Comments on: A question for readers of this blog

By: Ian Redfearn

Ian Redfearn — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 17:11:08 +0000

Caligula’s Horse – Bloom, based on your end of year review.
This is pretty damn close to being Album of the year for me (pushed by Gazpacho – Molok and Mark Tremont – Cauterize).

Now about to indulge in Lonely Robot – purely because you have mentioned it a few times on Twitter.

By: Synthetase

Synthetase — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 16:17:45 +0000

I almost forgot, I bought Steve Rothery’s The Ghosts of Pripyat after you panned Pink Floyd’s last outing. The money I was considering spending on ‘warmed up leftovers’ I decided to use to take a punt on Rothery instead. Was not disappointed. Truly excellent album.

Oh and Lonely Robot. It’s all coming back to me now

By: Synthetase

Synthetase — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 16:14:39 +0000

I don’t get much in the way of personal recommendations as there are only three people who are really into music in my social group and there isn’t a great deal of cross-over between us.

Last album I bought was pre-purchasing Mantra-Vega – although I heard the demos on this blog. I can’t remember exactly the last album I bought on a recommendation that I hadn’t heard prior, but I did buy Skin by Panic Room after your description made it sound right up my street. Loved it, so I bought all their other records. I also bought Mostly Autumn’s Dressed in Voices, but I’d heard some of their other material on Youtube already after reading about them here. I think I got Haken’s The Mountain without hearing any of their stuff.

By: Abi Sutherland

Abi Sutherland — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 21:50:04 +0000

Speaking of music I experienced on a recommendation.

By: Tim Hall

Tim Hall — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 21:43:06 +0000

I think my core readership is about seven people. Anyway, you went to see Mostly Autumn in November….

By: Abi Sutherland

Abi Sutherland — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 19:55:48 +0000

The “Hamilton” soundtrack.

(Proving I’m not your core readership. Again.)

By: Tim Hall

Tim Hall — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 14:34:41 +0000

Perhaps The Railway Modeller should start doing album reviews?

By: Chris Hall

Chris Hall — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 14:25:59 +0000

Would you include recommendations from Sound on Sound because of the way they recorded the hi-hat?

By: Nick E

Nick E — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 13:48:25 +0000

Most recent: Caligula’s Horse – Bloom

Prior to that, there have been numerous titles, but the ones that immediately spring to mind are the most recent releases by Anekdoten and Seven Impale.

By: Tim Hall

Tim Hall — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 13:47:22 +0000

That’s a belter of an album, isn’t it?