Stereogum — Amidst all the noise about the Oasis reunion this week, let’s spare a thought for their onetime rivals Blur, whose own most recent reunion did not wrap up the way that they might’ve hoped. Nevertheless, the members of Blur move on. Damon Albar... more info

Stereogum — Last month, the Waeve released “City Lights,” their first material since last year’s eponymous debut. Today, the project of Blur’s Graham Coxon and the Pipettes’ Rose Elinor Dougall is announcing its sophomore LP, City Lights, and sharin... more info

Stereogum — Last year, Blur’s Graham Coxon and Rose Elinor Dougall released their debut album as the WAEVE, a project that got started during lockdown. Today, they’re back with their first new single since then, “City Lights,” which they introduced in... more info

Sweeping The Nation — Time to round off both this extended feature and this misbegotten year the way we've treated all the decade's, and previous four decade's, music - by picking out forty great tracks and putting them in the order they mix together best in. ... more info

Sweeping The Nation — Well, here we go again. Another tumultuous year has passed and passed on a series of albums which we've listened to, admired and eventually ranked. As always, direct from band/label buying links where applicable. 40 Haiku Salut - The General39 Go... more info

Sweeping The Nation — The round-up of the decade about to close reaches that most dread of years, 2016. You know, when Bowie, Prince, George Michael, Leonard Cohen, George Martin etc all died we were told by some in the press that as our heroes aged this would be happenin... more info

JamBase — Aaron "Neddy" Stein continues his look at recent releases featuring exceptional songcraft with profiles of records by Rose Elinor Dougall, Sweet Whirl, Rozi Plain and E.B. The Younger. more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Rose Elinor Dougall's A New Illusion, Sun Kil Moon's I Also Want to Die in New Orleans, and Damien Jurado's In The Shape Of A Storm are the new releases I can recommend this week. Reissues include vinyl editions... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — This week: review of LPs by The Drums, Priests, Lawrence Arabia, Patio, Shana Cleveland (La Luz), Rose Elinor Dougall, and more. Continue reading… more info

Sweeping The Nation — This is the other part of our annual bonfire of the vanities - "other" tracks means those from albums that didn't quite make the top 50 of the year and those from artists that didn't put out an album this year at all. Last year, you may recal... more info