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2018 – My Year in Music: Listening

2018 was a record year for me listening to music. It’s always fun to see what Spotify & LastFM have to say about your listening habits. To be fair there were not many surprises but I like looking at the stats.

2018 – My Year in Music: Gigs

2018 was quite a good year for me. A festival, quite a few gigs and a couple of discoveries that will stay with me forever.

It was also a record year for Scrobbling and perhaps no surprise that one of my discoveries tops my play charts by quite a long shot. Below are some of the highlights.

My 2017 Wrapped

So “devastating” was my musical journey in 2017 that I can at least take some solace in my listening during the year.

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Save That Goodness

I’ve discovered a few new artists over the past couple of weeks, but I always seem to fall back to the old school in the end.

This is a new video from Tesla. One of my favorite bands and absolutely one of the best gigs I have ever been to back at the Shout It Out Loud festival.

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Local Band – Destined for Great Things?

I heard this song quite a while back, but the Local Band just uploaded it to YouTube this week. I really liked the original version, by the Veronicas.

They add their own inimitable style to the song though, and the video is fun. Check it out below.

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Better than a Sugar High – Danko Jones Rocks Tavastia

Around 8 months since seeing Danko Jones perform live on the boat to Tallinn, it was time to see them play one of the most nostalgic venues in Finland: Tavastia.

We bought tickets months in advance for this show, and there was a sizeable audience to see them play. Especially, as Danko pointed out, for a Wednesday night.

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My Year in Rock Kicks Off Tomorrow – On A Boat

Since I got confirmation of tickets to the Radio Rock Cruise on Wednesday I have barely been able to contain myself.

In what promises to be a good year for gigging it all starts with a headline show from Danko Jones. But it’s not just him/them that I’m looking forward to.

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I tried iOS… and regretted it too. Here’s 5 reasons why

A buddy, and former work colleague, of mine posted a link recently on Facebook about this guy that bought an iPhone after years on Android … and regretted it immediately.

It made me think about my experience with iOS and I thought I would share this with you. Here are 5 reasons I am selling my iPhone and will use the Lumia 1020 as my primary device again…..

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My Top 3 Songs of 2014

Over the past few weeks I have posted my top music based on Spotify, Last FM and my own preferences towards purchased music of 2014. This entry is all about my favourite tracks of the year.

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