Our favourite band playing our album of the year in full? Of course we were there – well, one of us was able to make it anyway. I headed to London to see Palm Reader round off an incredible year.… Continue Reading
And so we move into my Top 10 Albums of 2018, and what a Top 10 they are. You can click here to find the first half of my 2018 list, along with Chris Nee’s Top 20, and listen to… Continue Reading
It’s that time of year again. Here are numbers 20 to 11 in my Top 20 Albums of 2018. You can click here to find the second half of my 2018 list, along with Chris Nee’s Top 20, and listen… Continue Reading
Considering the strength of the albums that didn’t make this Top 10 – click here for numbers 20 to 11 and for Chris Nee’s picks – it goes without saying that I hold the following ten records in very high… Continue Reading
The High Fidelity generation loves to make lists. Top five this, top ten that. But 2017 has made life difficult for those of us who like to collate our favourite albums of each year. Still, nice problems to have. Let’s… Continue Reading
Here’s where it gets really interesting: the best albums from one of the best years I can remember. Aside from my number one pick, the other nine listed here could have taken any order – they are all stunning pieces… Continue Reading
Well, what a year 2016 has been! By June I already had 30 albums on my end-of-year shortlist, and that’s without considering the vast amount of brilliant EPs I’ve listened to and reviewed for Dave’s World Podcast this year. In… Continue Reading
Last week I was in the Cotswolds having a really rather lovely time at 2000trees festival – the fab three-dayer that champions new and underground British music (with the odd act from further afield thrown in for good measure). Everything about the… Continue Reading