um, as we still have a kind of blog thing sitting lonelily in cyberspace, we decided to summarise on it some of what we felt was best in 2006.

the main reason being a positive one in that while it can still seem that 'our' music is ever-closer to being suffocated by a deadly pincer movement of tesco rock on the one hand and banda sheet-britpop on the other (i have just suffered the double-whammy of hearing the view album and seeing the nme award nominations), it feels good to know there were at least 50 singles and 50 albums of the last 12 months that can help to redress the balance. hope you agree with some of them (or are tempted to investigate others...)

best,