Albums of the Year 2015
1. Jessica Pratt – On Your Own Love Again Inhabiting a hazy other-world, this shape-shifting retro folk has the ability to transport you in the same way that Astral Weeks did decades earlier. […]
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Women who Rocked the World: 1953 to 1963
I have compiled a selection of some of my favourite R & B, jump up, mambo, jive, and blues tracks of all time. They all happen to have been recorded […]
The Vinyl Fairy
I am taking out the rubbish. It is not a task I enjoy. There are several reasons for this. I do not like that moment when you jostle the contents […]
Best Gigs 2014
In 2014, I got to see bands that I thought I would never ever see live – McLusky, Neutral Milk Hotel, Violent Femmes, Neil Young as well as various other […]
Best EPs, Mini-Albums and Mixes 2014
The following are a selection of the EPs, mini-albums and mixes that impressed in 2014. L.D.C.N – Summer Rain <a href=”http://ldcn.bandcamp.com/album/summer-rain-ep” target=”_blank” rel=”nofollow”>Summer Rain EP by L.D.C.N</a> “L.D.C.N’s electronic soundscapes […]
Best Tracks 2014
Image Jonwayne by Gangster Doodles It’s near impossible to keep up with new music these days. The democratising force of the Internet, the availability, prevalence and affordability of recording […]
Best Albums 2014
2014 has been a strange year for music. I can’t quite put my finger on what it was precisely about the last 12 months that I found strange. In the main, I struggled […]
Thom Yorke – Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes Album Review
Thom Yorke – Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes Words Tom Spooner Thom Yorke has just released an album. By ‘just’ I mean within the last few hours. It is available here as […]
Ones to Watch 2014
Here are four talented artists to watch out for in 2014, promising to deliver exciting new music in 2014. Ofei London producer and singer Ofei released some of the most intriguing […]
Album Review: Stereocilia – Murmurations
Stereocilia – Murmurations A murmuration is a “low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech.” It can also refer to a murmuration […]