Chop's Top Fives

Wrapping up my review of 2015 with a repeat of my Top 5 Albums of the year. I got a bit carried away with the Songs & Albums run down be...

Err, you'll notice this isn't a Top 5. That's because I only read five books all year and, although I enjoyed most of them, I di...

A strong year for television I thought, though perhaps because of a few excellent shows that stood out from the bulk of average stuff. There...

If 2015 was a wonderful year for new recorded music (and I think it was) it also mirrored this in the standard of gigs I went to. Another ye...

Happy New Year! I'm not going to make the mistake of publishing my New Year Resolutions this year but having run down my favourite songs...

The final part of my Top 25 Albums of 2015 neatly provides my first Top 5 summary of 2015. All five of these albums were contenders for the ...

Into the top ten now and proof that 2015 really was an exceptional year for music. This batch of records would stand up pretty well to previ...

The next batch of five includes a band releasing they're first album for almost 50 years and a band who include a member who's main ...

Continuing the countdown from 20 to 16, this section provides a nice mix of Folk, Pysch and Garage Rock. Time is getting the better of me so...

2015 was a fantastic year for music. I don't know if there was something special in the water or I just managed to hear a lot of good st...