Highly entertaining spin on the imminent end of year list

Been out of action on the blog for a while, but making a return for list season. Throwing this one out early partly as a prediction piece. Here’s our most overrated albums of 2025. Don’t believe the hype. nofrillsreviews.com/2025/11/30/2...

As Oasis fever spreads to the US, revisit our look at a psychedelic oddity unlike anything else in their catalogue. 👇 nofrillsreviews.com/2025/07/31/t...

🌙 Moonchild Sanelly’s Full Moon is bold, cheeky & heartfelt - amapiano grooves, body-positive bravado, and raw vulnerability shape her future ghetto funk. Full Review👇 nofrillsreviews.com/2025/06/02/a...

This Side of the Island finds The Walkmen frontman, Hamilton Leithauser, at his most ragged & radiant - shrill yet soulful, playful yet profound. Imperfectly perfect. Full Review👇 nofrillsreviews.com/2025/06/09/a...

Photocomfort’s Patron Saint is a gorgeous debut - blending vintage jazz vibes, glitchy twists & moments of indie-pop gold. Full review 👇 nofrillsreviews.com/2024/08/15/a...

Track of the Day is a wild, three-act psychedelic rap epic, blazing its scorched earth trail in under three minutes. nofrillsreviews.com/2025/08/18/t...

🎧Track of the Day🎧 A hard-edged West-Coast rap banger, featuring Kendrick collaborator, Lefty Gunplay. More here👇 nofrillsreviews.com/2025/08/17/t...

🍑Peachy by The Rhythm Method is a record full of character: wry storytelling, sly grooves, and quietly ambitious songwriting. Find out why it was one of our favourites of 2024👇 nofrillsreviews.com/2024/04/13/a...

💎 Best albums of 2025 you probably haven’t heard yet 💎 From coastal-folk heartbreak to playful existentialist rap, our pick of 5 hidden gems from the year to date. nofrillsreviews.com/2025/07/09/2...

Automatic isn’t stripped-back, it’s hollow. The Lumineers’ latest does little to dispel the notion that they’re stomp-clap relics. Full review: nofrillsreviews.com/2025/02/25/a...

SABLE, fABLE is Bon Iver stripped bare and rebuilt—dark introspection meets euphoric romance, with Justin’s voice carrying both ache and light. Full review: nofrillsreviews.com/2025/06/16/a...

Oasis like you’ve never heard them. Amorphous Androgynous turned a middling latter day single into a 22-minute psychedelic odyssey; filled with sitars, strings, and warped vocals. The sound of a cosmic rebirth. More👇 nofrillsreviews.com/2025/07/31/t...

Small Time Monsters is a blend of gothic imagery and classic pop that masks haunting tales of heartbreak and desire. From Western-disco to dreamy jangles, The Dream Machine are upstart eccentrics with the skill of old masters. Review👇 nofrillsreviews.com/2025/01/18/a...

Including us, Perennial!

From Aussie punk snark to Black Country poetry. Revisit our top 50 albums of 2024. 👇 nofrillsreviews.com/2024/12/10/2...

“Contrasts and contradictions drive a thought-provoking study of growing up poor in Britain” Revisit our review of the best UK rap album of last year, the Mobo Award winning Being Poor Is Expensive by Bashy. 🔗 nofrillsreviews.com/2024/09/26/a...

Our track of the day is a (relatively) accessible offering from one of underground rap’s great experimentalists. nofrillsreviews.com/2025/08/06/t...

Our track of the day is the standout from The Toxic Crusaders’ debut of warped and woozy boom bap throwbacks. nofrillsreviews.com/2025/08/05/t...

Album Review: The Courettes - The Soul Of…The Fabulous Courettes The wide-eyed sweetness of Phil Spector girl-groups meets the wild-eyed garage rock psychedelia you’d uncover on a Nuggets compilation. nofrillsreviews.com/2024/10/14/a...

Despite the diminishing returns, Oasis’ later years were still peppered with occasional gems. This psych epic is quite unlike anything else in their catalogue. Albeit, the real credit doesn’t go to Oasis themselves. nofrillsreviews.com/2025/07/31/t...

EP Review: Westside Gunn - 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/e...

Rhys Langston’s “rapper’s singer-songwriter record” is a boundary blurring opus as his lyrical flair is met with an emotive immediacy, amidst inventive, convention-defying compositions. Album Review: Rhys Langston - Pale Black Negative nofrillsreviews.com/2025/07/03/a...

A forgotten piece in the jigsaw of rock history, and one of the earliest entries in the metal canon. From the archives, a review of the obscure proto-metal classic, Randy Holden’s Population II. 🔗 nofrillsreviews.com/2023/02/14/m...

