In League With Paton

60) Julia Holter - Tragedy (Leaving Records) This is a fantastic, beautiful record, but one that is very difficult to pin down. Free from r...

80) Andy Stott - Passed Me By/We Stay Together (Modern Love) These two EPs/mini albums were repackaged together as one long album towards th...

100) Feist - Metals (Polydor) Metals didn’t quite have the same personal impact on me that The Reminder had (save for The Bad In Each Other,...

First of all, sorry for not posting anything here since 1802. For anyone who has not followed my writing elsewhere, my albums of the year li...

I should also take the time to post links to some of my musicOMH pieces. It may seem like it has been a bit quite around these parts recentl...

Zomby - Dedication (4AD) Who is Zomby? I ask this question not simply because of his commitment to concealing his identity (his real nam...

I've been out in Vermont recording with Adrian Roye and the Exiles and the amazing Michael Chorney, so listening recently has partially ...

Kate Bush - Director's Cut (EMI) By audaciously re-recording and repackaging tracks from two albums in her back catalogue, Kate Bush see...

tUnE-yArDs - w h o k i l l (4AD) It seems as if everyone has been talking about this second album from Merrill Garbus - to the extent that i...

Enjoying lots of great music at the moment and struggling to find time to write about it. Grouper - A I A (Yellowelectric) tUnE-yArDs - w h ...

Some links to some more of my work for musicOMH Bill Callahan - Apocalypse Alela Diane - Alela Diane & Wild Divine Kairos 4tet - Stateme...

Julianna Barwick - The Magic Place (Asthmatic Kitty) The recent expansive folly of Sufjan Stevens on The Age of Adz gives little hint of th...

R.E.M. - Collapse Into Now (Warner Bros) The critical consensus surrounding latterday R.E.M. continues to mystify me. The general belief is ...

Some things I must get round to writing about, either here or elsewhere: Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972 (Kranky) Nicolas Jaar - Space Is Only ...

Radiohead - The King of Limbs (Download/XL) Perhaps the best aspect of Radiohead's mischief-making release methods is also the worst - ...

PJ Harvey - Let England Shake (Island) Much as I really admire the writing and expertise of Rob Young, I can't help but question his ass...

Here are some of my most recent pieces for musicOMH : Moritz Von Oswald Trio Six Organs of Admittance Aurelio Gruff Rhys

Partikel - Partikel (F-IRE) Amazon has the official release date for this debut album from London jazz trio Partikel as October 2010, but so...

James Blake - James Blake In some quarters of the media, the blogosphere and on twitter, James Blake has become a victim of cynicism. It...

Here's the first selection of the new year - new and old material. I wonder if the new Decemberists album might transpire to be a better...