I saw 201 gigs in 2015.
Posted in Uncategorized on December 31, 2015 by Mark WheatleyThe Best Tracks of 2014…So Far
Posted in Uncategorized on May 16, 2014 by Mark WheatleyThere has been some great music released this year. Now we are at the half-way point I thought I’d put together a little playlist of the best tracks so far. What have I missed?
Best Tracks of 2013
Posted in Uncategorized on December 16, 2013 by Mark Wheatley2013 promised a lot, and listening to the music below it’s hard to argue that it didn’t deliver. We had new albums by heavy hitters like Arcade Fire and Daft Punk to look forward to, after all.
Best Tracks of 2012
Posted in Uncategorized on December 18, 2012 by Mark WheatleyListen here to my favourite fifty tracks of 2012…
Best Tracks of 2011
Posted in Uncategorized on January 3, 2012 by Mark WheatleyListen here to my favourite fifty tracks of 2011…
Best Albums of 2011
Posted in Best of Year, List, Music on May 23, 2011 by Mark WheatleyMy favourite twenty albums of 2011…
Best Songs of 2010
Posted in Best of Year, List, Music on December 3, 2010 by Mark WheatleyThis year many of the world’s finest musicians released their best albums to date (The National, Arcade Fire, Gorillaz etc), which means this has been one of those ‘special’ years in music. Choosing a favourite 40 tracks to represent such a year has been the toughest of these assignments yet…
The Top 100 Tracks of the 90s
Posted in List, Music on September 5, 2010 by Mark WheatleyPitchfork recently ran a week long ‘Best songs of the 90s‘ feature which has received a lot of attention. I love Pitchfork and their list had quite a few of my favourite tracks on it. However I was quite suprised at how many really great tracks were missing from their list. So I kissed my evenings goodbye for a week and came up with my own version…
Best Music of 2010…So Far
Posted in Best of Year, Music, Uncategorized on May 12, 2010 by Mark Wheatley
2010 is shaping up to be one of the best years for new music in living memory. Here is my pick for the ‘top ten’ so far…
One Director Made The Two Best Music Videos of 2009
Posted in Best of Year, Music with tags Music Videos on December 4, 2009 by Mark WheatleyI think two best music videos of 2009 were by the same director: Patrick Daughters. The first is a creepy promo for Depeche Mode’s ‘Wrong’. The second is a surreal clip for Grizzly Bear’s ‘Two Weeks’. Apparently this guy is working on a feature film. Judging by these videos that is no bad thing. Watch them here.
Grumpy Man 