Eight favourite albums of 2015

Here are my top rec­om­mend­ed albums of 2015 in no par­tic­u­lar order. 1  Richard Haw­ley Hol­low Mead­ows A con­fi­dent col­lec­tion of beau­ti­ful tracks, Haw­ley’s voice at its most sub­lime­ly expres­sive. My favourite track is the non-bal­lad Which Way shall I go?, sexy with a touch of men­ace. Haw­ley’s per­for­mance at The Round­house a few weeks’ ago was one…

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Review: Parastatic at The Sebright Arms

Parasta­t­ic played at The Sebright Arms, an East Lon­don venue which is one of my top ‘most wel­com­ing’ pubs in Lon­don. The Tyne­side out­fit Parasta­t­ic, a band who came to my atten­tion via Radio 6 Music, when I just hap­pened to catch the tail-end of a track which deliv­ered an utter­ly euphor­ic gui­tar riff. I felt a ‘here’s a new addiction’…

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