Gigs/sets:
3. Young Fathers – NOS Alive (Festival), Oeiras, Portugal – 9 July
2. Sleater-Kinney – Primavera Sound (Festival), Barcelona, Spain – 29 May
1. Patti Smith – Primavera Sound (Festival), Barcelona, Spain – 29 May
Tracks:
3. Viet Cong – ‘Continental Shelf’
2. HEALTH – ‘STONEFIST’
1. Susanne Sundfør – ‘Fade Away’
Albums:
3. Grimes – Art Angels
2. Sleater-Kinney – No Cities To Love
1. Susanne Sundfør – Ten Love Songs
My listening habits of the year via last.fm:
2015 Spotify playlist:
New song written and roughly recorded in an hour or so.
It has been a while. I quickly put it up before I decide if I like it or not…
Gigs:
3. Nine Inch Nails – O2 Arena, London, UK – 23 May
2. St Vincent – Künstlerhaus Mousonturm, Frankfurt am Main, Germany – 12 November
1. Arcade Fire/Pixies – Marlay Park, Dublin, Ireland – 29 June
Tracks:
3. Ben Howard – ‘End Of The Affair’
2. St Vincent – ‘Birth in Reverse’
1. EMA – ‘Smoulder’
Albums:
3. Lykke Li – I Never Learn
2. Run the Jewels – Run the Jewels 2
1. Sharon Van Etten – Are We There
And here’s a Spotify playlist of some of my tracks of 2014:
I’ve often heard that Peopleware should be mandatory reading for anyone working in the software/tech industry. And, having now read it myself, I wholeheartedly agree.
I read the Second Edition (1999), a copy of which I’d stumbled across. This has spurred me on to purchasing the Third (2013) and I’m really looking forward to reading the updated version.