Today marks 217 years since the birth of the great Franz Schubert. Here's Artur Schnabel playing his compatriot's B Flat Impromptu, from the D935 set.

"Walking Over You" by David Thomas Broughton.

"Looking For Someone" by East India Youth, from his new album Total Strife Forever, which flits between busy electronica and desolate, Glass-y vistas. Something tells me I'll like the album a little more on a summer's evening, but it's keeping me interested enough for now.

"Allô Paris" by Mano Solo.

Today marks the 258th anniversary of Mozart's birth. Here is the famous 1967 recording of his (and Sussmayr's) Requiem by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the much lamented Sir Colin Davis. Helen Dorath, Yvonne Minton, Ryland Davies, Gerd Nienstedt, and the John Alldis Choir lend their voices.

"Meltdown" by Ghostpoet.

"The Stone Lanes" by Three Cane Whale.

"Maangamizi" by Akala.

The great Italian conductor Claudio Abbado has died at the age of 80. Here he and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra perform Mahler's Symphony No. 5.

"Werewolf" by Cat Power.

Glenn Gould plays the Toccata from J.S. Bach's Partita No.6 in E Minor.

"Hidden XS" by Fuck Buttons.

So...it's been a while. Turns out posting a song a day is more difficult than I had anticipated with work/computer gremlins/life in general going on. Tell you what, I'll just post stuff when I can. OK? OK.


Well done Andy Murray, Happy Birthday, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and all that (delete as appropriate).


"Raven City" by Nancy Elizabeth (it's a Bandcamp link). You should buy the album, because it's really, really good. This is how good I think it is.