I’ve figured out my top 5 albums of 2016, after much deliberation, probably too much, what were yours? There’s a poll thingy down below.
Month: December 2016
The Listening List
22/12/2016 – 30/12/2016 P.I.L – Live In Tokyo Craig Armstrong – It’s Nearly Tomorrow Adelbert Von Deyen – Atmosphere Glitterbug – Dust Max Richter – Sleep Remixes Can – Ege Bamyasi Deacon Blue – Fellow Hoodlums […]
All the way back in 2006
I was just looking at an album on Bandcamp and remembered I had a login for the site, so I did just that and up popped an album I put there in 2006, I’d completely […]
Christmas Comes But Once A Year
I received a joint present from my Wife and Son this year, which they bought on Christmas Eve. This is a bonus for me as when they leave it stupidly late I tend to get […]
Matthew Bourne – Moogmemory
A couple of weeks ago I was rooting around in the smallest vinyl section in my local store, ‘Classical’, when I saw this front cover: This was intriguing as it seemed rather out of place. […]
The Listening List
11/12/2016 – 21/12/2016 Milan W. – Intact Antonio Carlos Jobim – Wave William Basinski – 92982 Gala Drop – II Naytronix – Mister Divine Matthew Bourne – Moogmemory Anstam – Names Swans – The Glowing […]
William Basinski – 92982
The first time I ever heard anything by William Basinski was back somewhere around the turn of the century when my then new friend Andy told me about ‘The Disintegration Loops’. Even further back, in […]
Naytronix – Mister Divine
Every now and again extremely cheap albums appear in the Dance and Electronic section of one of my local music shops. There were three today, well, 5 really, but I wasn’t interested in two of […]
Roots Manuva – Slime & Reason
Slime & Reason is the sixth studio album of original material by Roots Manuva. It was released on 1 September 2008 on the Big Dada label. Hip Hop Connection magazine named it Album Of The […]
Albums Of The Year – 2016
I really never do this sort of thing, at least not that I remember, but I thought I would for once. The list is only based on what I’ve heard so there are quite probably […]
Music Was Better In My Day
Was music better when I was a teenager? Probably not to be honest as it’s all subjective. While I see the charts now as being diluted rehashes of other songs, it’s not all about singles, […]
The Listening List
04/12/2016 – 10/12/2016 Vangelis – Albedo 0.39 Baumann / Koek – Baumann / Koek Tangerine Dream – Phaedra Massive Attack – Inertia Creeps (Dbl 12″ ) Tricky – Maxinquay John Lydon – Sun (12″) Four Tet […]
Kraftwerk – Oxford New Theatre
I made 8 attempts to buy tickets for Kraftwerk at the New Theater Oxford just now. This took 52 seconds, and then every ticket was sold. There has to be a better way, 52 seconds, […]
FSOL – Cambridge
Yesterday I was at the market in Cambridge where there were two stalls selling vinyl. I only managed a cursory glance at one but at the other I was there a little longer and stumbled […]
PIL – Cambridge
Little record shop in Cambridge had this 10 inch single by PIL, which is now mine. The shop is called ‘Lost In Vinyl’and has quite a large used section, about half the size of the […]
More money was spent on vinyl albums in the UK last week than digital downloads
Sales of vinyl records have rocketed in the last few years, and last week the UK saw the vinyl revival break new ground. More money was spent on vinyl albums than LPs purchased digitally, that […]
Vinyl Subscription Services
I’ve spoken before about being a member of a record club many years ago, this was for cassettes at first and then, later, CD’s. This model has been resurrected for vinyl lovers in various different […]
Brannten Schnüre – Sommer Im Pfirsichhain
The other LP I picked up in the That Special Record black Friday sale was Brannten Schnüre – Sommer Im Pfirsichhain. Before I say anything more, I have to point out that all lyrics are in […]
Return Of The Organisational Dilema
So, filing albums. I’ve put them in alphabetic order by artist (virtually, not actually) and it just doesn’t work for me. Below is a list up to the end of the A’s. Now I don’t […]
