Month: December 2015
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Reverberation Radio
One of the best musical recommendation was Reverberation Radio from Ian Fondue, which I’ve been checking out throughout the year and finally subscribed to. If you like your music psychedelic, eclectic, sunshine pop, library – new or old (it’s a podcast that’s hard to define, gladly) then you’ll like this. It’s good new year’s listening…
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The circle radiates out (but corporates want to steal it’s power)
The sad thing about gentrification is that the developers KNOW they aren’t cool, that they are replacing vital communities that sell the area – the artists, the squatters, the radicals, the punks, the minorities, the queers, all these different cultures mixed together – with boring dullness. Grey square blocks crushing gardens, inner city villages and…
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Open Your Eyes
In the dark of winter I’ll go for anything that reminds me of the sun, and the exotic deep house of Marshall Jefferson’s Open Your Eyes will do just fine. Apparently this track was the inspiration for 808 State’s Pacific State according to Graham Massey. Proper deep house, not this strange modern version which isn’t…
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Queen of Ireland
Yay Panti! The real Queen’s speech. It’s been a grand year for Ireland, I hope it continues.
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I Love The NHS and so does Justin Bieber
I’m not really big on tunes for charidee after the horrors of Band Aid, and also this violates my ‘No Coldplay In Mashups Ever’ rule (‘A Bridge Over You’ being a vocal mashup of Simon and Garfunkel’s ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’ and Coldplay’s Fix You) but it’s for a very good cause. And the S&G…
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Favourite albums / tracks of 2015
Ian Fondue asked me to post my favourite albums/songs of 2015. Not necessarily released in 2015, this year I tended to listen to older releases, Pitchfork and Stereogum are mostly confusing to me, the first year it’s mostly a bunch of names I have no idea who they are! It’s a long list, partly because…