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Well sort of watching too. Punk at the Beeb on BBC4.
First on Dr Feelgood with Wilko strutting about. Got tickets to see him and Otway in May. Then The Rods and of course Barrie Masters died last year. Now the Pistols - Pretty Vacant.
Cook and Jones were a greatly underrated engine room.
"Gary don't need his eyes to see
Gary and his eyes have parted company!"
Yes,the Pistols weren't bad musicians except for Sid of course.
I saw Dr Feelgood lots of times.I wouldn't call them punk though,they came before it,didn't they?
Quote: john tregorran @ 10th January 2020, 10:55 PMYes,the Pistols weren't bad musicians except for Sid of course.
I saw Dr Feelgood lots of times.I wouldn't call them punk though,they came before it,didn't they?
Yes. I was surprised they started the programme but they were probably a forerunner. Then the Rods who were originally Eddie and the Hot Rods and they said they were the first band described as Punk. They released Do Anything you Wanna Do under the name The Rods because they wanted to get into the Punk feel with names like the Clash, The Damned and the Vibrators.
The Kursaal Flyers were from that part of the world then too.Not that they were punk but a good pub band I saw a few times.
Echo and the bunnymen - lips like sugar
Delicious
Rubén González - Mandinga
Jax Jones & Ella Henderson - This Is Real.
I'm not a fan of Metronomy but they have this song and La grenade cover https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RgCFDdp-_Q
Quote: George Kaplan @ 11th January 2020, 10:54 PMRubén González - Mandinga
My favourite piano player of all time.
2020:
The Marcus King CD is out in a few days:
The Well (El Dorado) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_xHMKkzPc4
A new Boomtown Rats album due for March:
Trash Glam Baby - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHz8KXWJkzQ
Sunny Jain album due out in a few days:
Immigrant Warrior - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTI06ZKc2bQ
The Pet Shop Boys CD is due on Jan 24th:
Decide (from Hotspot) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvFLHq8TnfA
Quote: A Horseradish @ 13th January 2020, 8:25 PMMy favourite piano player of all time.
Cool.
A new Boomtown Rats album due for March.
On tour in March as well.
Radish, where do you tend to find new stuff these days?
"love's a mystery" by grant-lee phillips
Definite Radiohead influence.
GK
It's all my own hard work as I don't find that any music radio provides what I need these days. 
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Do I give the game away?
Well, I will try to list here the sites which I have visited to do my Best of 2019 exercise and what I do then is read up on the ones I don't know and find them on You Tube. Be prepared in the next hour to be gobsmacked by the peculiarity of it all.
1. Mojo - Best of 2019
https://www.yearendlists.com/2019/11/mojo-75-best-albums-of-2019
(Always the best of the mainstream UK mag lists imho plus I did some brief dipping in to NME, Q and Uncut)
2. Rolling Stone - Best of 2019
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-2019-914750/
(for a more American rock etc angle)
3. World Music Central - Best of 2019
4. Songlines - Best of 2019
https://www.songlines.co.uk/news/songlines-best-albums-of-2019
(Both the above are mainly world/roots)
5. Folk Radio UK - Best of 2019
https://www.folkradio.co.uk/tag/best-folk-albums-of-2019/
(This is usually my second "Go To" for folk/roots behind Froots Mag but I couldn't find the Froots Mag list this year)
6. Smithsonian Folkways - Best of 2019
(Outstanding label of mainly heritage re-issues - always interesting if offbeat - and sometimes they have new things)
7. NPR - The classy American Public Broadcasting station - Best ofs
https://www.npr.org/series/689345495/best-music-of-2019?t=1578959979669
(I also check out the Australian equivalent, ABC)
8. Daptone Records - Releases in 2019
https://daptonerecords.com/home/
(The great old soul revival label - I sift through most of their new stuff)
9. The Guardian - Best of 2019
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/dec/03/50-best-albums-of-2019
(Especially for the jazz reviews but also world and rock)
10. The New York Times - Best Jazz of 2019
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/05/arts/music/best-jazz.html
(The previously mentioned NPR is also good on jazz)
11. Stereogum - Best Jazz of 2019
https://www.stereogum.com/2067204/best-jazz-albums-2019/franchises/2019-in-review/
I will do the other sources in separate posts. 
12. Album of the Year. org and Rate Your Music.com
https://www.albumoftheyear.org/ratings/6-highest-rated/2019/1
https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/album/2019
(All of the above in 11 and 12 are mainly a brief browse, especially in areas other sites don't cover in any detail)
13. Pitchfork - Best Electronica of 2019
https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/best-electronic-albums-2019/
(For Electronica but this and 11 and 12 are also the "Go To"'s for psychedelica. dream pop, Krautrock and dance)
14. Wikipedia - Grammy Award for Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Zydeco_or_Cajun_Music_Album
(And I stroll around diverse American and Music Award sites not just for cajun but Appalachian, country, Canadian etc)
15. Wales Arts Review - Best Albums of 2019
https://www.walesartsreview.org/welsh-albums-the-best-of-2019/
16. The List - Scottish Album of the Year
17. Irish Times - Best Music of the Year
(15-17 do what they say on the tin and I also stroll around sites to see about new music from the English regions)
18. Reggaeville - Recent Releases
https://www.reggaeville.com/music/releases/
(This is a starting point for reggae - I then look for old roots reggae info and occasionally ska on other sites)
......and there's more : one further post should do it.