Thursday, November 30, 2017

Albums Of The Year 2017

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This year it's been a very difficult task to narrow it down to just 10 albums but here's my selection of the best of 2017.  I...
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Thursday, December 08, 2016

2016’s best albums

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2016 has been a very strange year for all kinds of reasons but amidst all the doom and gloom there's at least been some positive creativ...
Thursday, December 03, 2015

The 15 Best Albums of 2015

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It's that time of the year again, so here's my list of the top 15 albums of 2015.  I've provided a selection of tracks from each...
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Monday, December 08, 2014

The Top Ten Albums of 2014

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Here's my list of the top ten albums of 2014. I've provided a selection of tracks from each of the albums, so please have a listen/w...
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Friday, December 13, 2013

The Top Ten Albums of 2013

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Here's the almost famous Open Neck Shirt top ten albums of 2013. My  favourite album of the year is 'AM' by the Arctic Monkeys....
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Monday, October 07, 2013

Prefab Sprout's new album Crimson/Red

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The Best Jewell Thief In The World  This is a great track from the Prefab Sprout's first record of new material for over a decade...
Monday, November 26, 2012

The Top Ten Albums of 2012

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Here's some tracks and videos from my top ten albums of 2012. My favourite album of the year is 'Standing at the Sky's Edge by R...
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Friday, April 20, 2012

Richard Hawley - Leave Your Body Behind You

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This is a great new single by Richard Hawley from his forthcoming album 'Standing at the Sky's Edge' out on M...
Sunday, December 11, 2011

The Top Twenty Albums of 2011

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Here's my top twenty albums of 2011. The top album of the year is The Wild Swans - 'The Coldest Winter In A Hundred Years', bu...
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Wednesday, December 07, 2011

The Best Album of 2011

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The Wild Swans tribute to drummer Pete de Freitas who died in a motorbike accident 22 years ago. My top album of 2011 is The Wild Swans ...
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Tuesday, November 08, 2011

Another year another open neck shirt

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Some of the usual suspects at the Mark Addy on Friday 8th July 2011 The winter Open Neck Shirt will be convening at Mr Thomas's Ch...
Tuesday, October 11, 2011

The Man/machine returns - John Foxx and the Maths on tour

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Electronic music pioneer John Foxx has returned to form with a superb new album 'Interplay'. Now joined by synthesizer connoisse...
Monday, July 04, 2011

Summer Open Neck Shirt 2011 at the Mark Addy

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The Mark Addy, Salford This summer's Open Neck Shirt will be convening at the Mark Addy, Salford on Friday 8th July at 1pm.  Just acro...
Sunday, June 05, 2011

Jaume Plensa at Yorkshire Sculpture Park

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Here's some of my photographs from my recent visit to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park to see the excellent exhibition by Jaume Plensa. Th...
Friday, May 27, 2011

The Room Revisited

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The Room are one of the most underrated groups of the early 80's, seen here performing Shirt of Fire on the Whistle Test in 1984. The ...
Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Wild Beasts - Devil's Crayon

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Came across this track on the Latitude Festival website recently and it's a corker!
Friday, February 25, 2011

Let's Hang On

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Phoenix Stand by Stuart Roy Clarke My new blog 'Let's Hang On' is about the highs and lows of following Wigan Athletic FC. ...
Wednesday, February 09, 2011

Joy Division live on Something Else

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Joy Division live on Something Else - not quite as I remember it, but still worth watching.
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Sunday, February 06, 2011

The King is Dead

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The Decemberists new album 'The King is Dead' is quite a departure from their previous epic 'The Hazards of Love.'  The gr...
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Our Friends in the North

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Our Friends in th e North is probably the last great British TV series, there have been few series that have captured the social and polit...
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