A one-line review of every #TimsTwitterListeningParty I joined in May 2021
Nobody has asked for this. Tough luck. It’s a monthly series now. I’ve marked LPs that I’d never heard the whole way through before with a 🆕 icon. The links (mostly) go to the album on Spotify. Japan Gentlemen Take Polaroids…
Living the Eurovision dream
No Friday Reading this week afraid because I have been too busy living the Eurovision dream. Not only have I put together the Guardian’s fiendish Eurovision quiz, but I am absolutely thrilled that for the first time on Saturday I…
m-orchestra – The Grim Circus – track-by-track guide from my #GrimTwitterListeningParty
Today, 100% unlicensed and unofficial, I did a #GrimTwitterListeningParty for new m-orchestra album The Grim Circus. I don’t have a fancy replay facility, but here it is presented as a track-by-track guide to the stories behind the songs and what…
The Grim Circus to be released on Friday
I remember when I first started making music again after a hiatus of nearly a decade I tweeted something along the lines of “Note to self: it is fine to start making dad laptop techno for fun, but nobody needs…
A one-line review of every #TimsTwitterListeningParty I joined in April 2021
Nobody has asked for this. Tough luck. It’s a monthly series now. I’ve marked LPs that I’d never heard the whole way through before with a 🆕 icon. The links (mostly) go to the album on Spotify. 🆕The Clientele Suburban Light…
A one-line review of every #TimsTwitterListeningParty I joined in March 2021
Nobody has asked for this. Tough luck. It’s a monthly series now. I’ve marked LPs that I’d never heard the whole way through before with a 🆕 icon. The links (mostly) go to the album on Spotify. Gang Of Four Solid…
A one-line review of every #TimsTwitterListeningParty I joined in February 2021
Nobody has asked for this. Tough luck. It’s a monthly series now. I’ve marked LPs that I’d never heard the whole way through before with a 🆕 icon. The links go to the album on Spotify. 🆕The Beach Boys The Beach…
m-orchestra ‘More Ghost Stories EP’ released today
The new m-orchestra EP is out today in all good digital stores, featuring four tracks: Swim With Me (Drowning Child) – A woman recalls the feeling she had as a child, that something in the house was trying to lure her…
That gig meme that’s been knocking around on the Facebooks
FIRST GIG: Cliff Richard at the London Palladium in 1983 with my parents. LAST GIG: Incredibly luckily just sneaked in before lockdown it was me as m-orchestra supporting Pye Corner Audio at the Wild Card Brewery in Walthamstow. It was…
A one-line review of every #TimsTwitterListeningParty I joined in January 2021
Nobody has asked for this. Tough luck. It’s a new monthly series. I’ve marked LPs that I’d never heard the whole way through before with a 🆕 icon. The links go to the album on Spotify. Fat Boy Slim You’ve…