On its 50th anniversary, Tom Liversidge revisits Pink Floyd's sixth studio album Meddle. Anytime I happen to listen to Meddle, or hear...

It's Halloween week, and some of the music releases this week have been spookily good, from highlights of Don Broco and Biffy Clyro's new...

If I told you that The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance turns 15 years old today, I doubt you’d believe me, because it feels like our...

Lee “Scratch” Perry is a sort of divine figure within the annuls of 20th century popular music. The kind who, even if you’d never heard a...

Free from the Britpop constraints of Oasis, Noel Gallagher’s debut record with the High Flying Birds allowed the Mancunian rocker to...

The most talked about new music moment this week is undeniably (and unsurprisingly) the fact that Adele is back after almost six years,...

Having just got home from an extensive North American tour, and with Heat Waves currently sitting at number five in the Official UK...

2000s pop music is a guilty pleasure to many. The music that the majority of us students grew up surrounded by, it provides comfort,...

Prince’s conceptually sound 1981 album Controversy - named after the titular track - is an under-valued classic. Whilst Prince’s...

Even though the university term is now well and truly underway, The Mic’s writers still make the time to offer their thoughts on this...

Our university courses are starting today, but don't let that get you down! There's plenty of new music to check out this week that will...

You Me At Six released their third album Sinners Never Sleep on 3rd October 2011 – exactly ten years ago to the day. So, Gemma Cockrell...

As the new university term begins, The Mic brings you the best new tunes to soundtrack your return to Nottingham. Whether it be the...

An emphatic debut album from American alternative-rock band The Fray, How To Save A Life celebrates its 16th anniversary today. Amrit...

Featuring Animals As Leaders, The Script, Blondes and many more, whether you're looking for complex and mathematical progressive rock,...

From 70s cult horror soundtracks to Bahamian spiritual music, Freak Folk is less a genre and more a loosely defined grouping of artists...

With The Beach Boys' recent release of Feel Flows, a major box-set compilation centred partly around their 1970 album Sunflower, Owen...

Surf’s Up remains the darkest and most difficult artefact of The Beach Boys’ long and storied career. A year into the 70s, it was clear...

Concise, intense and self-confident, The Stroke's debut album pleased critics and thrilled fans. On the day of its 20th anniversary,...

The past fortnight has brought an array of brilliant releases, including a refreshing indie-pop tune from Sea Girls, and one of the...