The Best Albums of 2013
A solid year with good albums by Nick Cave and Arcade Fire and a return to form for the Arctic Monkeys and Daft Punk.
The Best Albums of 2012
The Kindred EP by Burial is probably the album that I played most often this year. The Japanese CD also contains the Street Halo EP. Fin by John Talabot is another album that I listened to a lot.
Jonathan Harvey 1939-2012
I only discovered his work some two years ago but Jonathan Harvey has since become one of my favourite composers.
Philip Glass Looks Back on his Life
Portrait of Philip Glass in the Village Voice on his 75th birthday. Turns out he drove a cab till he was 41.
The Best Albums of 2011
The Black Keys, Kurt Vile, Nicolas Jaar, PJ Harvey. These are the stand-out albums of the year as far as I'm concerned.
The Best Albums of 2010
2010 was another good year for music, but perhaps, as in the past four years, this reflects the fact that I sampled more albums.
The Best Albums of 2009
The XX and Fever Ray are the stand-out albums of the year. 2009 was also the year that I discovered Sunn O))).
The Impossible Dazzlingly Achieved
Viktoria Mullova's new recording of Bach's Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin is breathtaking.
The Best Albums of 2008
These are the albums that I play(ed) most often and rated highly.
The Best Albums of 2007
An excellent year in music. Burial: Untrue is a classic, as far as I'm concerned.
The Best Albums of 2006
An excellent year in music with some great debut albums.
The Best Albums of 2005
And the song of the year is Losing My Edge by LCD Soundsystem.