Category Archives: Arctic Monkeys

Songs of 2005

by Russ Williams

2005… The year that YouTube went online, Pope John Paul died, Ireland went ‘metric’ and surgeons in France performed the worlds first face transplant.
It was a big year for sport: England’s cricketers won The Ashes, in rugby Wales won their first ‘Grand Slam’ since 1978 and Rafa Benitez somehow inspired Liverpool in Istanbul [...]

Categories: Arctic Monkeys Athlete Daniel Powter James Blunt Kaiser Chiefs Killers Tony Christie

British Songs of the Decade

by Geoff Lloyd

There’s no doubt that Britain punches above its weight as a musical force, but this decade may arguably be the first since the fifties in which we’ve been pummeled by North America. The Strokes, The White Stripes, Eminem, Destiny’s Child – they set out their stall within the first couple of years, during [...]

Categories: Arctic Monkeys Doves Elbow Franz Ferdinand Lily Allen Morrissey Roddy Frame The Libertines