Band Favourites of 2020
Here’s what’s kept us (mostly) sane in 2020…
ANDY CAIRNS
Listening:
- Luminous Bodies – Nah Nah Nah Yeh Yeh Yeh
- Deafbrick – Deafbrick
- KLÄMP- Hate You
- Arvo Party-Inheritance
- Special Interest – The Passion of….
- Mummise Guns – Mummise Guns
- Clipping – Visions of Bodies Being Burned
- Hey Colossus- Dances/Curses
- Robyn G Shiels & Steve Nolan-Sky Drew Near
- The Shits – Punishment
- Blóm – Flower Violence
- Eye Flys – Tub of Lard
- Casual Nun – Resort For Dead Desires
- Shifting – It Was Good
- Lalalar- Ceketini Al Yoluna Bak
- Heavy Harvest- Scream
- James Dean Bradfield – Even In Exile
- Ricky Warwick – Fighting Heart
- Charles Webster – The Spell (Burial mix)
- Fugazi A-Z podcast
- Final Girls podcast
- Straight Outta Cobham podcast
- Diamond Dave Total Rock Radio
- In Our Time BBC 4 podcast
Reading:
- Theodore Zeldin – An Intimate History of Humanity (thanks to JDB for the recommendation)
- Robert Kolker- A Cinema of Loneliness
- Mark Worrall – When Skies Are Grey
- Mark Worrall – The Liquidator
- Tim Rolls – Stamford Bridge is Falling Down
- Harry Harris – The Boss
- David Johnstone – Tales of the Chelsea Unexpected
- Daniel Spicer – The Turkish Psychedelic Music Explosion
- Sight & Sound Magazine
- Wire Magazine
- The Quietus website
- Louder Than War website
Watching:
- Saint Maud
- Relic
- Mangrove
- Lovers Rock
- Im Thinking of Ending Things
- Lovecraft Country
- The Queens Gambit
- The Painted Bird
- She Dies Tomorrow
- The Color Out of Space
- Possessor
- Prodigal Son
- Mudhoney – I’m Now
- Tad- Busted Circuits and Ringing Ears
- Chelsea FC
MICHAEL McKEEGAN
Listening:
- Entropy-Liminal
- Special Request-Offworld
- Napalm Death-Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism
- Rancher-Pummeler
- Metallica-S&M
- Geld-Beyond The Floor
- Hellripper-Affair Of The Poisons
- Arvo Party-Love Above All/Inheritance
- Warwound-WWIII
- Exhalants-Atonement
- Hum-Inlet
- Sepultura-Quadra
- Vampire-Rex
- James Dean Bradfield-Even In Exile
- Gulch-Impenetrable Cerebral Fortress
- Thin Lizzy-Rock Legends
- UFO-Strangers In The Night (deluxe)
- Motorhead-Ace Of Spades (40th anniversary edition)
- Voivod-Lost Machines live
- Jucifer-Nazm
- King Creature-Set The World On Fire
- Paradise Lost-Obsidian
- Oranssi Pazuzu-Mestarin Kynsi
Reading:
- Alex North-The Whisper Man
- Danny Goldberg-Serve The Servants
- Nick De Semlyen-Wild And Crazy Guys
- Sam Lloyd-Memory Wood
- Pete Way-A Fast Ride Out Of here
- Lucy Foley-Guestlist
- Rob Halford-Confess
- Mark Lanegan-Sing Backwards And Weep
- Hanna Jameson-The Fall
- Rachel Foley-The Guest List
- Adrian McKinty-The Chain
- Paul Tremblay-Survivor Song
- cursedzine.com
Watching:
- The Queens Gambit
- Mank
- Knives Out
- Bosch
- Schitts Creek
- Testament/Exodus/Death Angel-Dublin March 2020
NEIL COOPER
Listening:
- Public Enemy – What You Gonna Do When The Grid Goes Down
- Bombay Bicycle Club – Everything Else Has Gone Wrong
- Wilma Archer – Cheater (feat Sudan Archives)
- Disq – Collector
- Pottery – Welcome To Bobby’s Hotel
- Park Hye Jin – How Can I
- AC/DC – Power Up
- Katy J Pearson – Take Back The Radio
- Testament – Titans Of Creation
- Eye Flys – Tub Of Lard
- Arvo Party – Inheritance
- Public Image Ltd. – Album
- Queen Latifah – Mama Gave Birth To The Soul Children
- Nadine Shah – Kitchen Sink
- Gangstarr – Daily Operation
- Holy Fuck – Deleter
- Julio Bashmore – Knockin’ Boots
- Lalalar – ‘The Singles
Reading:
- Nick De Semlyen – Wild and Crazy Guys
- Gary Younge – Another Day In The Death Of America
- Peter Geoghegan – Democracy For Sale
- Kristin Lawless – Formerly Known As Food
- Alexandre Dumas – The Count Of Monte Cristo
Watching:
- Host
- One Cut Of The Dead
- The Battery
- Uncut Gems
- I’m Thinking of Ending Things
- Midnight Cowboy (after reading ‘Wild and Crazy Guys’ !!)
- Blues Brothers
- Trading Places
- Sleaford Mods and Billy Nomates (0nline gig)
Really, genuinely cannot believe that this was 9 years ago! 