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Arctic Top Rated Reviews

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Future Of The Left - Travels With Myself And Another by Rich Pickings
AC/DC - Live: M.E.N. by C.B. Thundercloud
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Recent Reviews

Fleet Foxes - Live: The Academy by Rich Pickings
Emiliana Torrini - Live: Brudenell Social Club by Rich Pickings
Luscious Jackson - Fever In Fever Out by Rich Pickings
Little Boots - Hands by Rich Pickings
Kings Of Convenience - Quiet Is The New Loud by Rich Pickings

Recent Playlists

CB's 2008 Festive Forty by C.B. Thundercloud
2008 - The Year in Music by Rich Pickings
Twistin My Melon, Man... by Rich Pickings
Rich's Top 30 of 2007 by Rich Pickings
CB's 2007 Festive Forty by C.B. Thundercloud

Welcome to arctic reviews, where our aim is simple – to publish intelligent, thought provoking record reviews of both new and classic album releases from the last 30 years.

We’ll grow the amount of material reviewed as quickly as possible but our emphasis is quality, not quantity. Our writers are writers, not musicians or publicists trying to blog their clients to the top. They’re also amateurs who share one goal – to bring you unbiased, totally honest opinions without fear of the consequences. Their careers don’t depend on being a sycophant. Our ratings system gives you the opportunity to decide whether you want to spend time investing part of your life on the artist concerned.

Finally, everyone’s opinion is welcome and arctic reviews is based on a democracy underpinned by the principles of free speech. We love your feedback whether you agree with our contributors or not but please try to remember they’re only expressing their subjectivity. Please save your vitriol for more deserving authority figures.

Arctic Reviews – the voice of unreason.

Yours
Rich Pickings

Florence Breathes Deeply..

Florence & The Machine's debut album Lungs is out on Monday. After being underwhelmed by Little Boots but kinda wowed by Empire of The Sun, let's see how the next act off the class of 2009 conveyor belt fares under the AR spotlight.

Posted By: Rich Pickings

Date posted: Thursday, 02 Jul 2009 - 07:53 PM | Comments( 0 )