Saw Mumford & Sons at Dot to Dot earlier in the year and they were mind-blowingly good. They finally release this single on Spotify (and elsewhere I presume) and I heartily recommend a listen. Mumford & Sons – Little Lion Man

Well, my first discovery on my 1001 project has got to be The Louvin Brothers. This album from the 50s is amazing – although I would have posted it here just because of the cover... My first reaction was to laugh at the lyrics but it's pretty heartfelt stuff from two god-fearing men. A big inflence on later Byrds albums, particularly Sweet Heart of the Rodeo which features a cover of one of the tracks on here. The Louvin Brothers – Satan Is Real

OK - I can't guarantee I'm going to do this, but I've decided to try to listen to all of the albums that make up Robert Dimery's '1001 albums to hear before you die'. In order. Having said this, I'm only going to listen to the albums currently on Spotify, which isn't exactly all of them but still contains a lot - just the 60s has almost 4 days worth of continuous music. Luckily, some kind person has created playlists for the 50s and 60s so this will keep me going for a while...

Will keep you posted of my progress... hmm not a bad start... Frank Sinatra – In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning

The new Muse album is like birthday cake - at first it's exciting and tasty even though you know you probably shouldn't be listening to it, but the initial rush doesn't last very long and you end up feeling a bit sick.

Don't get me wrong, I'm glad that they exist and I think there are some good tracks on there, but they've gone from bring Radiohead copycats to well... being Muse copycats - you know exactly what you're going to get - even the 3-part 'symphony' at the end feels predictable.

Still worth a listen though even just to hear this Muse – Resistance

A bit of a mash up today – finally got round to listening to the cricket-concept album, The Duckworth Lewis Method and jolly good it is too. Not as annoying as some people might think and further proof that Neil Hannon is one of our finest songwriters and should be made a national treasure The Duckworth Lewis Method – Gentlemen and Players

Also started to listen to The Temper Trap and Passion Pit offerings - both sound very promising although there's a definite Coldplay influence on Temper Trap... which probably means they'll be massive in 6 months time. The Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition Passion Pit – The Reeling

The great thing about Spotify is that you can indulge your guilty pleasures without anyone knowing... that is unless you have a blog listing all the tracks your listening to... ah well - for what it's worth the new Calvin Harris album certainly has it's moments, particularly the brazen use of the world's worst instrument on this track Calvin Harris – The Rain

OK, first the good... I'm loving this portable Spotify and am getting through a huge amount of music as the tyres of my car hug the M1. Started the day off with MSTRKRFT to get the day going JFK – 1000 Cigarettes - Feat Freeway and then tasting the delights of the very talented Jamie T with his new album Kings and Queens Jamie T – Emily's Heart.

Have also hooked my Mac up to 'Richard's Turbo Sound System' at work so I can educate/annoy/spread happiness to everyone in earshot. Great.

Now onto the bad... these are only minor gripes but I tend to play my iPod through my car stereo – for some reason, Spotify doesn't stop your current iPod music playing when the App starts. This is quite annoying as whenever I attache my iPod to my FM transmitter it automatically plays the iPod music on there (usually the first song starting with 'A') so I have to stop this playing before my Spotify playlist will work.

It is a bit annoying that you can't create a playlist straight from an album like you can do on the Mac version - you have to create a playlist first and then save the tracks into it.

Also, the offline download sound quality doesn't seem quite as good as when you're streaming it. Well, not to my ears anyway...

These are just minor points that I'm sure they'll sort out with an update before too long but I didn't want anyone to think that I was on commission...

Well, having promised myself that I never needed to buy a CD ever again now I'm a Spotify-head, I end up getting seduced by the Beatles remasters and purchase the White Album. To be fair, it does hold an important place in my heart as it's the first Beatles album I ever heard, playing my brother's vinyl copy (which I still have...) on my Dad's record player when I was around twelve. It still sounds amazing, particularly in the shiny new sound quality - there's a great review in this week's NME (along with all the other records).

I start the day off with the new Arctic Monkeys, Humbug – finally available on Spotify. I know it's been getting lukewarm reviews but I really like it. The Josh Homme production gives it a completely different feel from the other albums and both Alex and Matt are on top form. Seeing them at Reading makes me think that their finally getting over their inherent shyness which always masqueraded as typical 'rock n roll arsey-ness'. Their 6th album will be amazing. Arctic Monkeys – Pretty Visitors

Managed to get through most of the La Roux album on the way to work as well which sounded surprisingly listenable. As much as I like the singles, her voice has a tendancy to jump up and down on one's nerves. It seems to work well as an album though, maybe a few too many 'oooooo oooo oooooo ooo oooo' bits but on the whole, a deserved Mercury nominated piece of work. La Roux – I'm Not Your Toy

This is a great time for music at the moment, having just listened to the new Noah and the Whale album. Who would have thought it? A lush, heartbreaking, epic of a record with only a tiny amount of the tweeness that ran throughout their last record... check out the first song on Spotify Noah And The Whale – The First Days Of Spring

So another year, another Mercury Prize – it just seems like yesterday that I was there with Maps but two years have passed and a new winner has been announced. To be honest, it was a really poor lineup on the whole - and fair play to Speech Debelle, I'm sure she'll make the most of the exposure. I'm just happy that Florence didn't win...

Ok, so we all love Spotify but it seems not everyone is that happy about the fact that the new iPhone app only works with the Premium membership (£9.99 per month). Well I thought about it for a bit and then decided to take the plunge yesterday and trial it for a month.

The first thing I noticed was how easy it was to download tracks for offline use - as I spend about 2 hours a day on the M1, listening to it in the car was one of the main reasons for getting it.

So the first thing I listen to is the Golden Silvers album - surely one of the albums of the year! Amazing stuff - Golden Silvers – Another Universe

I'm already addicted...