The UK Top 40 has held a much-venerated position by a certain type of music fan for a long, long time. And while the methods […]
OPINION: The Charts are dead. Long live the Charts?
Charli XCX – Number 1 Angel (Asylum)
Charli XCX’s last album, Sucker, was a relative commercial failure even though it contained two top 10 singles and her profile had been raised from […]
A Flock of Seagulls – Remixes & Rarities (Cherry Red)
Thanks to their admittedly preposterous haircuts, featured in some of the most cringeworthy publicity shots of the 1980s, Liverpool synthpop quartet A Flock of Seagulls […]
Venn – Runes (Full Time Hobby)
Most modern post-punk can expect a steady flow of criticism for sounding a bit too familiar. Everybody’s a bit bored of its broody shtick, sentimentally […]