As a Oasis fever grips the UK, our track of the day looks back at an oddity unlike anything else in their catalogue. nofrillsreviews.com/2025/07/31/t...

Album Review: Miles Kane - One Man Band Kane never comes off as more than the sum of his influences, and it’s unclear what he actually adds to the equation; he struggles to establish himself as more than a competent revivalist. nofrillsreviews.com/2025/01/03/a...

Track of the day is the riotous return of Nashville punks, Snööper, ahead of their latest album on Jack White’s @thirdmanrecords.bsky.social More👇 nofrillsreviews.com/2025/07/30/t...

Out track of the day is the latest single from CMAT( @cmatbaby.bsky.social ), in the midst of a truly star-making run. nofrillsreviews.com/2025/07/29/t...

“Their primitive metal sound captures rock as a raw, instinctive form of expression” A look at the debut album from Sir Lord Baltimore. A forgotten gem, with a notable place in metal history. nofrillsreviews.com/2023/03/02/m...

Our track of the day is some gorgeous Dylan-influenced Americana from Manchester’s The Late Freddie Price. More👇 nofrillsreviews.com/2025/07/28/t...

Starting a new series of bite size daily recommendations. Our first track of the day is a glorious slice of electro-pop hedonism from NYC’s Shallowhalo. Read more here: nofrillsreviews.com/2025/07/27/t...

An album of the year and one that hasn’t been getting enough attention.

New album review: BIG SPECIAL - NATIONAL AVERAGE The Midlands electro-punk duo deliver a solid sophomore effort but rarely reach the heights of their debut. Full Review👇 nofrillsreviews.com/2025/07/21/a...

From a Bon Iver-esque breakup record to existentialist underground rap, here’s the best albums of 2025 that you haven’t heard of: nofrillsreviews.com/2025/07/09/2...

“Contrasting harsh industrial rock and hip-hop with ethereal pop beauty, Booker delivers a experimental masterclass filled with bleakly beautiful songwriting” Our review of Benjamin Booker’s LOWER. nofrillsreviews.com/2025/04/04/a...

Really glad this review convinced me to take a chance on this record; it's fascinating and delightful. Strong recommend.

Continuing our mid-year review, with a selection of under the radar gems, including Jay Cinema (@jaycinema.bsky.social) & Nobody Jones (@deathbombarc.bsky.social). Here’s our pick of the best albums you haven’t heard of: 🔗 nofrillsreviews.com/2025/07/09/2...

Album Review: @rhyslangston.bsky.social - Pale Black Negative Rhys Langston’s “rapper’s singer-songwriter record” is a boundary blurring opus as his lyrical flair is met with an emotive immediacy, amidst inventive, convention-defying compositions. Full Review👇 nofrillsreviews.com/2025/07/03/a...

Birmingham electro-punk duo, BIG SPECIAL, have just announced the surprise release of their 2nd album, coming out at midnight. Revisit our review of their debut, our no.1 album of 2024.👇 nofrillsreviews.com/2025/01/15/a...

I’m a bit slow keeping up on this Glasto coverage, but my main takeaway is that CMAT is an absolute star.

Glass Beams getting the 6 Music Dad-approved world music slot on the BBC Glastonbury coverage. Called it last year. nofrillsreviews.com/2024/04/17/i...

The best of 2025 so far. Our pick of the 15 albums you need to hear. nofrillsreviews.com/2025/06/18/t...

Album Review: Bon Iver - SABLE, fABLE Justin Vernon leans into the mythology of Bon Iver, while delivering his most straightforward songwriting yet on a trip through his darkest lows and brightest highs Full Review: nofrillsreviews.com/2025/06/16/a...

Sam Fender - People Watching His act largely revolves around repurposing Bruce Springsteen’s American heartland rock storytelling for a British audience; where the cultural touchstones are less Atlantic City and Badlands, more Aldi and Poundland More here: nofrillsreviews.com/2025/03/04/a...

Album Review: Hamilton Leithauser - This Side of the Island An enjoyably ragged collection that compliments the untamed charm of one of this century’s great rock voices Full Review: nofrillsreviews.com/2025/06/09/a...

Got round to writing some words on my favourite pop album of 2025 so far. South African star, Moonchild Sanelly, with her brand of ‘future ghetto funk’. nofrillsreviews.com/2025/06/02/a...

i had some expansive chats with billy woods about his incredible new album, horror and sci-fi as literary devices, the rightward shift of world governments, and mf doom up now at @bandcamp.com

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” nofrillsreviews.com/2025/01/15/a...

I don't want to throw a wrench in your morning, but here's a friendly reminder that we put out new music this week. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwfr...