Music
My selection 2026: January-March
Bear in Heaven - Demon / Time Is Over One Day Old (2014) / #Nice soundscape by the synthesizer
Editors - Silence / EBM (2022) / #Calm and hymn-like
Let's Eat Grandma - Watching You Go / Two Ribbons (2022) / #Pleasant vocals and stuff happening around it
My Top 3 per Year
2025
Röyksopp - Me&Youphoria / Profound Mysteries III (2022) / #Heavenly, subtly evoking Metric
Honeyglaze - TV / Real Deal (2024) / #Lo-fi, then very heavy before picking up the pace
Fontaines D.C. - Skinty Fia / Skinty Fia (2022) / #Rhythmic speech and melodious guitar
2024
Metric - I Will Never Settle / Formentera (2022) / #Because it contains everything that Metric stands for
James Arthur - Bitter Sweet Love / Bitter Sweet Love (2024) / #A bit cheesy, but like the interjections at 0:36 and 1:36
Caspian - Collapser / On Circles (2020) / #As always, bombastic, loud
2023
Archive - Mr Daisy / Call To Arms & Angels (2022) / #That straight, humming guitar sound
Flyying Colours - This One / Fantasy Country (2021) / #The transition to spheric sound at 2:37
Half Moon Run - Everyone's Moving Out East / Salt (2023) / #The whistling
2022
Thyla - Breathe / Thyla (2022) / #A rock-solid pop song
Alvvays - Ones Who Love You / Alvvays (2014) / #The calmness, and the guitar sound starting at 1:07
Wolf Alice - The Last Man On Earth / Blue Weekend (2021) / #What a song for a skiing commercial a couple of years ago
2021
Let's Eat Grandma - Falling Into Me / I’m All Ears (2018) / #Coolest transition at 1:36
Mogwai - Richie Sacramento / As The Love Continues (2021) / #Distorted guitars and calm voice in harmony
Georgia - Feel It / Seeking Thrills (2020) / #Just throwing out energy
The Best of the Rest
2025
Mogwai – The Precipice / The Hawk Is Howling (2008) / #Guitar heralding something sinister
Röyksopp – Oh, Lover / Profound Mysteries II (2022) / #The decelerating rhythm
Muse – Liberation / Will Of The People (2022) / #Queen-like piano ballad
BDRMM – It's Just a Bit of Blood / I Don't Know (2023) / #Easygoing between eruptions
BDRMM – Snares / Microtonic (2025) / #Driving rhythm, funny melody towards the end
GIFT – Later / Illuminator (2024) / #A clean mix with emphasis on different instruments
Lost Lander – Aberdeen / Aberdeen (2019) / #Calm, easy, pleasant
Daft Punk – Da Funk / Homework (1997) / #Clean rhythm, distorted melody
Flyying Colours – Mindfulness / Mindfulness (2016) / #Loud and heavy, yet calm
Yello – The Race / Flag (1988) / #A legend
2024
Birdpen – Missing Sun / Global Lows (2012) / #That grainy, bassy sound
Wild Pink – Sucking On The Birdshot / ILYSM (2022) / #Does guitar sound get heavier than that?
The Last Dinner Party – Burn Alive / Prelude to Ecstasy (2024) / #Straight, self-evident, simply pleasant
Yello – Vicious Games / Stella (1985) / #Such a beautifully rhythmized classic song
Ex:Re – Too Sad / Ex:Re (2018) / #The guitar sound starting at 1:52
Bahnhaldenmassaker No 32 – Orion / Bahnhaldenmassaker No 32 (2024) / #New release from a dear friend / The drive it picks up at 1:50 and the double bass at 3:25
James – Way Over Your Head / Yummy (2024) / #That is a very deep voice
2023
Yello – Hot Pan / Point (2020) / #Sunglasses are cool
Röyksopp – This Time, This Place… / Profound Mysteries (2022) / #Staying in that floating rhythm
Yes I'm Very Tired Now – You Walk Alone / 100 Years (2020) / #The transition at 1:53
Daughter – Junkmail / Stereo Mind Game (2023) / #That consistent cord progression
Poliça – Alive / Madness (2022) / #Somber, yet harmonious
2022
Alvvays – Archie, Marry Me / Alvvays (2014) / #Good mood that gets under your skin
Mogwai – Rano Pano / Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will (2011) / #Destructive with guitars like chainsaws
BDRMM – A Reason To Celebrate / Bedroom (2020) / #That humming guitar starting at 1:54
Lost Lander – Afraid Of Summer / DRRT (2012) / #The various characters of the different parts
Phantogram – Into Hapiness / Ceremony (2020) / #The switch from minor to major chords
2021
Doves – Carousels / Seeking Thrills (2020) / #The way the drums drive the song
Spunsugar – Happier Happyless / Metronomy Forever (2020) / #Electronic with guitar thrown in
The Flaming Lips – Dinosaurs On The Mountain / (2020) / #The filtered voice in the chorus
Metronomy – Upset My Girlfriend / (2019) / #Calm story, and these electronic blows