
It's February already, so get on with it, you say? Not before a second take ... I don't know where to start, really. I tried writing my year-end reflection some time back, but was never quite satisfied with how it just failed to capture everything I wanted to say. On this second take, I've decided to abandon that ambition and opt for something a little bit more realistic, and hopefully, meaningful - releases last year that have, in some way or another, compelled me to relook their back catalogue [...]

2011 zit er bijna op. Het is dus de hoogste tijd om de score van het muziekjaar 2011 op te maken. Wat zijn de albums die ons het afgelopen jaar kippenvel bezorgden? Het beste van 2011 volgens Peter 1. Aidan Moffat & Bill Wells - Everything's getting older MP3 Aidan Moffat & Bill Wells – Let's Stop Here 2. PJ Harvey - Let England shake MP3 PJ Harvey – Hanging In The Wire [...]
logo designed by Bob Rafferty Three years ago I decided that it might be fun to run a poll amongst my fellow bloggers and folk who run music sites in Scotland, to try and find out what the definitive album of that year really was. In its inaugural year The Phantom Band pipped Animal Collective to claim top spot, then last year I did it all again with The National topping that list. This year I managed to rope in a whopping 47 folk to take part in choosing their [...]

Well here we are again, with lists this time generated by yourselves rather than me. With one exception none of these songs would have been anywhere near my personal Festive Fifty, and the one which would have made it is forbidden due to an obvious clash of interests. It's weird, but it does at the very least go to show that the idea of the blogosphere being just a great big mutual back-slapping exercise, with everyone telling everyone else just how awesome they are most of the time, isn't entirely accurate. Still, just because I am an opinionated [...]