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It’s an unusual year for music, but in challenging times we can often see great change Read the full post

The top albums of the 2010s Read the full post

While YouTube was around a decade before, this last decade has really seen a massive change in how people are able to get their music out there. Read the full post

In no particular order, and keeping in mind that I can’t even remember all the gigs that I was at over the last decade, here are the top gigs that I remember as being among the best I saw over the last 10 years Read the full post

One of the biggest bands of all time and one that has undoubtedly influenced a significant number of the biggest rock and metal bands that have since followed, in 2015 their tour arrived in Glasgow so I had to take the opportunity to go Read the full post

One of my top music videos of the past decade, Rize of the Fenix by Tenacious D Read the full post

In late 2013 videos started showing up on my recommended videos on Youtube from a band called Babymetal. My initial reaction was that this is the strangest thing to happen to Metal for some time. Read the full post

25 years since the release of their debut album Burn My Eyes, Machine Head are on another tour for the fans with an epic 2.5 hours set. Read the full post

Another decade goes by, now it's time to take a look back and see what stands out. Man.. 10 years... Read the full post

And so here it is, the Swoj Staff top 20 albums of the decade Read the full post