It’s that time of year again, folks, where the nights are about 4x as long as the days, you’ve spent all your money on presents and/or scarves and you’ve really got nothing better to do… than to sit and make a audio CD (if you can remember them) that contains all your most wonderlicious musicial moments from the 12 months past. The idea of the compilation CD is thus: with 16000GB capacity MP3 players giving more music at fingertips than [...]

Welcome, friends, to the 2008 edition of the Amazing Compilation CD. Much like the 2007 version, but like, 12 months on… Hello you. To commemorate the 12ish months that was 2008, I’ve put together some of my favourite music of the year onto one solitary audio CD (under 80 mins). With 16000GB capacity MP3 players giving more music at fingertips than you’ll live long enough to listen to, I’m keeping it frugal (flick-snap the fingers) by forcing myself to choose [...]

There are some pleasures in life that aren’t all that costly, fattening, or illegal. One such pleasure is the introduction to a wonderful new band. One such wonderful new band goes by the name Wild Beasts. It’s depressing describing the sound of band in the digital age, as by the time you’ve thought of something original or witty, or managed to draw some illustrative and elaborate comparison… the person you’re informing has already been on MySpace, YouTube or last.fm and [...]