My bylines, January-June 2023

We’re halfway through the year, so I thought I’d pull together the work I’ve done so far. Plus, you’ll find my favourite albums and tunes of the year below…

Interviews / Features

• Chris Clash Cover Feature

• Yaeji L&Q Interview

• Young Fathers Interview

• Meg Remy Baker’s Dozen

• The Skinny Dance-Pop Crossover Feature

Reviews

• Billy Woods and Kenny Segal: Maps - “Always a fan of imagery that evokes instability and statelessness, Maps takes place in the no-mans-land of overseas touring.”

• ANOHNI and the Johnsons: My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross - “Pain colours My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross, but there’s also an abundance of life, and an outstretched hand.”

• Comfort: What’s Bad Enough? - “Vocalist Natalie McGhee avoids the sloganeering and empty gestures that occasionally plagues the current wave of British punk music when packaged in album form.

• Cloth: Secret Measure

• Andy Loebs: Hyperlink Anamorphosis

• SBTRKT: The Rat Road

• Shmu: Diino Power On Plastiq Island

• Kate NV: Album of the Week

• Dylan Henner: Album of the Week

• Upsammy: Germ in a Population of Buildings

• Billy Nomates: Cacti

• Jouska: Suddenly My Mind Is Blank

• Fever Ray: Radical Romantics

• Nakhane: Bastard Jargon

• Jayda G: Guy

My Favourite Music, Jan-June

Albums

Songs

1 ANOHNI and the Johnsons - Scapegoat

2 Kelela - Raven/Bruises

3 Billy Woods, Kenny Segal - FaceTime

4 Sampha - Spirit 2.0 

5 Ratboys - The Window

6 Tyler the Creator - Sorry Not Sorry

7 Anz - Clearly Rushing 

8 Lankum - Newcastle

9 Caroline Polacheck, Grimes, Dido - Fly To you

10 Lana Del Rey - A&W

11 Yaeji - For Granted

12 Andy Shauf - Telephone

13 Nourished By Time - Daddy

14 Itoa, なかむらみなみ - Oh No (From December but I’ve rinsed it all year)

15 Pangeea - Installations 

16 Parannoul - We Shine At Night

17 Wednesday - Chosen to Deserve 

18 Magdelena Bay - Top Dog

19 Jessie Ware - Begin Again

20 Indigo De Souza - Younger and Dumber

21 Chini.png - Arboles y Pasarelas

22 Minor Science - Workahol

23 Proc Fiskal - Pics of U

24 Jam City, Wet - LLTB

25 Greg Mendez - Maria

26 Kara Jackson - Pawnshop

28 Comfort - Real Woman

27 Kendrick Lamar, Baby Keem - The Hillbillies

29 King Krule - Seaforth

30 Blawan - Body Ramen

31 Young Fathers - Shoot Me Down

32 Avalon Emerson - Sandrail Silhouette

33 CMAT - Mayday

34 Robbie & Mona - Sensation

35 Fever Ray - Kandy

36 Delmer Darion, Slaughter Beach Dog - Half Mile Down

37 Jessica Winter - Funk This Up 

38 Mandy Indiana - Injury Detail

39 Danny Brown, JPEGMAFIA - Scaring the Hoes

40 Cloth - Pigeon

41 Roisin Murphy - The Universe

42 Nùria Graham - The Catalyst

43 Yves Tumor -  Heaven Surrounds Us Like A Hood

44 Nico Paulo - Lock Me Inside

45 Four Tet  - Three Drums 

46 Sofia Kourtesis - Madres 

47 Palehound - Clutch

48 Yune Pinku - Night Light

49 Amaarae - Disguise

50 Feeble Little Horse - Tin Man 

51 Hudson Mohawke, Nikki Nair - Set the Roof

52 Addison Groove - Elevator

53 Holly Waxwing - Soft Corners

54 Tygapaw, George Riley - GLAMOUR Riddim

55 Asake - 2.30

56 Radiohead - Bending Hectic

57 Dijon - Coogie

58 LSDXOXO - Double Tap

59 Breaka - Lime Bike Elf Bar

60 FiFi Zhang - So Beautiful So Lonely