2024 was largely a great year for music. But as always, there were some flops among the bops.
“A collection of profound and epic album reviews and musical articles by former astronaut and brain surgeon, Alasdair Kennedy. Reaching levels of poetry that rival Keats and Blake, the following reviews affirm Alasdair to be a prodigy, a genius and a god whose opinion is always objectively right. He is also without a doubt the most modest man in the universe.” - Alasdair Kennedy
Thursday, 12 December 2024
Thursday, 10 October 2024
Monday, 29 April 2024
Thursday, 15 February 2024
Monday, 18 December 2023
Thursday, 14 December 2023
Tuesday, 2 May 2023
Review of '72 Seasons' by Metallica
Metallica continue to stay true to their thrash roots. But with so few risks taken and such clunky songwriting, you have to ask yourself ‘is this really more enjoyable than St Anger?’.
Thursday, 8 December 2022
The 10 Worst Songs of 2022
2022 gave us an array of awful viral TikTok songs, horrible soundtracks and unnecessary covers. I’ve rounded up the 10 worst examples I could find here.
Tuesday, 20 September 2022
Review of 'Will Of The People' by Muse
Muse deliver their latest batch of bombastic protest songs – which includes surprise metal riffs, an Adele-flavoured piano ballad and a random Halloween anthem.
Tuesday, 16 August 2022
Monday, 4 July 2022
Tuesday, 10 May 2022
Monday, 13 December 2021
The 10 Worst Songs of 2021
♫ He's making his end-of-year lists. He’s checking them twice. He’s gonna find out who’s naughty or nice. ♫ As usual, I'm planning on rounding up my favourite tracks, but we’ll get the ‘naughty list’ out of the way first. Here are my picks for the worst songs of 2021. Which songs did I miss?
Thursday, 28 October 2021
Double Review: 'Solar Power' by Lorde and 'Happier Than Ever' by Billie Eilish
In this fashionably late double album review, I catch up on Lorde’s new sunny LP Solar Power, and Billie Eilish’s not-so-happy new record Happier Than Ever.
Wednesday, 12 May 2021
Wednesday, 21 April 2021
Thursday, 28 January 2021
Monday, 14 December 2020
The 10 Worst Songs of 2020
IT’S LIST TIME!!! I’ve already started working on my favourite tracks and favourite albums lists. But before we embrace the best of 2020, let’s remind ourselves of some of the most terrible songs from this terrible year. Compared to my previous lists, this year's annual music horror show is particularly ghastly. In fact, it's so ghastly that 6ix9ine didn’t even make the cut. Proceed at your own risk...