Mar 06, 2026 By Mark Redfern

HELP(2), the ambitious new charity album to benefit War Child UK, has been released today. While several great singles have already been released from it, the compilation still features plenty of other fantastic tracks by the likes of Olivia Rodrigo, Depeche Mode, Big Thief, Bat For Lashes, Cameron Winter, Wet Leg, English Teacher and Graham Coxon, Beabadoobee, Young Fathers, Foals, Arlo Parks, Fontaines D.C., Beth Gibbons, Beck, and Black Country, New Road. Plus there’s a track featuring Anna Calvi, Ellie Rowsell of Wolf Alice, Nilüfer Yanya, and Dove Ellis all together. Now that the album’s out you can stream the whole thing and read our reviews of it (two different writers offer their takes on HELP(2)). More

Jan 22, 2026 By Mark Redfern

The British charity War Child UK have announced a massive charity album, HELP(2), and shared its first single, a brand new song from Arctic Monkeys, “Opening Night.” HELP(2) has a stacked lineup also featuring new tracks by Pulp, Olivia Rodrigo, Depeche Mode, Big Thief, Wet Leg, Young Fathers, Cameron Winter, Damon Albarn, Anna Calvi, Ellie Rowsell, Nilüfer Yanya, Fontaines D.C., Beth Gibbons, The Last Dinner Party, Beck, Bat For Lashes, English Teacher, and more. More

Oct 25, 2024 By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip)

Welcome to the 35th Songs of the Week of 2024. This week Andy Von Pip, Caleb Campbell, Mark Moody, Matt the Raven, Scotty Dransfield, and Stephen Humpries helped me decide what should make the list. We considered over 20 songs and narrowed it down to a Top 10. More