• David
• 08 Jan, 2020

Brian Eno - Lightness: Music for the Marble Palace (2018)

Beautiful, ethereal music for a busy old back-at-work Wednesday. Just the ticket when you want some escape into the recesses of your own head space.

• • #brianeno

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• David
• 07 Jan, 2020

The Cure - Curaetion-25 [Blu-Ray] (2019)

Stunning new film of The Cure playing live in 2018. As well as being stunning visually, the Cures have never sounded better.

• • #thecure

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• David
• 05 Jan, 2020

Stereolab - Refried Ectoplasm (1995)

Stereolab never cease to amaze and surprise. I’ve been trawling through their back catalogue in anticipation of their Wellington event in March.

• • #stereolab

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• David
• 03 Jan, 2020

Underworld - Barbara, Barbara, we face a shining future (2016)

It’s “Bay’s Dreams” weekend here in Nelson and things are really kicking off! Less than 300 metres away from our home in The Wood, it’s FANTASTIC to have such a great summer event literally on our backdoor step.

• • #underworld

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• David
• 02 Jan, 2020

Torres - Three Futures (2017)

This record was a complete impulse buy whilst trawling the JB-Hifi bins in Wellington. I heard mention of Torres via the “Sound Opinions” podcast a while back where she was highly revered by Greg Kot.

• • #torres

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• David
• 01 Jan, 2020

Gruff Rhys - Pang! (2019)

Wowee, we’ve got a right one here! It’s the perfect way to see in the new year. Bereft of any English, this collaboration with South African artist Muzi, is mostly sung in Welsh, with a bit of Zulu thrown in.

• • #gruffrhys

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• David
• 31 Dec, 2019

XTC - Black Sea [2017 Steven Wilson Mix] (1980)

Gone are the days of trucking over to Wellington and coming back over-endowed with swags of shiny new CDs and DVDs.

• • #xtc

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• David
• 20 Dec, 2019

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Ghosteen (2019)

Holy Mother this is intense! While on the far left side of the heavy spectrum musically, it’s but a whisper, it still jolts you to the core.

• • #nickcave

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• David
• 19 Dec, 2019

The Who - Hits 50! (2014)

There’s no shortage of Who compilations. For me, this is the big, vinyl-worth one. 21 brilliant tracks covering 50 years, this is the ultimate showcase of their greatest, radio-friendly hits.

• • #thewho

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• David
• 16 Dec, 2019

Automatic - Signal (2019)

Released just a few months ago, this debut record by LA trio “Automatic”, is possibly my find of the year. On non-stop rotation for the last couple of days it’s wormed it’s way into my brain.

• • #automatic

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