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  • SPIJØNGET (Chapter One)

    SPIJØNGET (Chapter One)

    I recently discovered this EP by Lwandile Nkanyuza (aka ByLwansta) on the album-artwork-based music-streaming service Sleevenote.

    SPIJØNGET (Chapter One) by ByLwansta

    ByLwansta is a rapper, record producer, art director and graphic designer from South Africa. SPIJØNGET is a three-part series of hip-hop/rap recordings and this is the first of those three releases.

    If you’ve got a spare 18 minutes of listening time, then you can stream/buy the EP on Bandcamp, Apple Music, Spotify, TIDAL or search the web for other options.

    Let me know in the comments or shoot me a message:
    What have you been listening to recently?

  • Whole Damn Body

    Whole Damn Body

    Today (one of) my favourite bands Los Campesinos! released music exclusively on Bandcamp.

    Whole Damn Body is a collection of remastered 7″ records and standalone tracks created at the time of the album Hello Sadness.

    The cover art to the EP Whole Damn Body by Los Campesinos!

    This is the first time these 7 tracks, some of them cult fan favourites, have been available for a decade – and the first time to be available to officially stream and buy digitally.

    Shoppers can also buy a ‘Old Zippo Lighter’ enamel badge, limited to a run of 300, which comes with instant download link for the EP.

    Go get it! Support the band.

    Fans unable to afford the release can email the band directly to get a free download code: band(at)loscampesinos(dot)com

  • DREAM DEATH

    DREAM DEATH

    One of the bands I used to love was Liverpool’s Hot Club de Paris. I pretty much own all their releases and have seen them play more times than I have fingers. And I have all ten fingers (even though two of them are commonly known as thumbs).

    Paul Rafferty of Hot Club has teamed up with Charles Watson – one half of the band Slow Club (who I also really liked and have seen live multiple times) – to make an ambient / instrumental EP under the moniker DREAM DEATH.

    Dream Death (Cover)

    For just SIX of your Great British Pounds (other currencies are available), you can download all six tracks of the EP release Slowed Down Love Song on Bandcamp.You can also go to the same page and listen to it for free.

    Here’s some words swiped from Rafferty’s Instagram:

    Originally composed as a soundtrack to our imagined film adaptation of John Darnielle’s (Mountain Goats) novel Wolf In White Van, Slowed Down Love Song is a tender investigation into the landscapes that exist somewhere between dreams and reality.

    Paul Rafferty

    Both Slow Club and Hot Club have brought so much joy to my ears over the years that any new projects and ventures they embark on will immediately peak my interest.

  • Top 100 albums of 2020

    Top 100 albums of 2020

    Independent record store Piccadilly Records published their end-of-year review, in which the staff plucked out a comprehensive top 100 albums of 2020.

    In a repeat of last year, I’ve flicked through all 100 albums and selected one track from each release to make the Apple Music playlist: 🎙️ Piccadilly Records: Top 100 Albums of 2020

    If you like what you hear and want a physical copy, why not purchase the vinyl release directly from Piccadilly Records’ website, no matter where you are in the world.

    In the meantime, happy listening.

    Previously:
    🎙️ Piccadilly Records: Top 100 Albums of 2019

  • A Year of Music (2019)

    A Year of Music (2019)

    Come the end of each year, you often find services like Spotify showcasing a round-up of your listening habits over the past 12 months into a nicely presented package. But, since I switch between a few different services, I try to send most of what I listen to to Last.fm and so now I can make my own round-up.

    Not all the albums you’ll see below were released in 2019, nor were all the artists active (some are dead, actually). What you’ll see here is most-played albums and artists of 2019, as opposed to my critically hand-picked choice.

    Clicking on each album cover will take you to a shop where you can buy or listen to the album. If you don’t like the links I give you here, I encourage you to look the artist / album up anyway.

    Enough blathering – the list looks something like this:

    Most-played Albums of 2019

    1.
    Miss Universe
    Nilüfer Yanya

    2.
    Murkage Dave Changed My Life
    Murkage Dave

    3.
    Dogrel
    Fontaines D.C.

    4.
    Harry Styles
    Harry Styles

    5.
    WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?
    Billie Eilish

    6.
    Cuz I Love You
    Lizzo

    7.
    The Hour of Bewilderbeast
    Badly Drawn Boy

    8.
    Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
    Arctic Monkeys

    9.
    Trapped In Amber
    Jonnie Common

    10.
    Shook
    Dralms

    Most-played Artists of 2019

    A photo of the Arctic Monkeys, most-played artist of 2019.
    1. Arctic Monkeys
    2. Badly Drawn Boy
    3. David Bowie
    4. Nilüfer Yanya
    5. Los Campesinos!
    6. Murkage Dave
    7. Jamie T
    8. Florist
    9. Harry Styles
    10. Jake Thackray

    Bye.