Belle and Sebastian - Girls in Peacetime Want To Dance

Ultimately, this album is written for their fans

Funeral for a Friend - Chapter and Verse

Hard-hitting, high energy and thoroughly enjoyable

Rae Morris - Unguarded

Girl In A Thunderbolt - Own Your Bones

Following a brief hiatus, this is a triumphant return from Norwich's own Girl In A Thunderbolt.

Neil Young - Storytone Reprise

Two discs, two distinctly different interpretations of the same set of songs.

Best of 2021

Here are some of their personal thoughts on what music and much more looked like in 2021.

Superfood - Don't Say That

Well crafted but uninspired and uninspiring Britpop pastiche.

Jon Hopkins - Asleep Versions EP

More fascinating folktronica from Jon Hopkins

Broads - Care & Handling EP

Intriguing stuff from a local chap

Hookworms - The Hum

Hang on, this could get trippy.

Daisy Victoria - Nobody Dies EP

A truly complex talent whose fame is already set to spread beyond our Norfolk borders.

Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways

It's still very much a Foo Fighters Rock Album

Devo - Miracle Witness Hour

This is de-evolution in action

Deerhoof - La Isla Bonita

Their formula still sounds fresh

Bonnie Prince Billy - A Sea of Tongues

It’s more Country with a Capital C.

Scott Walker & Sunn 0))) - Soused

Music for pleasure? Not if Scott Walker has anything to do with it.

Simple Minds - Big Music

Almost lives up to the title. As enjoyable as it is pompous.

Inspiral Carpets - Inspiral Carpets

Pleasant enough, but unlikely to set the world on fire.

Submotion Orchestra - Alium

The good times don’t stop

The Flaming Lips - With a Little Help from my Fwends

It's just a shame that it misses the mark.

Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga // Cheek To Cheek

The meat dress-wearing popstrel returns with an album of classic duets with old school crooner Tony Bennett. Not your usual Gaga.

Kormac - Doorsteps

I was continuously surprised throughout all 43 minutes.

Montagues & Capulets - Landscapes of Youth

Not one bad track on this album.

Ryan Adams - Ryan Adams

Even Adams’ guitar lines manage to evoke something bittersweet.

Aphex Twin // Syro

Thirteen years after the release of Aphex Twin’s last album, Drukqs, Richard D James has returned with his much awaited album, Syro.

Zola Jesus - Taiga

Won’t do much for the lonely goths of this world.

Lower than Atlantis - Lower than Atlantis

A complete contrast to any of their previous albums.

Bonobo - The North Borders Tour Live

This cheeky monkey has given us this beauty of a record

Marmozets// The Weird and Wonderful Marmozets

Marmozets are definitely on my to-see list.

Twilight Sad // Nobody Wants To Be Here And Nobody Wants To Leave

Not perfect but the Sad nearly hit the sweet spot on album four.

Alt-J // This Is All Yours

If all you’re after is more of the first album, you won’t be disappointed.

Tricky // Adrian Thaws

This is a good one.

Jenny Lewis // The Voyager

It’s more of a “coming to terms” affair.

The Pukes // Too Drunk To Pluck

There's enough punk attitude in this album to, well, win a 'who's the most punk?' contest.

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

Hypnotic Eye is an album with plenty of American soul, the kind of music classics are made from.

New Model Army // Between Wine And Blood

It may be small, but this perfectly formed mini-album has substance.

Luke Sital-Singh // The Fire Inside

His particular brand of musical finesse just doesn’t quite transfer to the album.

She Keeps Bees // Eight Houses

This will be an album that I will be revisiting for some time.

Last Great Dreamers // Crash Landing In Teenage Heaven

Second album from the long lost but soon to return cult dandies of Rock 'n' Roll

Childhood - Lacuna

This album makes me feel like Supergirl.