Mostly, 2026 has been the year of comfort rewatches when I’m home exhausted after work (this same rule applies even now when we’re working from home 3 days a week. Physically I’m in my home office, mentally, I’m in a work space). Also, I watch shows with my meals because it helps me digest food … Continue reading Postal Modern Theatrette Notes 23/05/2026
Another edition of music notes; songs and pieces that have been keeping me company while I grapple with multiple injuries and life crises, also while being terrifyingly productive. Because of aforementioned deadlines, this is mostly just a list-based post with some commentary. 2026 Releases I think In Times of Dragons is Tori Amos’s best album … Continue reading Aural Chambers Notes 20/05/2026
I’m presenting a list of the best things I’ve been listening to lately without too much commentary since I’ve been pretty engrossed in various deadlines plus healing from Apocalypse Knee (fell down and was wheelchair/walking-frame bound for a couple of weeks). I will say that all of these were most excellent listens and at least … Continue reading Aural Chambers Notes 27/04/2026
The past week or so has been a week of catching up on 2026 releases on my commute and while crunching various article-writing/finalising deadlines. 2026 Singles I’m very emotional about Tori Amos’s latest single. While I’ve warmed up to her more recent albums, like most toriphiles, I missed gateway Tori (aka the Tori albums through … Continue reading Aural Chambers Notes 27/03/2026
I’m rather intensely working on a big grant proposal bid right now which necessitates rather intense listening sessions while working. Of these, I’ve listened to 2026 releases that have been absolutely blowing my mind with their brilliance. First off is Kim Gordon’s Play Me which is absolutely incandescent and for me it’s even better than … Continue reading Aural Chambers Notes 17/03/2026
Yet another Friday the 13th! It’s been a very satisfactory week for music thusfar. I listened to some excellent new albums: Hen’s Teeth by Iron & Wine, The Mirror by Buck Meek (of Big Thief), and Heaven 2 by Lala Lala. On the more classical/experimental end of things I listened to Erland Cooper’s Music for … Continue reading Aural Chambers Notes 13/03/2026
I’ve been listening to a lot of gorgeous, warm indie, indie folk and folk-inflected indie music this week while I worked on articles, resumed supervision and recuperated in the aftermath of having midwifed two PhD dissertations that have now been submitted. These included Sufjan Stevens’s Seven Swans (which always makes me nostalgic for my weekend … Continue reading Aural Chambers Notes 07/03/2026
February’s been a pretty intense month for me but in a productive way. After the illnesses that beset me in the second half of January to early February, I needed to really ramp up my energy/focus to clear off my mountain of tasks. Naturally, this had me listening to a lot of comfort music including … Continue reading Aural Chambers Notes 28/02/2026
The Postal Modern Theatrette returns to Growing Fins! I tried to have it over on my book blog but it just didn’t feel like the right place for it. This is mostly a catch-up post of the past year (and maybe a little bit beyond that!) There are other bits and bobs that I’ve been … Continue reading Postal Modern Theatrette Notes 08/02/2026
Considering it’s nearly midway through the second month of the year, I thought I’d better do an update about my listening for the past few months. The last month of the year was mostly about tunes from the 80s and the 90s because my rewatch/watch of Stranger Things had me on nostalgia overload. I made … Continue reading Aural Chambers Notes 08/02/2026
This is my last Growing Fins post of the year! I managed to be a lot more systematic and dangerously organized about my listening this year. The result is this list which I am posting earlier than in previous years. I’ll do a separate listing for Ambient and New Music titles, but that’s a 2026 … Continue reading My Favourite Albums of 2025
Hello from the land of spotty internet connectivity! I’m typing this on my macbook using the hotspot from one of my mobile devices because my home broadband connection has gone kaput to the extent that they’re sending a team to check matters (and give me a new modem). Nevertheless, I’ve been enjoying a lot of … Continue reading Aural Chambers Notes 06/10/2025