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2015: Top ten albums

Post author By James Poole
Post date January 2, 2016

It’s been a quiet year for the freethinking movement; relocating from the US to the UK has knocked the arse out of any free time, and has put a serious dent in my ability to sit and write. It’s a shame, as 2015 has been jammed with outstanding music. This, the sixth compilation of my […]

Tags A Certain Ratio, All We Are, Gaz Coombes, Ghostpoet, Kamasi Washington, Lianne La Havas, Lonelady, Matt Deighton, Nadine Shah, New Order, Sleater-Kinney, Steve White, The Family Silver

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2014: Top ten albums

I’ve been posting an annual ‘best of’ list for a few years now – this is the fifth run through. I can honestly say that this is the easiest year by far. That isn’t a reflection on the scarcity of good material. Rather, the ten albums listed below stand head and shoulders out there as […]

Tags Damon Albarn, Elbow, Future Islands, Gaz Coombes, Jez Kerr, Kelis, Matt Deighton, Michael Head, Mother Earth, Neil Finn, Paul Weller, Prince, Public Service Broadcasting, Sharon Van Etten, St Vincent, The Charlatans, The Family Silver, TV on the Radio, Warpaint