Reviews and Features

New song and album reviews, featured articles and opinion from indie and alternative.

Matthew McLister

Jul 3, 20238 min read

Arctic Monkeys: 'AM' songs ranked from worst to best

Matthew McLister

Jun 29, 20234 min read

The eight best indie songs of June 2023

Matthew McLister

Jun 27, 20234 min read

Arctic Monkeys redeem their Glastonbury criticism with faultless Glasgow performance

Matthew McLister

Jun 22, 20235 min read

Noel Gallagher: Is 'Council Skies' interesting enough to swot away the Oasis reunion rumours?

Neil Renton

Jun 19, 20233 min read

CHVRCHES bring the heat to Glasgow

Neil Renton

Jun 13, 20233 min read

Courteeners prove their greatness at 'St Jude' Edinburgh anniversary show

Josh Robinson

Jun 7, 20236 min read

Live At Leeds In The Park builds on early success

Matthew McLister

Jun 1, 20233 min read

The eight best indie songs of May 2023

Matthew McLister

May 26, 20234 min read

Arlo Parks: South London singer impresses again with the soothing ‘My Soft Machine’

Matthew McLister

May 20, 20234 min read

The National produce best album in a decade with 'First Two Pages of Frankenstein'

Neil Renton

May 13, 20233 min read

Razorlight raise a finger to the haters with excellent greatest hits Edinburgh performance

Neil Renton

May 4, 20233 min read

Temples prove they’re worth worshipping with 'Exotico'

Matthew McLister

Apr 26, 20235 min read

DMA'S: 'How Many Dreams' wins us over with its ravey bangers and emotion

Matthew McLister

Apr 11, 20233 min read

Daughter: 'Stereo Mind Games' provides a reminder of how essential this band are

Josh Robinson

Mar 31, 20236 min read

7 reasons why you should listen to Slowthai’s new album 'UGLY'

Matthew McLister

Mar 22, 20234 min read

Black Honey: ‘A Fistful Of Peaches’ is loud, emotive and slightly one note

Matthew McLister

Mar 13, 20233 min read

The Lathums celebrate number 1 album success with celebratory Glasgow performance

Matthew McLister

Mar 10, 20234 min read

The Lathums strike gold again on the sadder tones of ‘From Nothing To A Little Bit More’

Neil Renton

Mar 3, 20233 min read

Shame release an early album of the year contender with 'Food for Worms'

Matthew McLister

Feb 24, 20234 min read