Tag Archives: 2018

Welcome to the pre-penultimate chapter of my Album of the Year 2018 top 30 countdown. Today, it is the turn of the bronze medal record, the third best of the year. I’d begin this post with a far wittier and more interesting introduction were it not for the fact that I’m drinking my third large  Continue Reading »

Welcome to another chapter of my Album of the Year 2018 top 30 countdown. Today, it’s my pick at number 4, the placing that would have the recipient groaning if they were a competitor at the Olympics. But this isn’t the Olympics, it’s much more important than that! This is the greatest ever annual top  Continue Reading »

Welcome to another chapter of my Album of the Year 2018 top 30 countdown. But not just any chapter: we have reached the top five. Finally, I hear you cry! Indeed, after what must feel to you all like a hundred years, I have entered the final act of this year’s countdown. At certain points  Continue Reading »

Welcome to another chapter of my Album of the Year 2018 top 30 countdown. And, if the quality on offer throughout the past few weeks has been extremely high, prepare for more of the same in the coming days. It is no exaggeration to state that this has been the most difficult top 10 to  Continue Reading »

Welcome to the latest chapter of my Album of the Year 2018 top 30 countdown. It seems like it was only yesterday that I started this series but it has been three weeks since I began and since then, around 17,000 words has been dedicated to the best music that 2018 has had to offer.  Continue Reading »

Welcome to chapter 22 of my Album of the Year 2018 top 30 countdown – that massive endeavour that I undertake every year…and regret every year! I jest of course because , if anything, I am enjoying this series more than any other. I’m really enjoying revisiting all of the incredibly strong music that the  Continue Reading »

Welcome to the latest instalment of my Album of the Year 2018 top 30 countdown. It’s the last post before I hit the magic top 10. Again, a big thanks for showing your support throughout this series, keeping me going when I could have easily thrown in the towel. I never like choosing a band  Continue Reading »

Artist: Swallow The Sun Title: Lumina Aurea EP Label: Century Media Records Date of Release: 21 December 2018 Ok, it’s soapbox time again. I don’t take any pleasure in this, but I feel that something has to be said. This new EP for Swallow The Sun is only going to be made available, initially at  Continue Reading »

Welcome to the latest instalment of my Album of the Year 2018 top 30 countdown. I hope you are still sticking with it and enjoying my posts so far. If not, tell me. I might not do anything about it, but at least you can get it off your chest. It might make you feel  Continue Reading »

Welcome to the latest instalment of my Album of the Year 2018 top 30 countdown. And, based on the number of posts I have published compared to how many I have left to complete, I am now at the magical half-way mark. From here on in, it is downhill. I hope, however, that the quality  Continue Reading »