January 2011
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Darren Hayman - Isle Of Eigg
One of my favourite things about writing this blog is that if google analytics are anything to be believed, it gets far more of a following in the united states than where I am, so when I post about stuff from my side of the pond I can, hopefully, introduce a few of the uninitiated.
Darren Hayman, while far from the most obscure UK songwriter, used to front...
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2000s Summary Post
Last post I’ll be doing to do with the 2000s I guess. Knew tagging everything in full to a geeky regimented system would come in useful. I planned to do charts and all sorts but clearly education education education has failed me and I can’t remember the IT skills I learnt at year 8 level to make a pie chart. Without further ado, the cold hard facts. You can read the full list here,...
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EMA
Here’s the first of hopefully many non-list posts on things that are pretty great. And what’s more pretty great than the new project from Gowns’ megatalented Erika M. Anderson. This preview from the forthcoming Past Life Martyred Saints doesn’t sound like a massive departure from her last band, though it definitely goes into new territory sonically. the shift from...
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Don't Make Lists: The Nineties.
A few people have been asking what next for this site, and I guess this is the next logical step. Been semi-seriously thinking about doing the nineties for a while and i’ve compiled what I must say is a pretty great list. As much as a ballache it gets at times to post and be tied to the internet daily, got a lot of encouraging comments when it got to the end that makes it seem worth it. Will...
the list in full.
So here it is then. Year one of Don’t Make Lists in full, the best tracks of 2000-2009. Also, you read a summary post with stats etc here, and listen to a spotify playlist of the 214 available tracks here.
#1 - David Thomas Broughton - Ever Rotating Sky
#2 - LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends
#3 - UGK - International Player’s Anthem (I Choose You)
#4 - Michael Giacchino - Flash Forward...