Category: AlbumReview
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Album of The Year AlbumReview Bilk Britpop Cian Downing Craig Edmonds Essex Drugs and Rock and Roll Gaz Whelan Hazy Sundays IC1s indie Music Little Juke Little Strange Lunar Sounds Michael Robert Murphy music review new music Oasis Peter Azzopardi Rise of The Indie Artists Songs For The Spine The Bracknell The Clause The High Nines The Jacques The Ks The Royston Club ThisIsTheMusic ThisIsTheMusic meets Podcast Warm Coat YOGI G and The Family Tree Yon Man You Bedda Believe It
ThisIsTheMusic Top 20 albums of 2025
The ThisIsTheMusic top 20 albums of 2025
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Don’t Touch My Soul – SAHAJi
A review of Don’t Touch My Soul, th new album from Japanese band SAHAJi
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Victim Of A Casual Thing The Clause
Some debut albums introduce a band; others announce them. Victim of A Casual Thing is firmly the latter — a record that doesn’t just showcase The Clause’s talent but cements their place as one of the most exciting young bands in the UK. The Clause have been grafting for years,…
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The High Nines – The High Nines
Some debuts announce a band’s arrival; others feel like a culmination of something bigger. The High Nines’ self-titled first album does both. Thirteen tracks long and brimming with confidence, it’s the sound of a North West five-piece who understand the weight of the region’s musical history but refuse to be…
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Lovin’ You Richard Ashcroft
Richard Ashcroft has always carried a certain weight with him — the voice of Britpop’s most spiritual frontman, the restless soul behind Urban Hymns, the poet who never stopped chasing transcendence in the everyday. Now, in 2025, he returns with Lovin’ You, his first studio album since 2018s Natural Rebel.…
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You Bedda Believe It – Yon Mon
Since The Shed Project finished in 2024, Bolton’s own Yon Mon has been steadily carving out a name in the UK indie scene, and now comes the real statement: his debut album Yon Bedda Believe It. Across ten tracks, Yon Mon blends grit with heart, storytelling with swagger, and delivers…
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Departures From The States Of Mind Little Juke
From the heart of Birmingham’s ever-growing indie scene comes Departures From The States Of Mind, the bold and beautiful debut album from Little Juke. Released in February 2025, the record is a powerful journey through emotional landscapes, threading together indie rock, folk, trip-hop, and soul into a sound that feels…
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Essex Drugs and Rock and Roll Bilk
Essex trio, Bilk are set to release one of the most highly anticipated albums of 2025, when they release Essex, Drugs and Rock and Roll on 25th January via Scruff of The Neck Records. The band consists of Sol Abrahams (Vocals/guitars), Luke Hare (bass) and Harry Gray (drums) and they’ve spent the past…
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Souls In Motion Pastel
Since bursting onto the scene in 2020, with debut single She Waits For Me, Pastel have quickly established themselves as one of the most exciting emerging bands in the indie scene. There first two EPs secured the top two spots on the UK official vinyl charts and they received a…
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Love Your Neighbour The Rifles
East London 4-piece (well 5 if you count the legend that’s Dean Mumford) The Rifles, are making their long-awaited comeback. It’s been seven years since their last studio album, but this coming Friday (5th July), they are releasing their new album Love Your Neighbour, that is a serious contender for album…
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