Now here's the thing. Under old circumstances, this review would have been up when this album came out three months ago. Alas, with its release coming just as the world literally stopped, old circumstances have given way to new ones since then. Ones that I haven't really coped with all that well on a wider … Continue reading #CrazyStupidAlbum: Niall Horan (@NiallOfficial) – ‘Heartbreak Weather’
ARTIST: Niall Horan SONG: Put A Little Love On Me SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? Fresh from winning Man of the Year in our annual End of Year Prizes, Niall Horan only has the honour of being the man behind our first brand new #SongoftheWeek for 2020. Some guys have … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Niall Horan – ‘Put A Little Love On Me’
ARTIST: Niall Horan SONG: Nice To Meet Ya SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? I think it's worth having a customary refresh of my closing words on my review of 'Flicker', Niall Horan's debut solo album exactly two years ago: 'When, in a year or two from now, as with Take … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Niall Horan – ‘Nice To Meet Ya’
ARTIST: Julia Michaels feat. Niall Horan SONG: What A Time SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? After the 'Issues' songstress joined Mullingar's finest as the opening act on the UK and Europe leg of his world tour last year, it was perhaps a little inevitable that they would end up working … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Julia Michaels feat. Niall Horan – ‘What A Time’
Happy Boxing Day dear readers! We hope you've all had a lovely Christmas so far. As is always tradition on this corner of the internet, today we bring you our most important blog of the year, as we hand out our prizes to those we've loved across music, TV, books and film this year. This … Continue reading Alex’s End Of Year Prizes 2018
When we cast an eye over this week's new release schedule, it struck us that it felt a bit like the good old times again. You remember. The days when a multitude of well known pop acts would release singles on the same day, all hoping to race up to number one in an intense … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Boybanders Go Solo Special
Happy Boxing Day people! Hope your Christmas is going spiffingly festive so far. It's time, as always, for our annual End of Year Prizes for 2017. This is the time for us to hand out our awards to the great and good that we've loved in music, TV, film and books over the last 12 … Continue reading Alex’s End of Year Prizes 2017
There will be a curiously late 90s/early 00s feel to the top end of the UK album chart this coming Friday, if the current midweeks are anything to go by. Not least because of the spectacle of a George Michael album currently leading the way to be number one (albeit a heavily repacked one), but … Continue reading #CrazyStupidAlbum: Niall Horan – ‘Flicker’
ARTIST: Niall Horan SONG: Too Much to Ask SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? I come to write the blog about my favourite new song of the week this week with a small sense of trepidation. Largely on account of who's behind it, and thus, on account of what I say … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Niall Horan – ‘Too Much to Ask’
Alex's Blog (still Crazy, still Stupid)... 