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 — As explained in the A-J post last time out, by "other" we mean anything not from one of our top 50 albums of the year. The second hundred of our far too large selection runs thus... Kagoule - Monsieur AutomatonKamikaze Girls - DeathcapKatiya Falcone... 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 — So charming it makes Belle & Sebastian sound like Slayer more info

Sweeping The Nation — It's only been a week and again EVERYONE has decided to release new material for us to pick carefully through and highlight the peaks rather than foothills of. May as well start with Arcade Fire, whose Everything Now - title track of album out Ju... 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

Sweeping The Nation — His Clancyness - Zenith DiamondJust four and a half years or thereabouts since we first wrote about Jonathan Clancy's solo project he announces an album, Vicious out 7th October. Actually, maybe because it's now officially a trio, it sounds more in t... more info

Sweeping The Nation — Brighton's annual takeover by marauding hordes of attention grabbing big names, showcasing Norwegians playing four or five times, major label hopes, mathrock challengers and suchlike. Pretty much everything bar a few standalone gigs is sold out, but ... more info

Sweeping The Nation — A new weekly post for this summer where we guide you through the sets you should be seeing at British festivals the following weekend. Please note that a) we cannot be held responsible for clashes and b) we haven't heard and judged every band here, m... more info

DrownedInSound — There’s an endearing sense of modesty to a line like “Daniel Johnston has hundreds of great tunes, and I’ve got six”, especially when it’s sung in the chorus of the first song of an 11-track album. Read the full story on DrownedinSoun... more info