Album Rankings for 2016

Another year, another list because everyone loves lists.

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.

Album Rankings for 2014

Whilst a lot of you will look at 2014 as a miserable year, mine was pretty damn special.

Album Ratings for 2013

Another year; another list of album’s I either managed to review or ones I intended to, going so far to score them but never getting there. I ran into two albums that ranked a nine (a first!) but album of the year goes to Sigur Rós with Queens of the Stone Age in a close second.

So enjoy this long list of titles and numbers and have an awesome start to 2014.

Album Ratings for 2012

A Happy New Year...'s eve! As the final post of 2012; here's my rundown of every album/EP/B-side compilation I had the pleasure/displeasure of listening to throughout 2012. Some have already been reviewed (which have a hyperlink), but the vast majority will likely never be completed.

So yeah, have an awesome start to 2013 and see you soon!

Bloc Party - Four Review

If I could pick one band that served as the backing track to the best years of my life; it would easily be Bloc Party. Whether it was driving for the first time and narrowly avoiding a head-on collision with a Land Rover with Two More Years, having Price of Gas blaring from my car with friends through East London or meeting my girlfriend at a Bloc Party gig (see, not all of them are car related); the foursome have never been far behind with their expansive array of tunes, always ready to fill the void when needed.

Just when it seemed everything was running smoothly and the band had three pretty damn good albums under their belt, they took a break. A very long break; one filled with plenty of trolling at the expense of NME and plenty of solo releases (one of which was reviewed last year...right here). Thankfully, they're back together, ready with a new album in tow.

But the question remains; after a three year leave of absence (or four years since their last album); where does Four of indie rock's darlings now sit in the music landscape with their fourth album which is also called Four?