Best Albums 2025
Faced with writing about the best albums of 2025 a bit late, I figured an extra six months of perspective might help me make some decisions …
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Wilco, A Ghost Is Born (Superdeluxe edition)
In 2022, I invested in the big superdeluxe box for Wilco’s most successful album “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot”. Across 11 pieces …
In Praise of Pomme Fritz
The release of Pomme Fritz by The Orb in 1994 was a moment of genuine excitement for me as it was the first new material they released after …
2024 Albums of the Year #10: Yard Act, Where's My Utopia?
Yard Act are a post-punk band from Leeds. “Where’s My Utopia?” is their second album. I first encountered Yard Act in a …
2023 Albums: Honourable Mentions
A quick list of ten other albums I considered to be among the best of last year. I either listened to these less, or in the cases of …
2023 Albums of the Year #1: Sofia Kourtesis, Madres
Sofia Kourtesis is a Berlin-based Peruvian dance producer, “Madres” is her debut album which follows on from a 2021 EP …
2023 Albums of the Year #2: James Holden, Imagine This is a High Dimensional Space of All Possibilities
“Cool artwork! No, we don’t have it but it’s coming in next week.“⊕ Image not found: …
2023 Albums of the Year #3: Barry Can't Swim, When Will We Land?
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2023 Albums of the Year #4: The National, "First Two Pages of Frankenstein" and "Laugh Track"
It’s probably no surprise that as we reach the top four (or five if you like) we also ⊕ Image not found: …
2023 Albums of the Year #5: Nation of Language, Strange Disciple
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2023 Albums of the Year #6: Grails, Anches en Maat
Grails are one of those bands who always get played a lot at my house. ⊕ Image not found: …
2023 Albums of the Year #7: Maara, The Ancient Truth
There isn’t a great deal I can write about The Ancient Truth without sounding vague and anodyne. ⊕ Image not found: …