Archive for December, 2009

My album of the year for 2009

December 27th, 2009

I listed my shortlist of 11 albums for my choice of album of the year in a previous Soapbox post. All of these albums are brilliant and are worth multiple listens. But I said I would pick 1 of them as the best of the year. My pick of the year is Blue Roses from [...]

Album of the year contenders for 2009 – Final List

December 5th, 2009

UPDATE: Blue Roses was my pick. All 11 are brill though. We are now in the last month of 2009 and this is my final list of albums that are candidates for my Album of the Year. It’s been a really good year for new music. In addition to the albums listed here there are [...]

Queen and synthesisers…

December 5th, 2009

When Queen started using synthesisers I liked the results. Hot Space [Spotify & Last FM] is one of my favourite albums. I loved it from the moment I heard it. Unlike many of my peers at the time who reacted as if the band was using pitchfotks to load babies into a furnace! But a [...]