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 January 11, 2016
The music I loved in 2015 I spent 2015 finishing up a book called Bad Singer: The Surprising Science of Tone Deafness and How We Hear Music. So while I thought a lot about how we listen to music, I didn’t have as much free time to actually listen to it as I usually do. Sure, I […]
Posted in Bad Singer, music | Tagged Courtney Barnett, how we hear music, music, Wilco
By Tim on December 27, 2011
Middle-aged teenager picks his albums of the year (2011 edition) Music aficionados who are a lot smarter than I will ever be have already made the point that this year was one full of lots of really good albums, but not that many truly great ones. That made coming up with my top ten even […]
Posted in music, Uncategorized | Tagged Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes, Garland Jeffreys, Kurt Vile, Nick Lowe, Thao & Mirah, The Black Keys, The War on Drugs, Top Ten Albums, Wilco, Yuck