I’m not complaining I promise, but I think I gave Gilligan Moss 20 points and Shannon Lay 19.

Nice to see a little bit of fight today (173-7 at the time of writing.).Though I”m pretty confident that it would already be over if Cummins and Hazlewood were playing.

Plenty of interest here, just depressingly little positive to say.

England have got almost everything wrong from the start – seeming to hope rain would enable them to scurry away from Brisbane with a draw and […]

Thanks for doing this – it always makes for interesting reading and some new lines of investigation.

Mine are:

1. Gilligan Moss- Gilligan Moss
2. Shannon Lay – Geist
3. Carwyn Ellis and Rio 18 with The BBC […]

The Magnetic North albums are lovely, especially the one about Skelmersdale.

Here’s another favourite. It’s worth letting it unfold over the full 8 or so minutes. And play loud.

This one is my favourite. Friendly Fires – Paris (Aeroplane Mix)

Their remix of William’s Blood by Grace Jones is brilliant too.

I did wonder whether I should include both Sault albums but in the end decided that they were both amongst my favourite twenty of the year and I shouldn’t over-think it. But I think you’re right, though I am […]

Here are mine:

1) Willie J Healey – Twin Heavy
2) SAULT – Untitled (Rise)
3) Bob Dylan – Rough and Rowdy Ways
4) Matt Berninger – Serpentine Prison
5) Khruangbin – Mordechi
6) Four Tet – Sixteen Oceans
7) […]

It’s been mentioned here before I think, but I saw him perform American Tune on the Thursday after Trump won the US Election in 2016. One of the most powerful performances I have ever seen. And that verse summed it all up.

Some very fine selections indeed. Especially the Bruce, Emmylou and Aphex Twin – now there’s a sentence you don’t see often.
Is that where i should start with Susumu Yokota?

That Childish Gambino is an excellent album. Wish I’d had it for my 12 (below) now…..

I think my dirty dozen has to be:

Stereolab – Dots and Loops. Otherworldly tunes for otherworldly times.
Beastie Boys – Check Your Head. Fuzzy noise and shouting – there will be plenty of that in this […]

No surely Lindstrom is better? Another Station is a great tune. And There’s a Drink in my Bedroom and I Need a Hot Lady is a great title.

Thanks very much. Inspired me to listen to In The Heart Of The Moon for the first time in more than a decade. It’s hit exactly the right spot. Hurricane Dub next. I’ll have a think about my twelve.

A surprising dearth of Ks and Ts, but got a full house.

A. Arctic Monkeys
B. David Bowie
C. Elvis Costello
D. Bob Dylan
E. Echobelly
F. Fleetwood Mac
G. Gorillaz
H. Happy Mondays
I. Iron and […]

And here are their best compilations:

and reissues:

Have you seen/heard this version of 8 Ball? It’s glorious.

I agree about Cigarettes After Sex – the worst name I’ve ever heard for a band. And so at odds with the lovely noise they make. They have to change it surely?