Tag: Belle & Sebastian

  • The Every Record Tells A Story Albums Of 2018

    In April 2018 we learned that revenues for streaming services surpassed income from CDs and vinyl (and, for that matter, cassettes) for the first time. So it feels rather quaint to have “Albums of the Year”, yet, like filling our houses with sparkly tat at Christmas, or steadfastly maintaining to our children that a fat…

  • Belle & Sebastian And The Horror Of Spotify Playlists. 

    Belle & Sebastian And The Horror Of Spotify Playlists. 

    In a world where people consume music through pre-determined streaming service playlists with grim titles such as “Cinematic Chillout”, “Music for Concentration” and “Songs for Sleeping”, how does a band that is already nine albums into a career spanning over twenty years grab the attention of the zombified masses?  Masses moreover, who willingly listen to…