Post-Britpop

The Reytons – ‘Ballad of a Bystander’ Album Review

Photo Credit: Rich Goodwin With their previous album, What’s Rock and Roll?, Rotherham, England band the Reytons answered their own question: taking cues from Blur, the Arctic Monkeys, and other essential Britpop as well as classic punk, the Reytons offered up a tight, kinetic, in-your-face but fun thirty-five minutes and twelve tracks of what was… Read more

Arctic Monkeys – ‘The Car’ Album Review

Photo Credit: Zackery Michael On their seventh studio album The Car, the Arctic Monkeys continue the musical road trip that they set out on with their previous release, Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (2018). The Sheffield, England quartet which became known (and renowned) for their brand of fast, kinetic, mile-a-minute Britpop delivered with a punk… Read more

Coldplay – ‘Everyday Life’ Album Review

Photo Credit: Tim Saccenti Nearly four years of “everydays” have passed since the release of Coldplay’s last full-length studio album A Head Full of Dreams in 2015, so it might be easy to assume that with sixteen tracks clocking in at nearly an hour, the band’s new album Everyday Life is on some level an effort to make up for lost time. Either way, this new record is time well spent, as it’s got emotion, quality, diversity and,… Read more