Dear readers, This week I present to you a playlist of which I am particularly proud. The subject was born from the many celebrations my dear friend Elizabeth has been inspiring of late, and the many, many toasts we have been making in her honour. Personally, I found the brash celebrations at the palace...
Good afternoon all, Apologies for my absence; no doubt there were many enquiries as to my whereabouts, though I am far too busy to check. Suffice to say that I have been travelling and learning life lessons for the benefit of us all. I feel obliged to report the strangest occurence on my journey....
This fornight Brian has mourned the loss of Whitney Houston and celebrated Valentine's Day with a Marks & Spencer meal-for-two for one. The combination of perfect pop music and a full tummy has made him come over all soppy, so here's his playlist all about love. Sick.
If you’re reading this, chances are you aren’t new to the whole Bright Eyes thing. You probably aren’t looking to discover your next musical man-crush. What you want to know is what you always want to know when Conor Oberst sees it fit to unleash his latest batch of songs on the world. Is...
Conor Oberst, one-time wunderkind and now purveyor of mixed-quality albums and shows is to release another Bright Eyes album and play some shows. It’s hard to know whether to be excited or not, but let’s tell ourselves it’s going to be the next Lifted… and press on. The Mike Mogis-produced (woop!) album, The People’s...
Brian’s recently gotten to thinking about how much of the music he loves is about the cities, suburbs and plains of the U S of A. He was going to do you a playlist about the whole darn country, but realised that that was biting off more than he could chew (which isn’t much...
Villagers have been around for a wee while now, causing hubbub in the most remote corners of the music world, one such corner being the little known TV show, ‘Later… With Jools Holland’. Playing to a full to the brim Deaf Institute in Manchester, Conor O’Brien and his band proved why they are next...
Our regular readers will be pleased to hear that Brian’s got himself together now. He’s decided to stop all this wallowing and introversion and turn his thoughts to more important matters. Brian’s as concerned as any of us about the proposed closure of BBC 6Music. He’s been listening since Phil Jupitus spun the first...
#82 Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues May 24th, 2013
#81 Beck Lanehart - Last Man Down May 23rd, 2013
#80 She & Him - I Could've Been Your Girl May 22nd, 2013