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...
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...
Jul 22, 2020 | 2020, Toons |
I think I liked Sufjan Stevens’ music for about 5 years, before I saw him on The Age Of Adz tour and discovered his name was actually pronounced “Soof-yun”. Didnt change how much I like the music of course though. Following his ambitious project 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...
Jan 19, 2015 | 2014, Playlists, Toons |
If you just want to hear selected tracks from the best albums of 2014, there’s a YouTube playlist link at the bottom of this page… It’s great to be able to look at the last couple of years’ lists and see which albums made a big splash at the...
