Chop's Top Fives

A brief interlude to my incessant review of the year. This is partly because @here_comes_B provided me with this stonking top five within a...

This is my favourite of the end of year top fives but also the one I found hardest to compile. There are at least another five albums I'...

After my random trawl through the tuneage of last year ( here if you've not been keeping up) it seemed the best place to begin regular ...

Hello and a Happy New Year to anyone who didn't follow my possibly monotonous series of Songs for Xmas over the last few days. I had sug...

"Emmylou" First Aid Kit The album was released back in January and gradually seeped into my consciousness to the point where I r...

HAPPY NEW YEAR! "Inbetweens" Withered Hand *whispers* Morning, how's your head? Thought I'd better quieten things down...

"Strange Baby" Jon Spencer Blues Explosion You still with me? The JSBX have been around forever and you'll recognise some el...

"Ra Ra Girls" Wife vs Secretary A band I know very little about but got to hear thanks (again) to a session on 6music for Marc R...

"Maglite" by Wussy Not technically released in 2012 but I'd not heard the band before 6music started playing the tune this y...

"Where Da Money Go?" The Jim Jones Revue One of my favourite bands right now and whilst the rest of the album introduced some ne...