Nope, nothing here. Come on, HMHB, come to my rescue in the final five!

Ooooh! Finally! Got two of these! Thought I was right out on my own little musical island up until this list.

Great review, Dr V. I only got into Cardiacs and their associated sphere of bands and musicians this year, but it’s already an obsession that feels like a homecoming. My gig-going days are long passed, but I […]

I must confess that, wonderful though all these albums were, musically my heart this year has belonged – albeit very belatedly – to Cardiacs, and all Tim Smith’s other ventures. Obviously no new material or p […]

Pretty sure LCD was 2017. Was one of the best of that year, though!

1. Nils Frahm – All Melody
2. Kamasi Washington – Heaven And Earth
3. Half Man Half Biscuit – No One Cares About Your Creative Hub So Get Your Fuckin’ Hedge Cut
4. The Lovely Eggs – This Is Eggland
5. Rival […]

I agree with your view of QT. TBH I doubt it’ll make much difference who they have fronting the show – and it IS a show: to mistake QT for a serious political discussion programme would be like mistaking […]

That link didn’t quite work the way I intended. Second time lucky…

What? No Van der Graaf Generator yet? Here they are, in their Noughties reformation, with the mighty Dave Jackson doing his dual-sax thing on Killer. https://youtu.be/ump0-RiGSlM

I’d go one subtractive step further, and go for the Red “power trio” lineup.

Heh! Not being able to get a decent ride cymbal sound on a real (presumably ride) cymbal reminded me of the old tale about Charlie Chaplin failing to even get through the qualifying round of a Charlie Chaplin […]

I’m not a massive Black Sabbath fan, but conventional wisdom seems to be that their first FIVE albums were equally strong.

Though solo artists are of course somewhat, er, immune to line up changes.

Great review – pity news of the gig passed me by, as I live just a couple of miles away. I always find it a bit frustrating when primarily instrumental bands chuck in a couple of vocal numbers per album (Red Queen […]

Thanks for posting this. It’s all too tempting, as a music fan, to aurally wallpaper the day with non-stop music. But, like you, I prefer to soak up the sounds of my environment most of the time, and only listen t […]

To my frustration, I only “discovered” them this year, many years too late, but I’ve pretty much handed my bank account to the Alphabet Business Concern in order to gorge on their entire back catalogue. I parti […]

Ah, now, Beenz. I remember that one well. Got loads of freebies from that system, before they cottoned on and tightened up the number you could collect per day!

There are far easier ways of acquiring huge lists of valid email addresses. Whatever the heck this is, it’s not a pyramid scheme. Anyway, whatever…