Choose ONE song: new group or established, familiar or unfamiliar
Listen once for first thoughts, take notes while listening
Listen twice more for formal sense and conclusions, take notes again:
Save these notes as part of your submission.
Write about a 500-word review. That’s about 15 column-inches in old style journalism..
Rewrite: polish your language.
Submit your review
Some websites to help with what a review should look like are:
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/20507-qalgebra/
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22593-bobo-yeye-belle-epoque-in-upper-volta/