The Devil Has The Best Tuna — BluebirdsFrom: Edinburgh, ScotlandSubcultural Love from Edinburgh four piece Bluebirds starts off brooding, prowling like a half starved Nick Cave before they open the buffet at a wake before exploding in a burst of menacing aggression. It's pos... more info

Sweeping The Nation — So now we've covered the best tracks of the year so far on a month by month basis, let's move on to the longform stuff. Feel free to remind us of these come the end of the year when something else from these six months overtakes the lot. Algi... more info

DrownedInSound — Few bands get three albums in with barely a dud track to be found in their discography more info

Sweeping The Nation — Christian Fitness - Bees ModeReminder of STN policy: you don't write about Christian Fitness songs, you let them happen. Seems the next album's going to be called Slap Bass Hunks. Girlpool - It Gets More BlueWhen we first met Cleo and Harmony... more info

The Devil Has The Best Tuna — VukovarFrom: St Helens, EnglandThere are three possible reactions to the  political and cultural earthquakes of 2016 a descent into hedonistic alcohol fuelled memory loss, an explosion of self righteous anger or a indulge yourself in the dark poetry... more info