• David
• 28 Jan, 2023

Kimbra - A Reckoning (2023)

Just thought I’d dip into a track or two to sample my new laptop/DAC/headphones setup. I never left. That headphone setup is now my new benchmark for the best way to listen to serious music.

• • #kimbra

• David
• 24 Jan, 2023

David's Session - Jan 23

The themes were: Happy: Surely we aren’t in for another annus horribilis? Let’s introduce the year to “Happy”., New: Bring something newly discovered, preferably from this century., Year: An age, an era, a measure of time.

• • #davidssession
  • #jeffbeck
  • #theband
  • #thetimejumpers

• David
• 23 Jan, 2023

Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood - Nancy & Lee (1968)

Last night’s effort, while pleasant enough and engaging, was never going to threaten these two crooners. While possibly the eipitome of polar opposites in singing styles, there is something truly other-worldly that glues this all together.

• • #nancysinatra
  • #leehazlewood

• David
• 22 Jan, 2023

Adam Green & Binki Shapiro (2013)

Third time lucky. I tried to listen to a couple of CDs from “The Redcross Collection” this evening. That was a painful 6 minutes of my life that I’ll never get back - they were truly hideous.

• David
• 20 Jan, 2023

Tones On Tail - Everything! (1998)

A fantastic post-Bauhaus compilation of Daniel Ash’s side project prior to establishing the equally wonderful Love & Rockets. Like some Ziggy Stardust/Mick Ronson clone, Daniel Ash exudes the combination of squalling guiter slinger and crooning frontman.

• • #tonesontail

• David
• 18 Jan, 2023

Roger Waters - Amused to Death (1992)

The audiophile vinyl box set of this has just been released. While I’m not at all interested in an analogue version of a digital recording, the high resolution bu-ray version will do me nicely thanks, I did watch a YouTube reveiw by German vinyl guru Michael of 45RPM Audiophile fame.

• • #rogerwaters

• David
• 16 Jan, 2023

Psychic Ills - Hazed Dream (2011)

There’s been a recent but gradual (r)evolution in my musical consumption of late, firstly with the introduction of headphones, but now taken to the next level with the purchase of a dedicated headphone DAC.

• • #psychicills

• David
• 14 Jan, 2023

The United States of America (1968)

I picked up this original 1968 pressing recently as I was aware of it’s apparent legacy as a stone cold Psychedelic classic.

• David
• 12 Jan, 2023

XTC - The Big Express (1984)

The big news of the day was the passing of guitar maestro and personal hero, Jeff Beck. I chose not to spend the evening playing his music but did play a couple of tracks earlier in the day.

• • #xtc

• David
• 11 Jan, 2023

Alt-J - This Is Yours (2014)

I don’t know why I even bother reading reviews on “Pitchfork.com”. Despite being around for more than a decade, Alt-J is a very recent discovery.

• • #altj