SCM Music’s Top 50 Albums of 2020
Let’s be honest, you don’t need me lecturing you on how bad 2020 has been. But when we think back on the months we spent inside our homes, let’s remember how vital the arts...
Author: Andrew Noel
SCM Music’s 25 Best Albums of 2020 So Far
YOU DON’T need me to tell you just how much of a fucked up year 2020 has been so far. We’ve started off the new decade with the wrong type of bang, but with...
SCM Music’s Top 100 Albums of the Decade
ABOUT a million years after every other publication has given their verdict on the best albums of the 2010s, here comes ours. For myself, the last decade was a formative period. I left school,...
SCM Music’s Top 50 Albums of 2019
WHEN THIS year started I really did wonder if 2019 could live up to the standards set by 2018, 2017, and the other years this decade. While it might have taken a couple of...
SCM Music’s Album Picks: July to September – Fears, Heroes and Human Friends
Brockhampton – Ginger After cobbling together an album in the form of Iridesence, Brockhampton finally properly regrouped and made the downbeat album they knew they had to make. Ginger is overflowing with grooves and...
SCM Music’s Album Picks: April to June – Rewards, Keepsakes and Big Wows
SLIGHTLY later than usual, here are our top albums of the last few months! Here come some good ‘uns, make sure you give these a listen! Baroness – Gold & Grey Gold &...
SCM Music’s Album Picks: January to March – Foals, Toys and Community Centers
AS WE CREEP into 2019, the musical ball begins to roll. This year has been slow to start; 2018 was such a strong year for music, maybe the world just needed a second to...
SCM Music’s Top 50 Albums of 2018
THERE is no point in one occasional music editor telling you how tumultuous of a year 2018 was. But if you take away the increased risks of climate change, the useless politicians, rising rates...
SCM Music’s Album Picks: July to September – Paraffin, Joy and Sweeteners
WOW, HAVE we really got to that time of year again? Yes, it’s the final act of our quarterly round-ups before we hit the big of year list come December! Hold on to your...
SCM Music’s Album Picks: April to June – Dinosaurs, Beach Houses and Parquet Courts
WELCOME back! We’ve had a pretty crazy quarter, so much new (and great) material has appeared, this segment of Album Picks has easily been the most difficult one so far. So much so that...
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