Give your ears a thrill… The Alternative Music Playlist for January 2023 is OUT NOW!
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September / October 2022: The Alternative Music Playlist
The Alternative Music Playlist is back with another massive double feature! This time round we’re spanning September and October 2022 and as always we’ve got some of the best new alternative music in one massive playlist. Time to fuck your weekend.
January 2022: The Alternative Music Playlist
Another month, another massive playlist, this time featuring some of our favourite tracks released throughout December 2021 and January 2022.
July 2020: An Alternative Music Playlist
We’re cutting it a little close this month but we’re finally here with a frankly ridiculous 8-hour playlist. That’s an entire working day of incredible new alternative music.
Huge thanks to @nuartaberdeen for the cover art (found in Aberdeen, Scotland).
Album Review: Blockhead - Free Sweatpants (2019)
Blockhead is a producer and DJ from NYC. I discovered his latest album, Free Sweatpants, through Backwoodz Studioz, the label that released the astonishingly good Paraffin by Armand Hammer last year (which featured on my 35 favourite albums of 2018).
Live Review: The Pharcyde @ O2 ABC2, Glasgow (20/03/18)
If you get the chance to see The Pharcyde live I’d absolutely recommend that you do as they clearly haven’t lost any of their magic over the years.
10 EPs Of 2018 You Must Listen To
Following on from the look back at my favourite albums of 2018, I thought I'd close out that retrospective by also sharing my favourite EPs of said year.
16 Songs by Mexican Artists, Absolutely Worth Your Time
I've been in Mexico for about 2 weeks now which obviously makes me an expert on said country's music scene. Here are 16 of my recommendations for songs you need to hear by Mexican artists.
Album Review: Black Peaks - All That Divides (2018)
All That Divides is a genuinely brilliant album; it’s melodic, catchy, bone crushingly heavy and if you are into alternative music, absolutely essential.
Album Review: Gouge Away - Burnt Sugar (2018)
I’ve been anticipating this album since I first heard the track “Ghost” a number of weeks ago and have been dying to hear it ever since.
Live Review: Jurassic Park (25th Anniversary) in Concert @ SEC Armadillo, Glasgow (14/09/18)
Should you go and see Jurassic Park in Concert? If you love the film, you absolutely should. If you're a fan of unique cinematic experiences, you absolutely should. If you're anyone else and have a couple of hours to spare, you absolutely should.
Album Review: Fantastic Negrito - Please Don't Be Dead (2018)
I’ve been listening to a serious dosage of metal recently but over the last week I’ve switched my medication over to something a little more easy on the ears; Please Don’t Be Dead by Fantastic Negrito.
Album of the Week: Get Your Act Together Edition - Part 1
Its been 8 weeks since I last posted an Album of the Week review. Eight bloody weeks! So to go some way to make up for that I’ve decided to gather together the albums I’ve been listening to during that time in a bumper “Albums of the Weeks” or “Insert Better Title Here” style post which will go up in two parts.
Record Store Day 2018 - Several Good / Several Bad
Today is Record Store Day, both saviour and scourge of record stores around the world. So what better way to celebrate than to pick several good and several bad from the glut of releases? Lets do this.