A greedy 20

1. Djrum – Portrait With Firewood
2. Blocks & Escher – Something Blue
3. Gas – Rausch
4. Gnod — Chapel Perilous
5. Ivy Lab – Death Don’t Always Taste Good
6. Marianne Faithful – Negative Capability […]

Blocks & Escher and Gnod are among my favourites of the year, so that’s good. Blawan, Skee Mask, Gazelle Twin, The Caretaker — also good. However, I can’t take seriously any list that features Cardi B.

I’ve spent so much of my adult life chasing the thrill of first hearing that album, which is the best-ever dub album if you ask me. I know a lot of purists think the effects are overdone but for me that’s what […]

I’m with Stan Deely on the themed gorging front. Currently I’m mainlining Alien Sex Fiend off the back of their rather excellent new album, and that’s also led me onto Bauhaus.

I use ‘mate’ a lot, to be fair. I’m not gonna lie.

Crikey, thank you!

Yes! I absolutely agree about Simpo’s book. It was an article in The Guardian expanded to book length, but it just doesn’t work. The main problem is that it’s supposed to be one of these books where the journey […]

Was Hooky’s son, Jack, on bass?

First album bought: Various Artists — Night Moves
Last Album Bought: Dollar — The Dollar Album
Desert Island Album: Happy Mondays — Bummed
Last Album Listened To: Various Artists — Artcore 2: The Art of […]

Here’s part one (thanks to Dr V)

And *that* is the article I’ve been looking for. Thank you very much.

Definitely remote control, yes.

But activated how? Powered how? Feels like these aspects haven’t been interrogated at all by the media.

It all seems very fishy to me, and I wouldn’t be at all surprised if […]

I forgot to mention the Burial / Kode 9 FabricLive 100. Big disappointment, I’m afraid. Kid Dynamite was right. -(

I thought this was great. (But how did he activate it?)

There’s a great Daft Punk Live album from the ‘Homework’ era, which is basically an hour of extreme 303 abuse.

How the mighty have fallen…

Oh God, yes. I watched Sharp Objects as well. You did well to finish it — I couldn’t bear it and bailed at episode four of six, unable to take another second of it.

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‘Worms’ by James Montague who is aka Christopher Wood, who wrote The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker. For a while it’s a tremendous homage to MR James with a fabulous sense of place (Blakeney in Norfolk), and […]

Oh, great work!I don’t want the full sets but it’s a big yes to Hounds of Love and Aerial on remastered vinyl. Here’s hoping they come with a download code.

Oh, really? What’s the problem with David Hepworth? I thought he was really good.

Yes, he is. He was in a James Bond film!