My Favourite Albums Of 2023

My top albums of 2023:

Wednesday - Rat Saw God

Jess Williamson - Time Ain't Accidental

Margo Price - Strays & Strays II

Jenny Lewis - Joy'All

The Mars Volta - Que Dios Te Maldiga Mi Corazon

Lana Del Rey - Did You Know There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd

PJ Harvey - I Inside The Old Year Dying 

Inger Lorre - Gloryland

Margo Cilker - Valley Of Heart's Delight

Black Belt Eagle Scout - The Land, The Water, The Sky

Wilco - Cousin

My Favourite Albums Of 2011

PJ Harvey and John Parish at the Empire

PJ Harvey & John Parish

Howe Gelb
Shepherd's Bush Empire, 20 April 2009
The second of my awesome girl-singer trilogy of nights came from a woman who I believe is one of the most important artists Britain has produced in the last 20 years: Polly Jean Harvey. I've actually seen her play several times before, the first time on her To Bring You My Love tour, where she was glammed up in red satin and high heels, then in support of her most successful album, Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea, which saw her return a little to the Polly of old, sometimes playing guitar and dressed down, and finally in 2007 at a unique show at the Royal Festival Hall where she performed alone switching from guitar to piano dressed in a flowing Victorian-style gown. Each show was memermising and utterly different, so I knew I was in for a treat when she announced shows with collaborator John Parish for the second album they've made together, A Woman A Man Walked By.