In League With Paton

I would have included the following two albums in my albums of the year, were they readily available commercially. It can, however, only be ...

I can't really be bothered to do a precise or comprehensive list of singles - or even decide on the very best. So here, in no particular...

Finally it’s here – the end-of-year megapost, a couple of days late. Sorry for that. Before we start counting down the big 75, it’s worth me...

Time for a quick reviews catch-up - mostly albums I should have got around to writing about aaaages ago. Oh well. We'll start with two o...

...or so one of their rather threatening new songs seems to suggest. I'm not sure who it's all directed against! I finally caught up...

Bob Dylan – Brixton Academy 23/11/05 Maybe it’s just that the Brixton Academy is a much more suitable venue for the current Bob Dylan band’s...

In a bid to start work on my final albums of the year list, I've updated my 2005 tracking list over at Rate Your Music. http://rateyourm...

A proper analysis of the superb set of releases from October 17th was promised a month ago – at last it is now here! The most eagerly antici...

Kate Bush - Aerial Twelve years! When Kate Bush last released an album (the criminally underrated 'The Red Shoes' in 1993), we had a...

The mixtape still has a proud home in my ageing car stereo - so glad to see that others support its dying cause! http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/co...

Jamie Lidell – The Scala, London 3/11/05 Yet again, the Scala was packed out for another Eat Your Own Ears promoted extravaganza, this time ...