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Jas works most Saturdays in our Swansea shop where she's to be found cleaning tables, toilets and records. She also helps with cleaning and organising records in our Carmarthen location. As the youngest member of the team we’ve let her choose her top 10 ‘listens’ 2022 - this is what has been in rotation for Jas this year, new and old. We had a job keeping her list down to only two Lana Del Rey albums by the way... 10. THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO - THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO Genre: Rock/IndieSongs: I'm Waiting for the Man, Heroin, There She Goes Again. 9....

Hard choices this year for top 10. It’s my first time doing this also. Not all of them are metal, which is different... [Shane also runs his own metal label: MSH Music Group!] 10. ABBATH - DREAD REAVER Genre: Black MetalSongs: The Deep Unbound, Dream Cull, Acid Haze. Let’s start off with Abbath’s attempts at being solo. For me, it’s basically Immortal with a twist. Instrumentally a lot more in your face than Immortal and it’s just a rage from start to finish as you’d expect. However, it’s hard for me to not be impressed. Top track The Deep Unbound –...

THE BUG - FIRE Genre: Electronica/Hip-HopSongs: Pressure [feat. Flowdan], Vexed [feat. Moor Mother], How bout dat [feat. FFSYTHO]Label: Ninja TuneWE HAVE THIS! THE BODY/BIG|BRAVE - LEAVING NONE BUT SMALL BIRDS Genre: Folk/AcousticSongs: Once I had a Sweetheart, Black is the Colour, Oh Sinner.Label: Thrill JockeyWE HAVE THIS! MATT SWEENEY & BONNIE 'PRINCE' BILLY - SUPERWOLVES Genre: Folk/AcousticSongs: My Popsicle, Hall of Death, My Blue Suit.Label: DominoWE HAVE THIS! GROUPER - SHADE Genre: Ambient/DroneSongs: Followed the ocean, Disordered Minds, Unclean Mind.Label: Kranky MOGWAI - AS THE LOVE CONTINUES Genre: Post-rock/Alternative RockSongs: Ceiling Granny, Ritchie Sacramento, Dry Fantasy.Label: Rock ActionWE HAVE THIS! DRY CLEANING -...

It’s this time of year again. I’ll admit I was fairly horrible at keeping up with new releases this year and found myself taking comfort in familiars, plus finding undiscovered loves from the past (especially John Prine and Karen Dalton – cheers Matt!). I want to give these artists/albums a shout out too, these are other releases I’ve really enjoyed and returned to repeatedly, all of these you might have heard in the shop while I’ve haunted it: Underdark Our Bodies Burn Bright On Re-Entry [Atmospheric Black Metal]; Armand Hammer Halam [Hip-Hop], Flying Lotus Yasuke OST [Electronica]; Alice Coltrane Kirtan: Turiya...

Matt would like to give a shout out to Ugandan label Nyege Nyege Tapes as his label of the year showcasing  an amazing diversity of African electronic music ...and grindcore. Also props to WeReleaseWhateverTheFuckWeWant Records from Switzerland as his reissue label of the year who have given us plenty of amazing oddities and rarities this year. This year unfortunately saw the passing of the legendary Andrew Weatherall, who was a huge loss in music and a massive influence. Here it is, in no particular order...   THREE QUEENS IN MOURNING - Hello Sorrow / Hello Joy Genre: Folk/IndieSongs: I See A Darkness, Ohio Riverboat...