I recently had to update the webpage that makes available some of my old papers and reports from when I was a research student.  The updated page is here.

Best of 2013

Favourite Albums
5. Les Revenants - Mogwai
4. Nanobots - They Might Be Giants
3. The Bones of What You Believe - CHVRCHES
2. A Tidal Wave of Mystery - Capital Cities
1. Adam Green & Binki Shapiro - Adam Green and Binki Shapiro

Favourite Tracks
10. 2013 - Primal Scream
9. If You Want Me To - Adam Green and Binki Shapiro
8. Kangaroo Court - Capital Cities
7. Don't Ask For More - Adam Green and Binki Shapiro
6. Charteuse - Capital Cities
5. Black Chandelier - Biffy Clyro
4. The Mother We Share - CHVRCHES
3. Just to Make Me Feel Good - Adam Green and Binki Shapiro
2. Safe and Sound - Capital Cities
1. Get Lucky - Daft Punk
Here is a spotify playlist of these tracks and a few more good ones that just missed my top ten for the year.

Of the 20 gigs and 2 festivals I saw in 2013, the acoustic section at the end of the Frightened Rabbit gig was the highlight.

Favourite Movies (of the 28 I saw in a cinema in 2013)
5. Star Trek into Darkness
4. Frozen
3. 12 Years A Slave
2. Django Unchained
1. Rush

Best of 2012

Favourite Albums (released in 2012)
5. The Only Place - Best Coast
4. Young & Old - Tennis
3. Roses - The Cranberries
2. Valentina - The Wedding Present
1. There's no leaving now - The Tallest Man on Earth

Favourite tracks (released in 2012)
10. To Just Grow Away - The Tallest Man on Earth

9. The Girl from the DDR - The Wedding Present
8. Kerosene - Crystal Castles
7. The North Grove - The Tree Ring
6. Revelation Blues - The Tallest Man on Earth
5. Vegas - Tennis
4. The Only Place - Best Coast
3. Wind and Walls - The Tallest Man on Earth
2. 1904 - The Tallest Man on Earth
1. Conduct - The Cranberries
I made a spotify playlist of these tracks (and a quite a few more tacks too).

Of the 18 gigs and 2 festivals I went to in 2012, The Head and the Heart is the gig I would most like to see again.

Favourite Movies (of the 16 I saw in a cinema in 2012)
3. Prometheus
2. To Rome with Love
1. Moonrise Kingdom