I’m no music geek, but taking time out to listen to music is quite important to my mental health.  At the beginning of 2013, I felt that my collection had stagnated a bit and decided to try and listen to a wider range of artists.  I remembered my Last.fm. account and made myself use the “mix radio” option.

One of the first new discoveries of the ( Read more... )

This is not at all subtle, but it does the trick.

L7, 'Shitlist'

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I was not nearly cool enough to like L7 back in the early 90s (plus I was a bit intimidated), but I have come to appreciate them as I get older. 

Now this is just impossible.

I'll have to pick a song from one of my favourite albums.

P J Harvey's Dry is in my top 5 and, really, any excuse to post this video of her performing the song 'Dress'

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I think 'Send Me You' by the Butchies is very radio friendly

I love how dorky the drummer is in this video

Ani DiFranco's 'Little Plastic Castle' is a song that never fails to make me feel happy ( Read more... )

It's impossible for me to pick out one song as an overall favourite, so I've chosen a song that I can always listen to and which never seems to leave my mp3 player: Patti Smith's 'Dancing Barefoot' from her 1979 album Wave.

I came to Patti Smith when I was about 20 and picked up Horses in a 3-for-a-tenner CD sale. I just love everything about ( Read more... )

It’s been a challenging summer which has seen me facing up to some fears, having a bit of an existential crisis and going back into therapy - hence the lack of posting on any of my blogs.  At times like this I like to play a lot of music and this summer I’ve mainly been raiding Spotify for new stuff.

I was a little bit sceptical about Wild Flag to ( Read more... )

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We saw her play live a few weeks ago and I will get around to writing about that soon

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I'm developing one serious Nina Nastasia habit