Sweeping The Nation — Well, now. What an all-round shitshow that has been, eh? We won't go on about the same things everybody else has been on about, only to specify that it has been quite a good year for recorded music, not that we really posted about it because who ... more info

Sweeping The Nation — Eight down, two to go (and for one of those we'll have to wait until the end of the year) 2017 was the year when statistically we were told "rap overtakes rock", something it had actually done a long time previously and would continue to do as St... more info

Sweeping The Nation — Onwards in our survey of our favourite stuff that tells the story, or at least a hyper-specific version of it, of each year of the decade just finishing. 2013, then. It doesn't feel like it, either now or reading the contemporary view, but it was... more info

Sweeping The Nation — If you're a regular reader you'll know that by "other" tracks we mean those from albums that didn't make our top 50 of the year plus anything else that tickled the proverbial fancy. And yes, 200. Because we've been keeping a tally all... more info

Sweeping The Nation — 30 Lost Horizons - OjaláThe return of Simon Raymonde, alongside Dif Juz's Richie Thomas, echoes not the Cocteaus as much as 4AD colleagues This Mortal Coil, a floating airiness of haunted, delicate beauty in texture, with effective cameos from... more info

DrownedInSound — Ghostpoet proves on Dark Days & Canapés that it is possible to talk about the issues without coming across as preachy or naïve more info

DrownedInSound — In an age where unease hangs thick in the air, Obaro Ejimiwe’s new album captures the feeling in a deeply empathetic, relatable manner more info

Sweeping The Nation — As every year, the Indietracks Festival compilation features plenty of pop thrills, and at £4 for 45 tracks and all proceeds to the Midland Railway Trust you'd be a fool not to take on its delights. For one, there's The Office Worker from ... more info

Nialler9 — Ghostpoet will kick off his European tour in Dublin on October 24th in the Button Factory to coincide with his fourth album Dark Days + Canapés out on August 18th, released through Play It Again Sam. Listen to ‘Trouble + Me’ & ‘Immigra... more info

The Quietus — Ghostpoet shares new single 'Immigrant Boogie' and details of extensive UK tour more info