1. Dead – Young Fathers With each passing year, it feels like we’re getting closer to saturation point: sounds from the past fall in and out of vogue, classic records are re-issued again and again with meagre ‘bonuses’ and the same big bands rule the festival circuit. Against this backdrop, a three-piece ‘psychedelic hip-hop boyband’…
Honourable Mentions (or, albums I really liked but didn’t really listen to enough to feel like I have the authority to really write that much about): Holy Fire – Foals: It took me until this album to finally cave and give in Foals’ student-cool genre of indie rock (DID YOU KNOW THEY ALL WENT TO…
1. FIDLAR – FIDLAR I remember first hearing about FIDLAR last year and giving ‘Cheap Beer’ a listen. I liked it, thought that its in-your-face bratty silliness was a bit contrived, and didn’t give it a second thought. When the band’s self-titled debut rolled around at the start of 2013 I thought what the hell, downloaded…
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