in the 2010s which wasn't stomp clap.
Favourite Song: The Fear
Best: Old Pine, Diamonds, The Wolves, Everything, Only Love, Keep Your Head Up, Black Flies, Promise
Worst: Gracious
I randomly came across 'Homie Don't Shake' about a year ago and enjoyed it greatly, so it was a pleasant surprise to see Fcukers' debut album get some attention. It's a fun electronic time, and Fcukers have some great versatility within the electronica genre.
Favourite Song: L.U.C.K.Y
Best: Beatback, Butterflies, if you wanna party come over to my house, Play me, I Like It Like That, Getaway, Feel The Real
Worst: TTYGF
I knew from STARFUCKER that Slayyyter would be one to watch. Great to see her getting critical flowers whilst keeping the same consistent fun from her last album, with a harsher electronic tone this time around.
Favourite Song: I'M ACTUALLY KINDA FAMOUS
Best: DANCE..., CANNIBALISM!, OLD TECHNOLOGY, CRANK, YES GODDD, OLD FLING$, $T. LOSER, WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE LIKED?, BRITTANY MURPHY.
Worst: GAS STATION
Favourite Song: Do It
Best: Tell Me (U Want It), Music, Hollywood Forever, The Peace, Innuendo (I Get U), Lovefield, Bodyfeeling, Wish U Well
Worst: N/A