The Right Stuff – The Best Of 2011
My Famous Five
Elbow – Build A Rocket Boys
It says a lot to me about my life. Lovely – watch
Yuck – Yuck
A big fizzy scuzzball of fun. Play loud – watch
Radiohead – The King of Limbs
Can do no wrong. Did no wrong – watch
Destroyer – Kaputt
Looking forward to looking back? Give this a listen – watch
The War on Drugs – Slave Ambient
Kurt Vile gets more press, but The War on Drugs are where it’s at – watch
My Secret Seven
Top picks from my playlist this year:
The Black Keys – El Camino
Punchier and pithier and more hook-y than Brothers. Git it! – watch
Boris – Attention Please
Beguiling dream-pop and shoegaze from the prolific Japanese metallers – watch and download ‘Hope’
The Horrors – Skying
The sound of my record collection on one CD? What’s not to like? – watch
Bon Iver – Bon Iver
Warm and welcoming – watch and download ‘Holocene’
Cornershop – Cornershop and the Double ‘O’ Groove Of..
Brilliant. Brimful of Bubbley Kaur – watch
Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat – Everything’s Getting Older
Indeed I am, and this is the soundtrack – watch and download ‘The Copper Top’
Dum Dum Girls – He Gets Me High EP
If this was vinyl, I’d have worn it flat. Pure pop for ‘now’ people – watch
I Could Listen To This Song All Day
The Old Stuff
You’ve already heard my thoughts on the Rolling Stones Some Girls re-issue. I’ve been listening a lot to the 20th anniversary edition of Screamadelica, and the Drive-By Truckers compilation Ugly Buildings, Whores & Politicians: Greatest Hits 1998-2009. Blueprint – The Best of 808 State takes me back to the good old days, and I bought so many re-issues from the Why Pink Floyd? campaign, I got a free t-shirt.
The Toppermost Of The Poppermost
Gotye (feat. Kimbra) – Somebody I Used To Know – watch and download a remix
The ‘Didn’t They Do Well’ Award for Old Folks In Rock
David Newton & Thee Mighty Angels, for the Paint The Town EP – watch
A Band To Watch
The Boys Next Door
Ghost Wave – Ghost Wave EP – watch
Best Dressed Sleeve
Mogwai – Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will – a brilliant view of New York by Antony Crook.
See you in 2012, folks.
The Destroyer album was my fave this year by quite some distance. The wife bought me it on vinyl for Xmas too, it sounds gorrrrrgeous.
Nice to see you over here, young sir. As I wrote back in April, Kaputt is right up there with Gaucho, Cupid & Psyche and Steve McQueen IMO.