Some things I liked in 2023....
Four albums of modular perfection from FLC
Hamish Hawk live at Gorilla (and album). By far the most passionate and moving gig I've been to in a long time.
Johnny3snares. Harnessing the fun side of Aphex Twin
Adult DVD. Sandman Mancave was one of my tunes of the year.
This book
Jockstrap LP. An album from 2022, that I didn't get to spend much time with until 2023.
Cope's notes #5. The story of The Modern Antiquarian, complete with a set of new songs inspired by the book.
Teardrop Explodes boxset. A near definitive copendium of familiar, rare and unreleased tracks, spread over 7LPs or 5CDs.
Eno and Eno. Seeing their live at the Acropolis performance at the cinema was wonderful.
SMS reissue.
Ian McNabb channelling his inner Scott Walker on Hamilton Square.
Aphex Twin. Blackbox Life Recorder 21f made a strong case for Song/EP/App of the year.
The (final?) return of OMD
Ultravox's Quartet box set. Another high quality exhaustive box set.
Blur. Making a case for their finest album.
They've moved on and so should we - there's no point in wanting another Parklife when you can just listen to Parklife.
