music
Crate Digging in Berlin
A weekend of vinyl hunting in Germanys biggest city with amazing record shops and some decent finds.
Albums of 2021
I’m not a music reviewer, I find it hard to dissect a piece of music beyond ‘I really like this’, but I’ve always tried to make a list of my favourite albums each year. This year, has been a strange one for many reasons. Multiple lockdowns, cancelled and
Top ten albums of the Decade
Writing a 'best of the decade' or a top ten of the 'tens' is a heavy lift. When you listen to a LOT of music, then it's a struggle to pull out the absolute favourites. For this one, I chose my favourite album of each year... this wouldn't be a
Top ten albums of 2019
My Spotify client tells me that I saved 63 albums in my '2019' folder - these are my top 10, in no particular order. Remind me Tomorrow - Sharon van EttenGhosteen - Nick Cave and the Bad seedsThe Undivided Five - A Winged history for the SullenSix Lethargies - Keaton
Top ten albums of 2017
It's that time of year again where I review my top 10 albums of the year, and try and come up with a top 10. This year has been rich with music for me, according to Spotify I have listened to over 50,000 minutes of music and 2700 artists
Top ten albums of 2016
Whilst 2016 wasn't a great year for many things, there was some amazing music about. Here are my top ten albums of the year, in no specific order: Radiohead - A Moon Shaped PoolLisa Hannigan - At SwimNick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton TreeKate Tempest - Let them
Memories
I was listening to some music yesterday which reminded me heavily of listening to music back in my early teen bedroom at home. I had an Alba music system, and a small stack of vinyl. I was in a transition from the 'pop' music of my childhood, into discovering something
