As we waltz blithely towards either Christmas or The End Of The World (stocked up with wine for either eventuality so not really fussed whichever way it goes. Might be a bit hungover on the 22nd though), I’m becoming all too conscious that this is all taking a lot longer than it should, not [...]
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The three years in which this blog has existed has been something of a struggle for consistency, pretty much to the point where I have given up any notion or pretence of striving to achieve it. Then again, I set this up to be so personal to myself that nobody would ever read it (with [...]
Of all the new music I prattle on about here, almost all of them are written about while they are being played for after very few spins – usually I write during the second playthrough, sometimes it’s the first (the latter made obvious by mentioned tracks appearing in chronological order). The reason I do [...]
I’m trying to ease myself into this gently this year. Mostly because this is an even bigger pain to do than it was last year, which is a good thing, as it means that I’ve listened to more new stuff (and, more importantly, enjoyed it) than I did last year. Or, I’ve just been less [...]
One of the plus sides to this new-fangled digital approach to music distribution is that artists or labels aren’t necessarily tied down to traditional release dates. That many still do is probably a nod to tradition and habit more than anything else, as chart-bothering doesn’t seem as exciting as it used to be; overhyped drivel [...]
On the whole, I’m not a huge fan of surprises. Normally, a surprise during the general course of my day is someone asking for money. And today is no exception. In this case however, it’s a pleasure to pony up the cash when the money requested is for a new album by an artist whose [...]
Compilations of this nature can be strange affairs. People can be drawn in on no more than strength of feeling toward its subject or a wish to empathise, sympathise or support. By this same token, people can be equally averse; the subject could be too close to home and heart or even too distant to [...]
Happy New Year to all the spammers, bots and other electronic annoyances who ‘read’ this blog and leave such lovely and informative comments! And the occasional human being who passes by occasionally… From this, you might have gathered that I’m getting absolutely battered with spam comments of late, so if I’ve deleted a comment that [...]
Another year nearly over, and already I’m looking forward to 2011 as there’s a whole load of stuff on the way that I’m already counting down the days towards. This begins on the very first day of January, when Matthew Ryan releases his collaborative single with stargazey post-rockers Hammock, followed swiftly by releases from Daniel [...]
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