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When the coffee shops started to go festive with their coffees and cakes I knew there was something to be excited about... yep, those end of year lists!

I accept that end of year lists can be a bit metaphoric marmite for people but I am a big fan myself. I tend to find some decent stuff that I either hadn't...

I have been listening to Mercury Rev's Deserters Songs lately which has just been reissued with additional tracks, I dont have the reissue but the original is a beautiful album and well worth checking out.

A more recent record that I have been listening to is Cats Eyes( Faris from The Horrors and Canadian opera singer Rachel Zeffira) check out...

Thanks to my friends at BT, I've been offline for a few weeks now at home. It has been unbelievably frustrating, not just because it has prevented me uploading my latest blog but also because it has restricted my opportunity to keep fully up to speed with new music - and there is a lot of really good new music...

I really appreciate you commenting and posting your responses on the blog - keep them coming as I enjoy going through them!

I had a bit of time to go through your recent posts, and amongst those bands mentioned in the comments from the last blog, Chapel Club sounded good and it is definitely worth echoing Brent Evans’ shout - as were...

Thanks again for the response to my last blog! Again some great recommendations with Gorillaz and The Coral amongst them - they were two of my favourite records of last year.

In my first two posts plenty of you guys recommended listening to The Tallest Man On Earth - I wasn't familiar with him so I grabbed his EP ‘Sometimes The...

First of all I would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year and say thank you to everyone who posted replies to my first blog! I was really chuffed with the response - and thanks for all the recommendations.

I checked out various bits from the posts - some of the suggestions that I wasn’t aware of, and even...

Welcome to my first music blog. To get started I have given some answers to some general questions about my music habits and what I like and don’t like.

What I like

My musical tastes are just generally whatever my ear likes! I would say it is predominantly guitar based, and I’m still trying to broaden my horizons by listening to different...