A very personal piece this morning on how The Blue Nile's 'Hats', as well as being a cult classic, is the most important album in my life. RTs, shares and subscribers appreciated 🎶🙏 open.substack.com/pub/top10n…

Spent Monday morning in the company of Dopamine Chamber. New albums create an echo chamber of initial reactions and a whole lotta bickering. I'm enjoying this more with every listen, and it was love at first sight even then. The first 8 tracks are stellar; fully loaded with spine-tingling moments. Happy For You x Demolition x Tongue is just an incredible 3 track punch 👊

#NoGoodMusicAnymore #AllThatJazz Émile Parisien | Floating Haven't checked out nearly enough of the ACT label, but everything I hear I love. This was no different. Inspired by Middle Eastern music, and with simple harmonic playing allowing the four members of this band to venture into wonderfully dreamy soundscapes.

Roast Dinner to finish off the week off. Feels ridiculous after 5 years of a job from hell, but my first full week off from my new job and I haven't got the Sunday scaries whatsoever. I will miss the lie-ins though...🤣

Blasting this one out again while making dinner. Absolutely slams.

Space Afrika | Honest Labour Having listened to and loved their new Quiet Storm, I went back to Honest Labour during a lazy morning and David is, as ever, spot on. A dark and delicate web indeed. These guys are so good at wrapping you up in these distant, dreamlike worlds.

Beth Orton | Galaxy Of Emptiness By the time Trailer Park has reached its final song, a swirling 10 minute epic isn't needed to cement its greatness. But that's exactly what Orton gives us, aching to be swept off her feet while ironically doing just that to us over and over again. youtu.be/yQsjeMyOiz8?si=XzPw…

#NoGoodMusicAnymore Space Afrika | Quiet Storm Perfect company for reading The Unconsoled with the extra hour this morning - a sprawling album that feels like a not-quite-there dream. Wonderful stuff and I need to listen to more of this duo.

I'm a sucker for an appropriately named album and they don't come much more apt than Filth. Swans' debut is doused in dirty, distorted guitar and proto-industrial percussion to the point you need a bubble bath after hearing one song, never mind the full 37 minutes of agonising aural torture. If there's any doubt, I love it.

#NoGoodMusicAnymore Holy Tongue | Basilikum Holy moly, this music was made for the increasingly dark nights. Psychedelic, dub, post-punk...you name it, these guys have got it in bucketloads. So much freedom and propulsion, this is absolutely in the reckoning as another best 2026 album. Orange 28 👇 youtu.be/7S29s5l6G2g?si=Gpfk…

I've not been enamoured with a lot of the highly rated releases this year, but Fine's Jazz Dreams is pretty wonderful. Can't put any of it into words, but it sounds how the cover looks and I think that's wonderful.

Talking Heads | Houses In Motion If the first four songs on Remain In Light are the stars, then the second half is akin to hidden treasure. Houses In Motion is just as funky as what's come before, but with Byrne going full spoken word and Jon Hassell providing ominous trumpet magic. youtu.be/Yt9_uyXgOzc?si=sw_f…

With a week to go until Halloween, my record wall is looking decidedly spooky 🎃🎶

Was really sceptical about the new Ghosts film, because the series ended pretty perfectly. But it was wonderful. The exact humour and warmth we're used to, but a bigger and grander adventure. It was a busy showing too, and everyone else seemed to be loving it as much as me and Lisa did.

Michael Kiwanuka | Hard To Say Goodbye New Kiwanuka out tomorrow, and revisiting his finest hour. This seven minute slice of heaven is just one of many highlights on his third album, produced by Danger Mouse and resplendent with strings, epic harmonies, and distorted guitar solo. youtu.be/786dl0llF4c?si=Czt5…

Boards Of Canada | The Campfire Headphase I believe BoC are the band I've loved the longest without ever owning their music physically. Better late than never and as this is - gun to my head - my favourite Boards record, it felt the perfect place to start. An empty house for its first spin means volume 11.