Category: Music roundup

• Indie-ish Roundup: January 2024

  

  A roundup of January’s best indie-ish releases. From big names to under the radar highlights.

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  7th Feb 2024

  Best New Music, Indie-ish, Music reviews, Music roundup, new music

  Bill Ryder-Jones, Brown Horse, Courting, Future Islands, glass beach, Gruff Rhys, John Squire, Liam Gallagher, Sleater-Kinney, SPRINTS, Stuart Pearce, The Smile

• Hip-Hop Highlights: January 2024

  

  A roundup of January highlights from the hip-hop world; the best albums, big name picks and hidden gems.

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  3rd Feb 2024

  Best New Music, Hip-Hop Highlights, Music reviews, Music roundup, new music

  95Smokey, Angry Blackmen, Awks Cord, Benny The Butcher, Bruiser Wolf, Tapwaterfish

• New Music Roundup: 2023 Sweep-up

  

  One final new music roundup for 2023 to give a shout to some of my late favourites that got lost amongst end of year list season (if you like lists then you can find all that stuff here). Frog GROG Frog are a modern day cult band, who are critically-liked but have never quite been…

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  21st Jan 2024

  Best New Music, Music reviews, Music roundup, new music

  BIG SPECIAL, Bigg Jus, Fatboi Sharif, Frog, Grackles, JuseMC, PISS SHIVERS, THE GOA EXPRESS, We Are Joiners, Xavier

• 2023 in Review

  

  All of the end of year content for 2023 from No Frills Reviews. Best Albums, songs, hidden gems & most overrated.

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  21st Jan 2024

  2023 in Review, Best New Music, Music reviews, Music roundup, new music

  Albums of the Year, Best of 2023, Hidden Gems, Most Overrated, Songs of the Year

• 2023 in Review: The Year’s Best Songs

  

  Featuring breakout debuts, indie up-comers, underground hip-hop, and more. 23 of the year’s top tunes.

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  27th Dec 2023

  2023 in Review, Music reviews, Music roundup, new music

  86TVs, BIG SPECIAL, Bill Ryder-Jones, boygenius, Chappell Roan, CVC, emzae, Feist, Gabe ‘Nandez, harf., Joanna Sternberg, KAM-BU, KNEECAP, Komparrison, Meryl Streek, Militarie Gun, Mother Said, Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, Red Telephone, Reignmaker, Rockwell Knuckles, SOFT PLAY, The Last Dinner Party

• 2023 in Review: 10 Hidden Gems

  

  10 hidden gems that you may not have seen amongst the end of year lists.

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  21st Dec 2023

  2023 in Review, Music reviews, Music roundup, new music

  Allie Crow Buckley, Arborist, Celestial North, Class, HOUSE Of ALL, James Redmond, Miranda and the Beat, Motorbike, Rogue Jones, Thrillhouse

• 2023 in Review: The Year’s Top 5 Albums

  The top 5 albums of 2023 according to No Frills Reviews

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  14th Dec 2023

  2023 in Review, Music reviews, Music roundup, new music

  Benefits, CMAT, Lankum, Young Fathers, Youth Lagoon

• 2023 in Review: The Year’s Top 10 Albums

  

  The Top 10 Albums of 2023: Find out who made the cut

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  9th Dec 2023

  2023 in Review, Music reviews, Music roundup, new music

  Billy Nomates, Danny Brown, JPEGMAFIA, Oracle Sisters, Stik Figa, The Dream Machine, The Expert

• 2023 in Review: The Year’s Most Overrated Albums Pt. 2

  Noname, Noel Gallagher, and more feature in the year’s most overrated albums.

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  3rd Dec 2023

  2023 in Review, Music reviews, Music roundup, new music

  BC Camplight, Caroline Polachek, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Noname, The Reytons

• 2023 in Review: The Year’s Most Overrated Albums Pt. 1

  

  Starting off list season with 5 of the year’s most overrated albums.

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  30th Nov 2023

  2023 in Review, Music reviews, Music roundup, new music

  boygenius, Lil Yachty, Queens of The Stone Age, Wednesday, Yves Tumor