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By Tim on December 31, 2022
My Favourite Music of 2022 Apparently, I need a deadline. On the other hand, waiting until the last minute gives me more listening time. Although I don’t pretend this is the best music of 2022, it is my favourite music of the year (as of right now). For whatever that’s worth. But if you find […]
Posted in music | Tagged 2022, Alvvays, Angel Olsen, Beth orton, Big Thief, Elvis Costello, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Mitski, music, Music Buddy, Orville Peck, Plains, Sadies, Soccer Mommy, Wet Leg, Wilco
By Tim on December 31, 2019
My Favourite Music of 2019 I’m back. A year older, a year less relevant. But people seem to want me to do this so, even if it’s just for a laugh, here is my round-up of the music I liked most in 2019. Once again, I’ve created a Spotify playlist of selected songs for your […]
Posted in music | Tagged Aldous Harding, Angel Olsen, Better Oblivion Community Centre, Big Thief, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, clairo, Lana del Ray, Matt Berninger and Phoebe Bridgers, Michael Kiwanuka, Nick Cave, Pedro the Lion, Sharon Van Etten, The National, vagabon, Weyes Blood, Wilco
By Tim on December 30, 2016
Since I devoted most of the year to promoting my new book, Bad Singer, perhaps I could be forgiven for thinking I spent more time talking about music than actually listening to it. But it only felt that way. In fact, when I look back, I listened to a lot of great music this year. […]
Posted in music | Tagged 2016, Angel Olsen, Basia Bulat, Bon Iver, car seat headrest, David Bowie, Esme Patterson, Garbage, Hamilton Leithauser, k.d. lang, Kevin Morby, Laura Gibson, Laura Veirs, Leonard Cohen, Lucy Dacus, Margaret Glasby, Mitski, music, Neko Case, Nick Cave, Tanya Tagaq, Thao, Tindersticks, Wilco
By Tim on December 31, 2014
What I loved listening to in 2014 I’ve been doing an annual “middle-aged teenager picks his best music of the year” post for a while now. It’s always been a list, though I haven’t ranked my choices and the number of albums I picked varied. It wasn’t that I like lists so much — I don’t — […]
Posted in music | Tagged 2014, Allo Darlin, Angel Olsen, Beck, Courtney Barnett, Dum Dum Girls, First Aid Kit, Lost in the Dream, Lucinda Williams, music, Ought, Sharon Jones, Sharon Van Etten, Spoon, St. Paul and the Broken Bones, St. Vincent, War on Drugs