Bloc Party - Hymns Review

2012 should have been a second renaissance for Bloc Party. After taking a hiatus and every member going off for a solo career/side project/becoming Ash's touring guitarist, the band re-convened, released a balls-to-the-wall rock album (which I ranked the best album released that year), nearly completed a successful tour and was already planning to release new material quickly after.

A Few Words on... Steven Wilson - 4 ½

Calling Steven Wilson's latest release an album is a disservice to his previous releases. Despite clocking in at just under forty minutes, 4 ½ consists of six tracks and mostly consists of material deemed unsuitable for either The Raven That Refused to Sing, Hand. Cannot. Erase. and a re-recording of Porcupine Tree's Don't Hate Me.

David Bowie - Blackstar Review

We should have seen it coming. It should never have been a surprise.

Back in 2013, David Bowie shocked the music world by daring to release a comeback album. A decent album, let down by it's length and normality. At fourteen tracks, it was a long journey from beginning to end, but it was good nonetheless, not his best comeback but miles better than say, Black Tie White Noise.

Album Rankings for 2015

Another year, another list of albums with hyperlinks to ones I bothered to write about and ones that I listened to, rated and then either had no intention of reviewing or lost momentum to.