Obituaries are quite clearly the best part of the newspaper. Why? Because you get a short and easily digestible bit of history, written by a person with actual knowledge of the topic, and you always learn something new. It’s perhaps…
#37 Elvis Costello – Shipbuilding
Costello’s angry, sad and thoughtful reaction to the Falklands War is simply one of the best songs ever composed. Originally written in 1982 for Robert Wyatt, whose politics and guileless vocals offered rawness and authenticity, it is in Costello’s own…
EP | Annie Dressner – East Twenties
Annie Dressner sings deftly-told stories with a comforting love of the everyday. East Twenties opens with ‘Heartbreaker’, settling old scores with nostalgia and forgiveness: “But I won’t be back again, no I won’t be back again”. ‘I Can’t Forget’ deals…
EP | Anna Lena & The Orchids – Anna Lena & The Orchids
This self-titled EP from Anna Lena & The Orchids is full of doomy beauty; they cite influences as diverse as PJ Harvey and Grizzly Bear, but ‘See It In Black’ reminds me of Radiohead, in that its creepiness shrouds an…
#36 Flutes – Kilburn
We all know not to judge a book by its cover, and yet we do it anyway. If you were coming into this blind, you might imagine a band named Flutes, singing a song named ‘Kilburn’, might be a group…
#35 The Green Apple Sea – Please Slow Down
The Green Apple Sea – Please Slow Down from medienjargon on Vimeo. Albums from Nurnberg’s The Green Apple Sea never arrive in a hurry – 10 years separated 2000’s debut All Over The Place and LP number three, 2010’s Northern…