Sep 18, 2021 | Playlists, Toons |
New Weird America was basically a sub-genre of the catch-all indie folk, that actually caught on globally (see also New Weird Finland). It built on the psych and free folk movements of the 60s and 70s that were particularly strong in the UK. There are some pretty...
Feb 10, 2021 | 2020, 2021, Playlists, Toons |
With the inevitability of a child’s ice cream hitting the summer hot tarmac, but the unmitigated joy of getting free scoops of new flavours of ice cream, Bill Callahan and Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy have teamed up with a diverse group of pals to record a...
Jan 4, 2021 | 2020, Playlists, Toons |
Let’s be honest. In 2016 when Bowie died, Trump was elected and the Brexit debacle began, it seemed like a low. Then 2020 said, hold my beer… But even in a dumpster fire of a year such as 2020, there have been some banging tunes, and specifically, some...
Dec 2, 2018 | 2018, Featured, Mixes, Toons |
Two mixes in one year, this is bordering on prolific! Ken Nordine kicks this mix off with some of his unique ‘word jazz’ stylings, before we move over to world jazz, a whole heap of afrobeat, classic and modern, the surprisingly beautiful theme music to...
Dec 20, 2015 | 2015, Featured, Playlists, Reviews, Toons |
The best albums of 2015 is tough! This year has had a bumper harvest of freaking good new music, even in ‘long player’ form. The way this normally works (in my head aka on this blog) is there’s a list below of individual songs cherry-picked from what...
