Jan 052026
 

(written by Islander)

As a reminder, I plan to post a new installment of this Most Infectious Song list every weekday until January ends, and so here’s another one to begin the first full week of the month.

If you’re like me, this is a dismal day. The holidays are over, jobs command obedience again, and the calendar just seems to stretch endlessly ahead into this new year, one footfall after another into whatever new miseries or joys 2026 holds for us. (Hopefully it won’t bring a war in Venezuela, but bozos are running this country so who knows?)

However, although the day has a dismal cast from that perspective, these next three songs in our list should brighten it, and by “brighten” I mean bust it into fragments and set it on fire. Continue reading »

Oct 152025
 

(Andy Synn provides four, rather than his usual three, fantastic examples of British steel for you to enjoy)

Looking back at the year so far it appears that while I’ve been pretty regular with these “Best of British” articles I haven’t quite managed to do one a month, hitting January, but not February, then publishing one each in March, April, May,and June, before skipping July, and then just about squeezing one in during August and September.

For this edition (which might not be the only one in October, if all goes well) however, I’ve slightly mixed things up a little, including one album released all the way back in June (which, to my chagrin, I didn’t even get around to listening to until last month), one from the end of last month, and two from this month, one of which was already released, the other coming out next week.

So let’s see what delights this extended edition has to offer, shall we?

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