replicr, 2019 sounds like the result of forcing a bank of computers to listen to thousands of hours of music, then telling them to make something that humans can dance to.

All told, I Can Build A Fire is a damn fine album with which Autoheart should rightly be proud. By Darren Saunders

An adventure of Scandinavian folklore, a life lived on water, Cat Stevens’ voice, Nick Drake’s sound, and Tom Waits’ heart, wrapped up in the most personal, intimate, beautiful music you could possibly hope for. – By Darren Saunders

Nice enough tunes, but utterly puerile. Unless you’re 15, this probably isn’t for you. – By Darren Saunders

Poison Idea are back, giving us more of the same stuff we loved all along. – By Darren Saunders

Tinie Tempah and George Ergatoudis, the head of music at Radio 1 have declared the album is dead. Are they right though? No, they’re not. Sort of. By Darren Saunders

Almost Everyone Is Entirely Average At Almost Everything is a thrashing, angry juggernaut of an album. By Darren Saunders

Gigantoid isn’t an album with great depth, nor is it one that takes you on a journey, but it is immense fun. – By Darren Saunders

In celebration of the new remastered reissue of Slint’s classic second, and final, album, Spiderland, we gathered some of Echoes & Dust’s foremost post-rock lovers, who had, bar one, never heard the album, to offer their thoughts on what is widely considered the genre’s foundation stone…

How many albums have truly changed your life? Pennywise managed it in spades with About Time for Darren Saunders…

The Revolution Is Never Coming is a breathtaking labour of love, a piece of art that deserves recognition beyond The Red Paintings’ enthusiastic fanbase. – By Darren Saunders

65daysofstatic are the best band you will ever see live. Know this. – By Darren Saunders

This is music as art, and 65daysofstatic ought to feel rightly proud of it. – By Darren Saunders

The Civil Wars isn’t going to convert many to listening to folk – American folk, that is – but it’s a damn enjoyable record all the same. – By Darren Saunders

In the first of what will hopefully become a semi-regular series of debates about important issues in the music industry we discuss the fallout from Thom Yorke’s intense criticism of Spotify as a streaming platform for new artists…

Recently our man Darren Saunders reviewed the new Autoheart album. To say he quite liked it is something of an understatement so we packed him off, tape recorder in hand, to talk to them & find out a bit more. Have a listen.

Punk was great, wasn’t it? Young people scaring the shit out of old people, listening to loud music, dressing all funny like and caring about society. Isn’t it terrifying when young people start to question the status quo? Maybe the monarchy *is* a bad thing. Maybe our system of government *is* flawed? Problem is, it seems there’s no protest left. Where is this generation’s punk? By Darren Saunders

As comfortably British as the Shipping Forecast, a summer with a Duckworth Lewis Method album is a welcome summer indeed. – By Darren Saunders

Rarely have I ever been this blown away by an album I’ve spent this long waiting for. By Darren Saunders

Autoheart are releasing their debut album Punch on the 15 of July, so last night, at a small bar in North London, they played an acoustic set by way of a taster of what’s the come. – By Darren Saunders

Put on headphones, switch off Twitter, set your brain to sponge and absorb 13 Degrees Of Reality. By Darren Saunders