I may have mentioned, but surely no more than once or twice, that I’m a mite obsessed by Cocteau Twins. I’ve been listening to and loving them since I first heard ‘Pearly Dewdrops’ Drops’ when I was 15. That song is the purple 7″ single you can see on top of the pile in the … More 30 years of buying Cocteau Twins music in one picture
It may be billed as an autobiography, but ‘Midnight Mover’ only resembles one. What it actually is is a collection of clearly often-told anecdotes assembled by a ghost-writer into roughly chronological order. What’s good about that is that it undoubtedly gives you a insight into an extraordinary life lived as a soul legend and living … More Bobby Womack, ‘Midnight Mover’
It’s happened before but I wasn’t expecting it this time: a musical malaise has crept up on me. Normally I listen to a mixture of old music augmented by a steady stream of new songs. Right now I can’t be bothered with any of it. There are always times when I feel a bit jaded … More My musical malaise
The prolific Paul Coltofeanu, the restless multi-skiller behind Free Swim about whom I have rattled on previously is about to release an album under his alter-alter-ego of The Android Angel. I’m glad to say the first songs sound great: one’s a bit New Wave, one has a sort of Spiritualized haziness and ‘Lie Back And … More The Android Angel
The second best thing about blogging about the music I like is that the people who make that music often get to see what I say about it but the very best thing is when they get in touch. After I posted my songs of the year, I was delighted to receive this message in … More Still a fan in my forties
Here they are: the 20 songs which I’ve been enjoying or obsessing about for the last twelve months. I’ve been spoilt for choice this year. There hasn’t really been any doubt about my song of the year though which shows no sign of wearing thin even after the ridiculous number of times I’ve played it. You’ll … More Songs of the Year 2012
I was so surprised and pleased to get this via twitter earlier that I laughed loudly even though I was sitting in a cafe at the Wales Millennium Centre. I thought Islet were brilliant before this. I think so even more now!
It’s been a extraordinarily good year for new music as far as I’m concerned. I’ll post my songs of the year shortly. In the meantime, here are some pre-list lists. You can never have too many lists. Album of the Year Islet: Illuminated People From the Six-Million Dollar Man sound effects which mark the opening … More 2012 Music - let the listing begin
UPDATE: I’ve brought all the tweets together using storify. You can read them all here. I’ve been inundated on twitter with people revealing what was the first single they bought with their own money. So much so that retweeting them all landed me in twitter jail for a while. It all started when I confessed … More Saturday night singles nostalgia on twitter
I thought I’d take a look at my ‘Most Played’ playlist because, on a day-to-day basis, I listen to my music via iTunes more than through any other medium which makes it’s interesting (to me) to see which songs have cropped up most often over the seven or eight years I’ve been using it. All … More My ‘Most Played’ iTunes playlist
Adrian Masters 