Part 3 and the final blog of the year is the big one and the top albums. As ever an eclectic mix

As in previous years, I will go in alphabetical order but the list is now reduced to six of the best

Alcest - Spiritual Instinct

Cult of Luna - A Dawn to Fear

Eivor - Live In Torshavn

New Model Army - From Here

Tusks - Avalanche

Yola - Walk Through Fire

And so that is it - I may return to this blog sometime but for now I hope 2019 was good for you and 2020 will be even better

The 2019 review part 2

There were a log of great songs released as either singles or on EP's rather than on full length albums so I felt it necessary to list some of those... In alphabetical order:

Bryde - On The Subject Of Breathing

Greta Thunberg - How Dare You (Death Metal Mix)

Hannah Ruby - Jungle Red

Magpie Blue - Just In Time

Midas Fall - Blink

Peter Yates & Jo Beth Young - Where Are We Now?

Unintentional but this is a very female led list this year which is no bad thing

….. And so they say you should never go back but here we are once more - For three nights only, I'll give you my favourites gigs, songs and albums of 2019

So first up I thought I'd go with my top 5 gigs of the year

February - The Ruts DC at the Exeter Phoenix. Still a great live band and celebrating their debut album, The Crack

February - Drift Chamber at St Stephens Church, Exeter. My favourite venue of the year lit up with the fairy lights and candles. Could still be better if it had a toilet!

May - T'Pau at the Exmouth Festival. I don't do many 'big' gigs in terms of size but the band were great and the whole day was a lot of fun

August - Inkubus Sukkubus at the Exeter Cavern. Waited ages to see this band again (19 years!) but they didn't disappoint, a proper goth night out

November - Big Country at the Exeter Phoenix. The best gig of the year, sung myself hoarse to Chance, Lost Patrol, Steeltown and many others...