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Indie sleaze-revival poster boy, The Dare has announced a deluxe edition of last year’s What’s Wrong With New York. Revisit our review for a reminder of why it was so shit in the first place👇 nofrillsreviews.com/2024/10/13/alb…

Released OTD 1 yr ago: The Libertines - All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade The excitement of 20 yrs ago may have faded, but The Libertines offer up their most fully realised vision of Albion yet, as it changes before their eyes. Revisit our full review: nofrillsreviews.com/2024/05/01/alb…

A review of one of 2025’s hidden gems from the rap underground. Coulrophobia by Mach-Hommy collaborator, Big Cheeko (Soul God) “A soul-infused slow-burner of thoughtful street rap” 🔗 nofrillsreviews.com/2025/04/09/alb…

1 year ago on the blog - A review of the disappointing collab between Liam Gallagher and John Squire. “Two middle-aged blokes still hung up on imitating their favourite records, without having anything new to say themselves.” Revisit the full review👇 nofrillsreviews.com/2024/04/10/alb…

New Review - A debut of rapid-fire, chaotic punk absurdity from up-and-coming Teeside trio, Perfect Chicken. “like Big Black fronted by a disgruntled, medieval knight” (this isn’t hyperbole, there’s actually a song that sounds like that) Full Review: nofrillsreviews.com/2025/04/15/alb…

EP Review: WESTSIDEGUNN - HEELS HAVE EYES Tied to his latest venture as a wrestling promoter, it was only appropriate to look at this through the lens of wrestling. “This is Ric Flair as the touring NWA champ of the 80’s.” Full Review: nofrillsreviews.com/2025/04/24/ep-…

From the archives: 1 year ago on the blog. As part of our Getting into… Half Man Half Biscuit series - a look at their 6th album, Voyage to the Bottom of the Road. With a bit of Kurt Vonnegut thrown in. nofrillsreviews.com/2024/04/25/get…

Album Review: Let Me Out by FATBOI SHARIF & LET ME OUT AVAILABLE ON ALL DSPs (via DEATHBOMB ARC - deathbombarc.bsky.social) “The spirit of Sharif’s work lies in expressionism; his use of harsh, hauntingly evocative imagery capturing life’s absurd horrors.” Full Review: nofrillsreviews.com/2025/04/27/alb…

“His gravel-voiced rasp is smoothed down to a tender croon; like Louis Armstrong auditioning for a dream-pop band (this is a compliment, to be clear).” Read our review of Benjamin Booker’s challenging but excellent, LOWER.👇 nofrillsreviews.com/2025/04/04/alb…

Album Review: Self Esteem - A Complicated Woman “There’s hints of greatnesss as Self Esteem makes her stadium-sized ambitions clear, but it slips into a caricature version of her best work.” Full Review: nofrillsreviews.com/2025/04/29/alb…

Our Tracks of the month for April. 15 must hears, including a lost Springsteen classic, the next big name in British rap, and the bombastic return of WU LYF. All the picks here: nofrillsreviews.com/2025/05/01/tra…

Wife Patrol (Wife Patrol) feature in our Tracks of the Month for April. Check out all the selections here: nofrillsreviews.com/2025/05/01/tra…

“Grief Club - Good Mourning” from andrew an I is now available for pre-order via Fake Four Inc.: fakefour.bandcamp.com/album/good-mou… Featuring NAHreally AJ SUEDE jesse the Tree & Juan Deuce Mixed & Mastered by The Arcitype New single “I Guess I’m Alive” streaming everywhere.

SURPRISE DROP🏃🏃‍♂️ To celebrate 1 year of BLIP, we just released a small-run vinyl repress AND, by popular demand, *drum roll* ... a cassette tape! Signed vinyl, a cassette with BLIP + FLIP + unreleased The Expert beats, and a bundle of both: theexpert.bandcamp.com/album/blip

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“The scope of sounds he conjures up here goes far beyond hip-hop, often barely recognisable as conforming to any particular genre; they’re twisted, mangled forms of something that once was” Review: Let Me Out by Fatboi Sharif & Driveby nofrillsreviews.com/2025/04/27/alb…

A distillation of the Self Esteem brand, as dreamt up by a marketing exec - “She’s confident, she’s empowered, she’s sex positive. But she’s also vulnerable, self-deprecating, and unlucky in love. She’s A Complicated Woman!” Album Review: Self Esteem nofrillsreviews.com/2025/04/29/alb…

Released OTD in 2024: BIG SPECIAL - POSTINDUSTRIAL HOMETOWN BLUES “a wide-screen vision of small-time encounters... everyday mundanity wrapped in the language of epic poetry” Our no.1 album of 2024👇 nofrillsreviews.com/2024/12/16/202…

My self-produced, 7-instrument playing, album 'Pale Black Negative', is out in less than one month on 6/11 3 singles have preceded the forthcoming 11 track effort of genre abolition The 4th and final single is out 5/28, launching beside the vinyl pre-order via fused arrow records