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# #49 - From Dublin
- URL: https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/49-from-dublin/
- Published: 2025-12-21T06:00:35.000Z
- Updated: 2025-12-21T06:00:35.000Z
- Author: Matt
- Tags: Weeknote

### Updates

The week before we wind down for Christmas always feels like a busy one. Rather than things slowing down, it feels like I speed up to cram as many things in before taking a break. 

It might be bad planning, but when the laptop finally shuts at work the break is really welcome. 

This year I have a ton of ideas for the site and I'm going to spend some of my downtime working through those. 

**Reading**. Finished - Nick Cleggs 'How to fix the Internet'. It's taken a while, review coming to the site next week. 

### Recommended Music

[Albums of the Year - 2025One of the hardest posts to put together each year... my albums of the year, in no particular order.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c2/2e/c22ecd6b-9412-4701-b914-97051141e207/content/images/icon/favicon-7.png)Matt RutherfordMatt![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c2/2e/c22ecd6b-9412-4701-b914-97051141e207/content/images/thumbnail/IMG_4412-2-1.jpeg)](https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/albums-of-the-year-2025/)

Big favourites 'The Black Dog' are back with something new, I just took delivery of their new album 'Loud Ambient' on vinyl and it's an absolute belter. 

Ten tracks of electronica that call back to a golden age of synth music, echoing progressive, shimmering house music from the 90's and coupling those sounds with modern expansive production that sounds 'of the moment'. 

I completely love this one, and expect it to be on heavy rotation for a while.   
  
**Highly recommended.** 

### Listened Stuff

Here's ten artists I have listened to this week. 

- Richard Ashcroft
- Okkyung Lee
- Lyra Pramuk
- Disiniblud
- Jacob Alon
- Donny Hathaway
- Portishead
- Arctic Monkeys
- The Black Dog
- Fink

#weeknote