Dès le mois de mai j'ai commencé à sentir que cette année ne ferait pas l'affaire, Xiu Xiu et son Women as Lovers appartenait plus à 2007 et Bon Iver et Fleet Foxes restaient seuls, à tourner, en boucle. L'ennui avec ce top 2008, c'est qu'il n'a connu aucunes hésitations, aucun dilemme déchirant. Faire ce top c'était un peu réaliser combien l'année avait vu défiler de disques sur la platine, et bien peu y revenir. 2008 a eu ses moments de grâce, ses albums superbes et inattendus, mais 2008 a aussi cruellement manqué d'attente fébrile. Je l'ai constaté [...]

The new album from Joanne Robertson currently out on Textile Records is currently my favourite lo-fi female singer songwriter spinning my iTunes. This album is bleak, stark, ominous and incredibly good, I mean I am not going to cover something I don't like...I don't think. I am starting to digress as I can't think of anything other than "top 53 for the year at this point for this album. Robertson's music is the sound of what I love of the lo-fi experience, not exactly recorded in a university dorm bathroom but one that you picture in [...]
Photo: Ola To see a world in a grain of sand, And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity in an hour. ~ William Blake / Auguries of Innocence ~ Growing up near the sea and spending many days wandering through the dunes, feeling the warm sand and the soft breeze of spring, has left me with a deep affection for its unique surroundings. A place that gives us the time and patience to [...]