​A-SIDES

As I mentioned in the last piece in the series, the music landscape at this point has broadened to the point that these top ten albums are no longer all that representative of the decades themselves, so drawing conclusions about the music of the decade from the ten that make this post would be silly. That being said, the top ten has seemingly become a little bit more homogenous. Maybe not in the genres necessarily, but it feels like a much clearer music taste. Like there is a

These introductions are about to get a lot more difficult to write. As much as I would love to be able to sum up every decade in a neat...

The 1970s, in terms of broader musical shifts and trends, is a pretty low key decade for the art form of music. But what it lacks in...

The 1950s sowed the seeds of a tide shift. The landscape was still dominated by laid-back jazz, but the road began to fork in ways that...

The 1950s marked a significant transition in music history. In many ways, it was the moment where modern pop music began to take shape,...

Its easy for people, myself included, to have gaping blind spots in music. Sometimes you aren't nearly as familiar as you should be with...

By Japanese Breakfast Genre: Chamber pop/indie pop Song to try: Paprika This album is surely one of the albums I've referred to the most since starting this blog over on Tumblr two years ago, and I have no qualms with that at all. Apart from just slowly, over time, becoming one of my favourite albums of the decade so far I've decided to write this post for two reasons: one, to really lay out why I love this album so much; and two, to have something to link to in the constan

What an incredible year it's been... Well... For music anyway. We've had the true breakthrough of the new wave of pop music with the...

As I assemble my top 20 albums and songs from this year, I wanted to take the opportunity to highlight some songs and albums that did a...

So I want to discuss the song "Heroes" by David Bowie and make my case for why it is easily the best Bowie song, possibly the best song...