Culturedarm’s Albums of the Year 2017
40. Japanese Breakfast – Soft Sounds from Another Planet | 39. BICEP – BICEP | 38. Lana Del Rey – Lust for Life | 37. Colleen – A flame my love, a...
Culturedarm’s Albums of the Year 2016
35. M.I.A. – AIM | 34. Schoolboy Q – Blank Face LP | 33. How To Dress Well – Care | 32. Frankie Cosmos – Next Thing | 31. Hope Sandoval & The...
David Bowie Top Ten Songs
David Bowie’s death on Sunday in New York transmitted the rarest of shocks, its announcement rudely waking those of us in the UK, disrupting sleep patterns across the US, and disorienting admirers the world...
Culturedarm’s Albums of the Year 2015
35. Drake – If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late | 34. Peaches – Rub | 33. Young Thug – Barter 6 | 32. Jeremih – Late Nights: The Album | 31. Ian...
In Praise of Letterman: A Musical Top Twenty
With David Letterman’s final Late Show airing on CBS on Wednesday, bringing a close to an unsurpassed thirty-three year career at the forefront of late night, the media over the past week...
Culturedarm’s Albums of the Year 2014
Album of the Year Jolie Holland – Wine Dark Sea After the tightly drawn compositions of 2011’s Pint of Blood, Wine Dark Sea finds Jolie Holland no less composed, but its pieces rumble, scuzzy...
Christmas Music: Five Popular Songs & Five Alternative Albums
Elvis Presley leers atop my list of the five best popular Christmas recordings. ‘Blue Christmas’, written in 1948 by Billy Hayes and Jay W. Johnson, is ostensibly a rejoinder to ‘White Christmas’, with...