Top albums of 2014… and the vinyl surge continues

Year 2013 saw David Bowie and Daft Punk cre­at­ing a buzz with their new albums, mak­ing the world sit up and lis­ten. In 2014, things all seem a bit more low key – well, maybe apart from Pink Floy­d’s The End­less Riv­er. It’s been more a case of hav­ing to go and seek out for your­self what’s around. There’s a…

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The best French band right now: no, not Daft Punk. It’s Chinese Man

There’s a trip-hop Dix­ieland jazz-lov­ing col­lec­tive based in Mar­seilles in the south of France who I have been a big fan of for the past cou­ple of years. Some­what elu­sive and under the radar in the UK, the intrigu­ing posse go by the name of Chi­nese Man. So who are they? To quote from their website:…

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