Week 14/15

Ok so the latest 5 albums will take a couple of weeks to be inwardly digested. Mainly because I can't see me getting much time to to do the writing. Not much work, much travelling, much Hull City watching, and lots of gig attendance will mean plenty of listening opportunities, but getting the chance to turn it all into some allegedly sensible wordage will take longer than usual...

Martin Stephenson & The Daintees/California Star (last12mths)
Kevin Coyne/Millionaires And Teddy Bears
The Portico Quartet/The Portico Quartet (new2me)
King Creosote & John Hopkins/Diamond Mine (last12mths)
Happy Mondays/...their 12" singles...

The latest album from an all time favourite; a 1978 album from an underappreciated legend; a new weirdy jazz thing; one of the "best of 2011" listers; and a bit of a diversion as I dig into the Mondays' singles. Lotsa fun to be had.

Back in a fortnight...