Running On Empty by Jackson Browne

AOR from the mid 70s. Brilliant.

Oh! You Pretty Things. Glam Queens And Street Urchins 1970-76

Lou Reed was once asked by an Australian journalist whether he was a transvestite or a homosexual

Diamonds To Dust by Gurf Morlix

“Things being a little wobbly can create tension, sometimes in a really good way.”

Live At The BBC Volumes 1 and 2 by The Beatles

A window into the world of The Beatles’ record collections

For The First Time by Black Country, New Road

Short haired progressive music

Awkward Annie by Kate Rusby

Beauty, calm and peace

Surf’s Up by The Beach Boys

“I heard the word. A wonderful thing. A children’s song”

Red Hot + Blue by Various Artists

It goes without saying that tolerance of other people’s lifestyles is a mark of a civilised society.

Disintegration by The Cure

If only I’d thought of the right words

Enclosures by Craven Faults

What is the point of an instrumental song?

Anticipation by Carly Simon

Are these the good old days?

August And Everything After by Counting Crows

Aren’tcha sick of all these influencers?

Jon Savage’s 1967. The Year Pop Divided by Various Artists

All my life I’ve searched upon the reasons for us being here. The music goes round my head

Harvest by Neil Young

“See the lonely boy out on the weekend trying to make it pay. Can’t relate to joy, he tries to speak and can’t begin to say”

Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan! by Aaron Lee Tasjan

This is not anxious music for anxious times

There Are No Goodbyes by Sophia

“If I can get you licking and loving, I have my purpose”

Let’s Dance by David Bowie

White-English-ex-art-school-student-meets-black-American-funk music

Spotify Playlist: Guilty Pleasures

“I’ve run out of pale ale and I feel like I’m in jail and my music bores me once again”

Ignorance by The Weather Station

At some point, you have to live as if the truth is true

Heartbreaker by Ryan Adams

“I am not a perfect man and I have made many mistakes. To anyone I have ever hurt, however unintentionally, I apologise deeply and unreservedly”

Yellow Submarine by The Beatles

The more I go inside, the more there is to see.

Rabbit Fur Coat by Jenny Lewis With The Watson Twins

Nothing is ever as good as it was

Every Bad by Porridge Radio

I don’t want to get bitter. I want us to get better

Blue Afternoon by Tim Buckley

Sensitive lyrics and melodic grace seem to distill Tim’s yearning heart and quiet power into a singular moment of courageous teardrop intensity.

Joy Of Toy by Kevin Ayers

Banana

Pornography by The Cure

A terrifying self-portrait of an alienated dysfunctional psychopath

Bedroom by BDRMM

Modern Shoegaze Music