#topfives Albums of March 26
The Delines - The Set Up
Tenderness - True
Ora Cogan - Hard Hearted Woman
Gyda Valtysdottir - Mother Pearl
LuxJury - Giving Up
I definitely need to check out the Edwin Stevens album. What I've heard on Peel & Coe sounds very promising.
#topfives January albums of the month
Clementine March - Powder Keg
Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore - Tragic Magic
Yin Yin - Spirit Adapter
Plantoid - Flare
Tyler Ballgame - For The First Time, Again
#topfives #gigs2025
1. Sparks - Manchester Apollo
2. Robert Forster - Band on the Wall
3. Trupa Trupa - Preston Continental
4. Field Music - BOTW
5. Ezra Furman - Liverpool Rough Trade
Improved health allowed me to go to more gigs this year but then developed tinnitus which impeded 2nd half of year
Top 5 2024 gigs
1. Bill Ryder-Jones - Castle and Falcon, Birmingham
2. Jessica Pratt - Old Market, Hove
3. Nala Sinephro - Barbican, London
4. Myriam Gendron - Cafe OTO, London
5. Ryley Walker - Prince Albert, Brighton
#chopsfives #topfives #2024gigs
1. Cindy / Mt.Misery / The Cords (Just Dropped In, Coventry).
2. Quivers (Castle Hotel)
3. Lightheaded / Mt.Misery / Autocamper / Juice Pops (Gullivers)
4. Slowdive / Whitelands (Liverpool O2 Academy)
5. Umbrellas (Gullivers)
#chopsfives #topfives
I remember doing #TopFives on Twitter back in the day. Top five bassists:
1. Gene Simmons
2. Tina Weymouth
3. Steve Harris
4. JJ Burnell
5. Chris Wolstenholme
In no particular order.
1. Isaac Hayes- Theme From Shaft
2. Fun Lovin’ Criminals- Scooby Snacks
3. Blur- Parklife
4. The Eve Of The War- Jeff Wayne
5. The Small Faces- Lazy Sunday
#ChopsFives #TopFives
