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My Top Ten albums of 2016
A turbulent year politically, what with Brexit, Trump and the continued horrors of Syria. And a sad year in music, when we lost David Bowie, Prince, Leonard Cohen and more. But the music itself – as brilliant as ever. I’ll … Continue reading
Posted in Music - concerts, lists, reflections, Music - Top Tens
Tagged Albums of 2016, Amber Arcades, Angel Olsen, Bat for Lashes, Blue House, bon iver, Car Seat Headrest, david bowie, Dilly Dally, Frank Ocean, Jack Garratt, James Blake, Julia Jacklin, Let's Eat Grandma, music, Palace Winter, Parquet Courts, Radiohead, Savages, Whitney, Wolf Alice
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Parquet Courts and Eagulls at Kentish Town Forum, 11 October 2016
Last Tuesday, Jon, his son Louis and I went to see Parquet Courts, supported by Eagulls at the O2 Forum in Kentish Town. The place we used to call the Town and Country Club. I ask you, which is the … Continue reading
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Tagged Eagulls, Forum Kentish Town, music, Parquet Courts
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Latitude 2014
My third Latitude. The best ever? I suspect each one will feel like that in the immediacy of the event, but there was a sequence of bands on Sunday this year, which I suspect will be as good as it … Continue reading
Have You Heard? – (49) Parquet Courts
You know, you occasionally come upon a band and think, why haven’t I heard them before? I had that feeling this weekend with Parquet Courts, a New York indie band. Their first album, “Light Up Gold” came out in 2013. Where … Continue reading