My 25 Favourite Songs of 2010

My 20 Favourite Songs of 2010 Here I give to you my own personal selection of the 25 songs I enjoyed most in the last twelve months in no particular order other than the order I think they sound best in. I tried to keep it down to 20 songs, I tried really hard. Then I realised that I did 25 last year so there’s a legal precadent here. I’ve mostly steered clear of those “that was released last year” debatable tracks, although I included Sleigh Bells “Ring... Read More

My 20 Favourite Albums of 2010

Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy 1. Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy I love Kanye. I love his arrogance and unpredictability. I love his cartoon fun-fair hip-hop on his early albums. I love the sparse honesty of 808s & Heartbreaks. His habit of pissing people off is a testament to his insistence on telling it how he sees it. Whether he’s right or wrong, he’s a breath of crazy, fresh air in an industry of shallow, meaningless... Read More

Janelle Monáe – Tripod – Photos

Janelle Monáe - Tripod I’ll by-pass all the unnecessary details about the snow-related chaos that potentially threatened the arrival of Janelle Monáe and her fans to Tripod on a Wednesday evening when Dublin once again fell to pieces. Despite all these issues, the venue was well-filled when I arrived in during support act Brian Deady. I found his style of music to be like a watered-down, sex-less Justin Timberlake but given that only the bass player from his band could make... Read More