Tag Archives: Limmy

Replaying Dark Souls III – a beautiful mistake

I fucked up. I use YouTube for music browsing, but on the odd occasion other “culture” videos recommended by the algorithm pique my interest. This time it was one of Limmy playing Dark Souls III. I shouldn’t have watched it. … Continue reading

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Song Of The Day – Nutbush City Limits by Ike & Tina Turner

From the album ‘Nutbush City Limits’ (1973)

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Essential Listening: Best of the NTS Guide To…

It’s a contradiction of sorts, streaming albums (once, again, thank you Bandcamp) in their entirety feels very old-fashioned. The rationale is a cleaving to analogue snobbery – lifting just one or two songs from an album feels cheap, egregiously so … Continue reading

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Essential Listening: The Best Releases Of 2022

It’s been a year of nostalgia through sound meeting the innovation wrought by modernity, reflected by the diversity in my choices for best releases of 2022; a street-soul compilation, unreleased demos from the sixties, a discarded album spanning material from … Continue reading

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The Queen may be dead, just don’t expect the Monarchy to follow

I recall ridiculing the discombobulation and the unhinged commentary in the immediate aftermath of the eleventh of September attacks, with the understanding that in their shoes I’d be similarly shell-shocked. Even comedians lost their shit and demanded instant retribution. When … Continue reading

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