A Trip-Hop Love Affair (& Other Infatuations)
‘It’s a failed week if I don’t have at least one brilliant thought’ – Brian Eno. The quote goes something like that. My response to the quote is this – Format is a torniquet...
The Ignorant Listener Blog
uknowhatimsayin¿ – Danny Brown
This piece started as a reflection on Danny Brown’s entire discography in the hope of flogging my spare ticket to some lucky soul (Camden, March 19th if anyone’s interested). His most recent offering ‘Stardust’ is...
The Boy Who Played the Harp – Dave
‘Eight more sleeps ‘till Dave drops boys’ – a sentence that could tranquilize a rhino. Despite surviving a wave of enthusiasm that could rebrand Jack Dee as chirpy, here we are. I was preparing...
Negro Swan – Blood Orange
You might not realise it, but you have heard Blood Orange. Either, like myself, you discovered him on a random Danny Brown track six years ago and placed him in camp ‘generic hip-hop chorus...
Live Laugh Love – Earl Sweatshirt
Music fatigue gives my arse a headache. It’s DEFCON 1 for imbalance in my life. The only saving grace is that it thaws out my writing hand. The pace of life has buried me...
The Specials – The Specials
I never learnt the art of resting. That phrase gets thrown around a lot. ‘The art of …’ followed by any old shite. But resting is most certainly an art. A lost one at...
Where I’m Meant to Be – Ezra Collective
I finally listened to Ezra Collective after being worn down by repeat All Points East visits. Ezra has existed like elevator music in my life, pitching into the hum of hangouts and house parties....
Teddy – Teddy Pendergrass
It’s strange the information you bury. Writing this I was surprised at how much Teddy Pendergrass adjacent knowledge I have without actually knowing anything about him. I’ve had a benign awareness of the man...
Stereotype A – Cibo Matto
I downloaded ‘Stereotype A’ a long time ago, I don’t remember when. I saw an old Fantano video that said this was the best album of the 90s. What struck me is that Fantano...
Demon Days – Gorillaz
The first time I actively listened to Gorillaz was in 2020 with the release of ‘Sound Machine’. I was indifferent to it. I guess it’s difficult to gauge the group when that album revolved...
Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements – Stereolab
I want to start by saying as I have matured but those who know me might smirk at that. So, as my taste has developed, I have become increasingly drawn to music that might...