Earlier this week, the influential - nay, prestigious - Rough Trade 100 albums of the year was published, and The School and Marina And The Diamonds were the Welsh entrants in the list.
Marina And The Diamonds
A strike rate of two per cent probably isn't what we'd be hoping for, to be sure. However, my fellow blogging colleague Adam Walton points out that the number one record here, Caribou's Swim, was recorded in Bethesda by none other than demi-legendary Welsh pop maestro David Wrench.
(If you're not aware of David Wrench, obtain a copy of his second solo album The Atomic World Of Tomorrow on Storm Music. A superb, amazing set of arch pop and irony.)
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