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My year of reading
I set out at the beginning of 2023 with the aim that it would be my YEAR OF READING; a single theme that I wanted to focus on instead of my typical monthly goal setting. I picked it because, surprise, I love reading, and just as much as that, I love how reading makes me…
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My top 10 albums of 2023
I love this time of year because, while not much new music is released, I get to browse through the KEXP DJs lists of their top albums of the year (you can vote here too), and I always discover no less than ten albums that inevitably become favorites for the beginning of next year. Maybe…
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Maribou State, Keys N Krates, and more of my favorite albums from November 2023
Maribou State found inspiration for this new track by listening to some of the UK’s well-loved artists including the likes of David Bowie, The Beatles, The Prodigy, Chemical Brothers and many more. “We invited all our friends down and got them to sing the main hook, “do that for you”, in the stairwell of the house.” – – Mixmag Here…
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Bombay Bicycle Club, Gabreil Teodros, and more of my favorite albums from October 2023
“[Gabriel Teodros’ album] From the Ashes of Our Homes, opens with a reflection on the day Teodros and his spouse, Ijeoma Oluo, fled from an actual house fire, and expands to a full-length meditation on the loss of home and safety so many of us experienced these last few years as a result of wars,…
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ford., Yussef Dayes, and more of my favorite albums from September 2023
“Music doesn’t get in. Music is already in. Music simply uncovers what is there, makes you feel emotions that you didn’t necessarily know you had inside you, and runs around waking them all up. A rebirth of sorts.” Matt Haig, How to Stop Time Here are the albums, new and old, that inspired me this…
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Long live Pharoah
There’s really only one thing I’ve been listening to over the past week, and that’s Pharoah Sander’s 1977 album Pharoah, which was just released ahead of the anniversary of his death last year.
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Terrace Martin, Jungle, and more of my favorite albums from August 2023
Hey, summer, looks like you are about to leave, so I just wanted to say it’s been nice having you. You’ve given me a lot of new music, and we got to celebrate 50 years of hip-hop. Thanks for everything, see you next year!
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Portugal. The Man, Nick Drake, and more of my favorite albums from July 2023
July has flown by, and there has been so much new music, I don’t think I’ve caught up (and I’m still listening to Tribez. nonstop). I love you, summertime. Here are my favorite albums (new and old) from July 2023.
Writing and drawings by Nick.
