Sweeping The Nation — Being twenty things that, knowing our previous record, will be very scattershot in terms of actually coming good. Sorry, everyone.There Is No Year is the slightly confounding title of Algiers' third album, due 17th January. The Underside Of Power... more info

Sweeping The Nation — So, for now, we reach the end of the decade compilations in retrospect, given 2018 hasn't actually ended yet and we'll then be compiling the playlist in the moment. Plenty happened in 2018, but not a lot outside the rise of K-Pop was progress... 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

Brooklyn Vegan — Róisín Murphy directed the video for "Tastes Good With The Money" which if from Fat White Family's first album for Domino. 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

Sweeping The Nation — Adwaith - Y DiweddarafHaven't been as convinced as many about the - go on, guess - Welsh trio (Carmarthen, to be exact) but this dip into crepescular Siouxsie territory around a slowly evolving circular riff where the track is nearly halfway done... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — This week: Baxter Dury's B.E.D. project with Etienne De Crecy; Buzzcocks vinyl reissues; Ty Segall's covers album; Italian band Qlowski; Swiss Duo Klaus Johann Grobe go full disco; and Young Marble Giants singer Alison Statton reunites with... more info

DrownedInSound — We caught up with the singer-songwriter to talk about Disney left-wing politics, the importance of a good record label, and future of music journalism more info

Core News — “Iggy serves up another sonic cocktail featuring some exclusive Record Store Day releases ahead of tomorrow’s special day including Goat, Nico and Baxter Dury. Iggy’s musical legacy has inspired and energised rock and roll’s alternative spiri... more info

Nialler9 — Body&Soul has announced its first names for the festival in Ballinlough Castle from June 22nd to June 24th. The line-up so far now looks like this: Chronixx Jon Hopkins Baxter Dury James Holden and the Animal Spirits Fever Ray Shamir Tank and T... more info