20. Sufjan Stevens – Illinois (2005) Sufjan’s Prairie State I wish he did all fifty (Yes, I fell for it) 19. Jeffrey Lewis – It’s the Ones Who’ve Cracked That The Light Shines Through (2003) Anti-folk hero Serves comic stripped down delight Raw, honest and fun 18. PJ Harvey – Stories from the City, Stories [...]
Here’s another pesky but obligatory year-end list for me to get out of my system: it’s my Top 5 list of the gigs I really would have liked to have gone to in 2008 but for one reason or another didn’t. I’m sure I can come up with something snappier than that. 5. Public Enemy, [...]
My significantly better half Clare (Bless ‘er) bought me Scarlett Johansson’s new album of Tom Waits’ covers this week, Anywhere I Lay My Head. Now, I’m a bit of a unrepentantly obsessive Tom Waits fan (you noticed?), so when I first heard about this project I was more than a wee bit sniffy. Over the [...]
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Dirty Bristow issue 2 features stuff by me and is On Sale Now