Favourite Albums – 2018 (No Turkeys)

  For those that want some respite from left-over turkey, mince pies and possibly relatives but haven’t over indulged in this ..

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2018 Gigs

I only have one more planned gig to attend in 2018 – Young Fathers at Brixton Academy in December.  This year has been a great ..

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Marvelous Middle Eights – Discuss

Better late than not at all….   A spooky thing happened to me last week on my way home from work and when cooking dinner a bit later. ..

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The Mercury Music Prize – Discuss

Yesterday saw the shortlist for this year’s Mercury Music Prize announced.  As a reminder, this is what it is about (from the website): ..

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Song titles within a song – Discuss

I’ve always loved the Arctic Monkeys from the first time I heard them.  Whatever you may think of Alex Turner’s morph into ..

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Songs that are difficult to listen to – discuss

Almost 13 years ago I went through a traumatic event that ended with me in hospital undergoing a pretty grim surgical procedure.  My ..

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Anna Meredith – Discuss

Anna Meredith’s first full length album has been championed by DJ Mary-Anne Hobbs for a long time.  She was playing tracks from ..

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Where are the women of New Country/Americana? – Discuss

A couple of years ago I read an article about the Country Music Awards which referred to an artist called Chris Stapleton – he stole ..

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Mikey Dread World War III – Discuss

I’m pushed this week and totally disorganised, so I’ve not really thought this through. I’ll apologise now for the shambling ..

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Livy Ekemezie, Ebo Taylor and Mulatu Astatke – Discuss

I’ve stumbled upon several artists from African nations over the past few weeks and wanted to share them with you and get your opinions ..

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Welcome to Wilson Wednesday

No, no, don’t worry, the Spill hasn’t just been sponsored by an international sporting goods manufacturer, nor have we been ..

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American Football – Discuss

I hadn’t intended writing about this band today, but I ran out of time with the thing I did want to write – spreading myself ..

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Young Marble Giants and The XX – Discuss

I remember the exact moment I first heard Young Marble Giants.  I was listening to Marc Riley (one of the many former members of The Fall) ..

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Little Axe and Moby – Discuss

I subscribe to Spotify – some of you won’t like that, I know.  I got rid of our turntable, CD player, speakers and amp and have ..

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