Andrew Trendell

Andrew Trendell’s album reviews that count toward B-Side Breakdowns: 21 reviews, going back to 2017, each next to the album’s Breakdown.

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Writes for

  • NME 2017–2026 · 21 reviews

What they review

  • Indie & Alternative 65%
  • Rock 20%
  • Metal & Punk 15%

Find Andrew Trendell

By the numbers

2A-Sides reviewed, the albums the critics rate highest
3albums given a perfect score
10years of their reviews we track, 2017 to 2026
How their scores spread
  • 0–490
  • 50s0
  • 60s3
  • 70s1
  • 80s14
  • 90+3

Their favorites

  1. The CureSongs of a Lost World 100 NME
  2. FoalsEverything Not Saved Will Be Lost: Part 2 100 NME
  3. DeftonesPrivate Music 100 NME
  4. Queens of the Stone AgePerfecth 80 NME
  5. MuseThe Wow! Signal 80 NME

Artists they keep coming back to

Their scores for each artist, in release order.

A-Sides they reviewed

2 albums that earned an A-Side, the critics’ top tier; they scored 2 of them 75 or higher.

Every review

Outlet
Queens of the Stone AgePerfecth“Queens Of The Stone Age open their hearts to deliver their most intimate and adventurous work yet on album number nine, 'Perfecth'.”NME80 4/578Oct 29, 2026
MuseThe Wow! Signal“The NME review of Muse's 'The Wow! Signal': Matt Bellamy and co respond to heartache and the unknown with an update on their early sound”NME via Wikipedia80 4/576Jun 25, 2026
Robbie WilliamsBritpop“NME reviews Robbie Williams' 13th album 'Britpop': Nostalgia offers the pop icon protection on this daft but deft celebration of his journey”NME via Wikipedia60 3/573Jan 16, 2026
The CureSongs of a Lost World“The NME review of The Cure's long-awaited first album in 16 years, 'Songs Of A Lost World' – dealing in death but with flowers on the grave”NME via Wikipedia100 5/5902024
Green DaySaviors“Green Day's’ 14th album finds them wiser, more subtle, but still up for a romp – on a state-of-the-nation LP and their best since ‘American Idiot”NME via Wikipedia80 4/5742024
Sigur RósÁtta“Without a drummer but with an old friend back in the line-up, the post-rock pioneers return with their first album in a decade and their best since the now classic…”NME via Wikipedia80 4/5792023
Kaiser ChiefsDuckNME via Wikipedia60 3/5622019
The RaconteursHelp Us Stranger“The NME review of Jack White and Brendan Benson's supergroup The Raconteurs' long-awaited third album 'Help Us Stranger”NME via Wikipedia80 4/5782019
MuseSimulation Theory“The NME review of Muse's hotly-anticipated eighth albbum 'Simulation Theory'.”NME via Wikipedia80 4/5622018
Florence + the MachineHigh as Hope“The NME review of Florence + The Machine's fourth album 'High As Hope' – free of much of the bombast and bluster of her past work”NME via Wikipedia60 3/5732018
Manic Street PreachersResistance Is Futile“The Manic Street Preachers are inspired and on the advance on their 13th album – read the NME review”NME via Wikipedia80 4/5762018
WeezerPacific DaydreamNME via Wikipedia80 4/5682017
Franz FerdinandAlways AscendingNME via Wikipedia80 4/571
Manic Street PreachersCritical ThinkingNME via Wikipedia80 4/579
FoalsEverything Not Saved Will Be Lost: Part 2NME via Wikipedia100 5/574
Jack WhiteFrozen CharlotteNME via Wikipedia70 3.5/578
RadioheadKid A MnesiaNME via Wikipedia80 4/592
FoalsLife Is YoursNME via Wikipedia80 4/569
DeftonesPrivate MusicNME via Wikipedia100 5/589
SlipknotThe End, So FarNME via Wikipedia80 4/572
Franz FerdinandThe Human FearNME via Wikipedia80 4/572

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