Times of struggle are often great times
of innovation and a special type of productivity. This obviously
doesn't apply to this blog which has been a drift afloat in the
Wifi-ether for about 9 months. I've been here, I didn't fall over board. I've just been
quiet, really fucking quiet. Self-indulgently gorging on every
bang, squeak and melody that blows through my headphones.
I've been listening intently as each
album has made its splash this year, but like a good back
seat driver I’ve kept my gob shut. Before I clean the barnacles off
laptop and start to type freely, this should be a good musical map of
where I’ve been. Enjoy.
1.
Metronomy – English Rivera
2. The
Congos – Heart of the Congo
3.
Django Django - Django Django
4.
Pete and the Pirates - One Thousand Pictures
5. The
Cool Kids - When Fish Ride Bicycles
6.
John Cooper Clarke – Word of Mouth
7. Alt
J – An Awesome Wave
8.
Arctic Monkeys – Suck it and See
9. The
Black Keys - El Camino
10.
The XX – Coexist
11.
The Horrors – Skying
12.
Robert Johnson – Red Hot Blues
13.
Scroobius Pip – Distraction Pieces
