top 25 albums:

Arcade Fire - The Neon Bible
Athlete - Beyond the Neighbourhood
Beirut - Flying Club Cup
Biffy Clyro - Puzzle

Bloc Party - A Weekend in the City
Bruce Springsteen - Magic
David Ford - Songs for the Road
Editors - An End Has A Start
Idlewild - Make Another World
Iron and Wine - The Shepherd's Dog
Jose Gonzales - In Our Nature
Kings of Leon - Because of the Times
Manic Street Preachers - Send Away the Tigers
Newton Faulkner - Hand Built By Robots
One Republic - Dreaming Out Loud
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Raising Sand
Sigur Ros - Hvarf
The National - Boxer
Wilco - Sky Blue Sky


top 20 gigs:

Nerina Pallot - Brighton Komedia (1/2)
Kasabian - Hammersmith Apollo 13/2)
Union of Knives - Camden Barfly (19/2)
Bat for Lashes - London ULU (28/2)
Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds - Oxford New Theatre (2/3)
Idlewild - Hammersmith Palais (23/3)
Damien Rice - Hammersmith Apollo (28/3)
Manic Street Preachers - Shepherd's Bush Empire (31/5)
Dave Matthews Band - Wembley Arena (30/5)
Velvet Revolver - Hammersmith Apollo (5/6)
R.E.M. - Dublin Olympia Theatre (1/7)
Flaming Lips - Barcelona Summercase (13/7)
Prince - O2 Arena (11/8)
Goo Goo Dolls - Hammersmith Apollo (16/8)
The Police - Twickenham Stadium (8/9)
David Ford - Brighton Barfly (11/9)
Jose Gonzales - London Union Chapel (23/10)
Sigur Ros - London Cecil Sharp House (24/10)
Iron and Wine - Brighton St Georges Church (2/11)
Maroon 5 (with Dashboard Confessional) - Brighton Centre (5/12)

 

recently enjoyed books:

alain de botton - essays in love
carlos ruiz zafon - the shadow of the wind
claire dudman - 98 reasons for being
douglas coupland - hey nostradamus
jennifer donnelly - a gathering light
jon mcgregor - so many ways to begin
kate o'riordan - the memory stones
kiran desai - the inheritance of loss
stefan demetriou - how to disappear completely
victoria hislop - the island

recently appreciated films: