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Essential Listening: The Plateau Phase – Crispy Ambulance (1982)
Snobbery and decay, when it comes to music consumption preferences, for some this is the only way. Adopting such a tribalistic paradigm becomes ridiculous when taken to the extreme – because Leonard Cohen or Joni Mitchell aren’t Bob Dylan to … Continue reading
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Tagged 80's, Alan Hempsall, Are You Ready, Bob Dylan, Brian Eno, Comsat Angels, Concorde Square, Crispy Ambulance, Death from Above, Essential Listening, Federation, George Michael, Grosse Point Blank, Ian Curtis, Jobs for music snobs, Joni Mitchell, Joy Division, Leonard Cohen, Mark E. Smith, Morrissey, New Order, Post Punk, Scott Walker, Simon’s Ghost, The Cure, The Fall, The Plateau Phase, The Presence, The taste police, Tony Wilson, Transmission, Travel Time, White Music, Wind Season, XTC
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Song Of The Day – The Best Songs Of 2024
So, to my ten favourite tunes of 2024. Same rules apply with my top ten albums of 2024, you get them in alphabetical order. Speaking of albums, most of these tunes come from my top ten albums of 2024. That’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Alone, Aorta, Aorta / Everything, Bandcamp, Burns & Tubbs Vol. III, Carré - Air Sign [SPE:C 015 20], Cindy Lee, Diamond Jubilee, Donald Trump, Dracula, Drake, Eden Burns & Chris Tubbs, Fat White Family, Fawn, Forgiveness Is Yours, Good luck in 2025 fam, Ifand, In Full Effect, Juice, Kendrick Lamar, ML Buch, No fuck off I don't want Spotify premium you wanker, Not Like Us, Radiants, River Mouth, Sam Goku, Song Of The Day, Songs Of A Lost World, SPE:C, Suntub, Temple Arp, The Best Songs Of 2024, The Cure, Tim Reaper & Kloke, Visions of Pain, Where Were U In 92?
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Essential Listening: The Best Releases Of 2024
So, another year in the books, and a decent one music wise. Other than that it’s kind of been meh, that includes most of the stuff I’ve written on this blog, even though I’ve enjoyed the process of writing as … Continue reading
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Tagged AraabMuzik, Bandcamp, Boomkat, Brian Eno, Bryn Jones, Bullwackies, Christmas, Cindy Lee, Dennis Bovell, Diamond Jubilee, Disintegration, Fat White Family, Forgiveness Is Yours, Gen-Z cunts, Here to knock Pitchfork's Fiona Apple and Kanye West sycophancy, In Full Effect, Jah Shaka, Jason Boardman, Jesus died so we could get a holiday, Jon Hassel, Kate Bush, Lee Perry, ML Buch, Muslimgauze vs Species of Fishes, New Order, New Year, No-Ones Listening Anyway - UK DIY Post Punk & Dubs 1980-1984 (Volume 1), Patrick Flegel, Pitchfork, Pontius Pilate, Pornography, Regal86, Roman Empire, Sade, Songs Of A Lost World, Soundcloud, Sufferer Sounds, Suntub, Taylor Swift, The Cure, The Head On The Door, Tim Reaper & Kloke, Total Blue, Unearthed Vol.II - *100 Trax*
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Essential Listening: The Best Releases Of 2023
Another year in the books already, can’t be many left to go now. Even so music still has the capacity to surprise even those with jaded palates. Did anyone expect new releases from Bob Dylan, The Stones, plus a new … Continue reading
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Tagged Aphex Twin, Astro-Nubian Electronic Jaglara Dance Sounds from the Fashaga Underground, Blackbox Life Recorder 21f / in a room7 F760, Blairite, Bob Dylan, Club Citta February 17 1993, Cocteau Twins, Dean Blunt, Dinosaur Jr., Duval Timothy, Elvin Jones, Eric Dolphy, Erotic Probiotic 2, Essential Listening, EuroMillions, Evenings at the Village Gate, Everything is Alive, Exile On Main St, Fishmans, Francis Bebey, Frank Ocean, Hackney Diamonds, House and Breakbeat 1990-1994, Imagine This Is A High Dimensional Space Of All Possibilities, James Holden, John Coltrane, Jonathan Meades, Keith Richards, Les Rallizes Denudes, Mammane Sani, Merry Christmas, Mick Jagger, Mick Taylor, My Bloody Valentine, Nourished By Time, Pavement, Red House Painters, Richard D. James, Richard Sen presents Dream the Dream, RIP Shane MacGowan, Ron Wood, Shadow Kingdom, Silkworm, Slowdive, Synthesized Sudan, Tangerine Dream, The Best Releases Of 2023, The Cure, The Rolling Stones, The Soft Pink Truth, UK Techno, Underworld, Voices Of Freedom, William Onyeabor
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Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard 