* As we would say in China – 好久不见 – “long time no see.” I’m currently occupying the dead zone between Christmas and New Year in a beachside hotel on an island just off the coast of Guangdong Province. And, surprise surprise, I have once again written my AOTY list in early December and have… Read More My Favourite Albums of 2025
I’m ending my 2023 obsessed with an album from 2022, which I only stumbled across recently. It’s called Too Much to Ask by a band named Cheekface. I should’ve spent the past week or so catching up on releases I missed this year, but, I’ve become a certified Cheek Freak instead, and my music brain… Read More My Favourite Albums of 2023
I’m sitting down to type up this list, and there’s a prompt appearing in the WordPress text box, which I delete in order to write this sentence. It says: “Have you ever performed on stage, or given a speech?” The answer to that question, is yes, on both counts, but that’s not why we’re here… Read More My Favourite Albums of 2022
Hey, long time no see, Internet. Here I am, re-emerging from my year-long hibernation to participate in the annual record recap/love-in. It’s been quite the year, but you already know that. It’s been a year for music too, which is something you probably also already know. Here are my choice cuts from the last twelve… Read More My Favourite Albums of 2021
As has become a yearly tradition (and the only thing ever to be posted on this blog anymore), here are my favourite records of the past twelve months.… Read More My Favourite Albums of 2020
I told myself I wasn’t going to write an AOTY list for 2018. Then I read everyone else’s AOTY list, and I decided I would. Here’s an AOTY list for 2018. By no means am I saying, definitively, that these are the best records of 2018 – I’m just saying they’re my favourites. I’ve included… Read More My Favourite Albums of 2018 (Another AOTY List)
It’s that time of year again. I went all the way back to January to pick out the one-hundred records that have made my 2017. Give it a read:… Read More My Favourite Records of 2017 (100-1)
After working my way through the multitude of music releases I’ve amassed in 2015 I’ve whittled them down to a final ten, my favourite ten of the year. I should stress the word ‘favourite’, because these are by no means the best ten records of the year, simply the ones I’ve enjoyed the most. That’s probably… Read More My Favourite Albums of 2015 (Numbers 10-1)
What follows is the second part of my countdown, with the first half available to view here. As things are heating up, I figured I’d write a little about some of these records, trying to justify why they ended up where they are. The rest of my list should follow shortly (hopefully). 25) Frank Carter… Read More My Favourite Albums of 2015 (Numbers 25-11)
It’s that time of the year again, so over the next week I’ll be counting down my favourite releases of the year, feeling obliged to as somebody who enjoys and writes about music. Also, I’m a sucker for a good of year lists, and I always enjoy compiling them, if only because it gives me… Read More My Favourite Albums of 2015 (Numbers 100 – 26)
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