Lapsed guitarist, retired music blogger, hoarder of CDs... music has been a big part of my life since forever. A tiny slice of that here.
I've been making mixtapes for at least 25 years. I come from the Rob Gordon school of mixtape making. These ones are the traces of my former life as a music blogger. (They exist all over the internet in different forms but these links below are for Spotify). I make them every few months, mostly from new acts I'm excited about, with a slight smattering of great stuff from more established artists. Presented here in more-or-less reverse chronological order.
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Originally for my blog, but latterly mostly for my own amusement, I participate in the annual Listpocalypse with my favourite albums of the year. For your amusement too, here they are: