• Our 25 Favourite Album Covers Of 2015

    ‘Never judge a book by it’s cover’, so the adage goes – but they never said anything about music. For anyone who saw the marvellous interview Noisey conducted with cover designer Stefan Sagmeister earlier this year, the preciousness and joy in classic album art cannot be underestimated. Stefan himself...
  • Album Review: Sun Kil Moon – Universal Themes

    In 2014 Sun Kil Moon found their oeuvre with a record many instantly deemed classic: Benji, in which frontman Mark Kozelek put up front a lifetime of experience and poignant stories of those lost in his life, with a density of language that bordered on spoken word, and a frankness rarely seen in any...
  • Impact’s Top 10 Albums of the Year

    More important than awards from NME, Pitchfork and the Nobel Peace Prize combined, Impact’s top 10 albums list is out. Voted by readers and contributors alike, the albums span across a range of genres and tastes to give a definitive list of year’s best music. 10. Swans – ‘To Be Kind’ Summing...