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@1551895330370854916 I was, on the other hand, a little disappointed that Screen Violence and Ants From Up There missed out, but this does look like a promising shortlist. Especially looking forward to checking out Gwenno and Kojey Radical (the former's Le Kov album was fantastic)

Don't know if FKA Twigs will get nominated because it's a mixtape. Was going to say the same, but GOY are England-based, so they MIGHT get nominated

We're getting closer to the Mercury Prize and you know what that means? Prediction time! Possible contenders: Little Simz (this one has to make it through. It received so much universal praise and made it high on so many Best Albums Of 2021 list, and I think it's great too) CHVRCHES Self Esteem Joy Crookes Black Country, New Road (these last four are very likely to make it through. Seen a lot of buzz around them) - Fontaines DC (hope this one gets through) Florence + The Machine Wet Leg The Mysterines Nilufer Yanya Sam Fender The Lathums Kelly Lee Owens Public Service Broadcasting Porridge Radio Let’s Eat Grandma Tirzah Charli XCX Rex Orange County Paolo Nutini Another UK rap album (Knucks, Kae Tempest, Kojey Radical, Ray BLK) Jazz album (Binker & Moses, Emma-Jean Thackray) Debut album At least one commercial success (Adele, Harry Styles, Years & Years, George Ezra) Personal wishlist: Foals, Black Midi, Alfie Templeman, Yard Act, Working Men’s Club, IDLES, Jungle, Everything Everything, The Smile, Bloc Party, Lone, Bonobo, Ross From Friends, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes Dave's album may not make it since the previous album already won, but Wolf Alice managed to get Blue Weekend in the nominations last year despite its predecessor winning so I might be wrong.

+5 Green Green Grass +4 As It Was +3 BREAK MY SOUL +2 Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) +1 About Damn Time -1 Afraid To Feel -2 Last Last -3 Crazy What Love Can Do -4 21 Reasons -5 IFTK

Honourable mentions: Wake Me Up by Foals (*) (would have made it into my Top 25 if I didn’t already publish Part 1 of the list before listening to their new album)Dermot (See Yourself In My Eyes) by Fred AgainFellowship by Serpentwithfeet feat. Lil Silva and SamphaAll We Have by SG Lewis feat. LastlingsZitti E Buoni by ManeskinFir by BicepShum by Go_ANaked by Doja CatDon’t Judge Me by FKA twigs, Headie Oen, Fred AgainJagna by AlewyaAutobiography by GhettsGuard Down by CLAUDHow Not To Drown by CHVRCHES feat. Robert Smith160 DOWN THE A406 by SHERELLEI'm not a woman, I'm a god by Halsey

Avengers: Infinity War is my fave

Hopefully, it will

You got to see a lot of wonderful names in music, WhoOdy Only saw two acts perform live this year, hoping to see more. I saw Yard Act and Curse Of Lono

How I plan out my Playlists Of The Month (for those who are new to them): The Mostly Recent section usually has a Top 60 (or Top 75) of this month ranked from most fave. Since 2019, my playlists have been consisting of songs that have been at least an 8/10 for me at the time. The Retro section used to be in a more random order, but now its in a similar order to the mostly recent section. MOSTLY RECENT SECTION Foals - 2001Evangelia and Eleni Foureira - Perder ControlSAULT - Time Is PreciousIDK - BreatheGorillaz feat. Thundercat - Cracker IslandPusha T - Diet CokeC Duncan - Bell TollCharlotte Adigery and Bolis Pupul - ReappropriateNapalm Death - Man Bites DoggedVince Staples feat. Ty Dolla $ign - LEMONADEGabriels - One & OnlyLiam Gallagher - I’m FreeFather John Misty - The Next 20th CenturyLil Silva feat. Sampha - BackwardsDrake - MassiveSuperorganism feat. Stephen Malkmus and Dylan Cartlidge - It’s RainingBilly Nomates - Blue BonesBeyonce - BREAK MY SOULRain Radio and Block Notice - 079Sudan Archives - Home MakerConan Gray - DisasterSteve Lacy - MercuryJodie Harsh - Good TimeAnna Calvi - Red Right HandHarry Styles - SatelliteObongjayar - Tinko Tinko (Don’t Play Me For A Fool)Working Men’s Club - WidowJitwam - Brooklyn BallersMabel and 24kGoldn - OverthinkingJungle - GOOD TIMESSports Team - R EntertainmentYune Pinku - DC RotIbeyi feat. Jorja Smith - Lavender & Red RosesSoft Cell and Pet Shop Boys - Purple ZoneJianbo and Henry Wu - Mongkok MadnessCordae - Mama’s HoodBTS - Run BTSLow Hummer - Talk ShowsPaolo Nutini - Through The EchoesHot Chip - DownThey Hate Change feat. DJ GAY-Z - From The FloorCassyette - MayhemDanger Mouse and Black Thought - No Gold TeethThe Clockworks - EndgameEnglish Teacher - Mental MathsSigala feat. Talia Mar - Stay The NightPoppy Ajudha - PLAYGODCIEL - Fine EverythingNEIKED feat. Anne-Marie and Latto - I Just CalledPost Malone - When I’m AlonePorij - Lose Our MindsJack Harlow feat. Justin Timberlake - Parent TrapRolling Blackouts C.F. - My EchoCARRTOONS feat. Rae Khalil - LightaSharon Van Etten - MistakesRobert Plant and Alison Krauss - Somebody Was Watching Over MeKokoroko - We Give ThanksCody Johnson - ‘Til You Can’tJockstrap - Concrete Over WaterAlec Benjamin - Devil Doesn’t BargainWarpaint - StevieMogwai - BoltforLF SYSTEM - Afraid To FeelGeorge Ezra - In The MorningSuggs feat. Paul Weller - OOH DO U FINK U RFyfe & Iskra Strings feat. Ghostpoet - PurposeAngel Olsen - All The Good TimesNicky Youre and Dazy - SunroofJoji - Glimpse Of UsAJ Tracey - SeoulChristina Aguilera - Ya LluegeIraina Mancini - Undo The Blue M Huncho feat. BNXN (aka Buju) - Pray 2 The EastOneRepublic - I Ain’t Worried (from Top Gun: Maverick)Bandlez feat. Virus Syndicate and Nika D - COBRA RETRO SECTION (songs from before June 2021) Joy Division - Failures (1977)Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Lyre Of Orpheus (2004)The Smashing Pumpkins - X.Y.U. (1995)The Doors - When The Music’s Over (1967)Vince Staples feat. Snoh Aalegra - Jump Off The Roof (2015)Declan McKenna - Paracetamol (2015)Placebo - You Don’t Care About Us (1998)Beach House - Walk In The Park (2010)Kraftwerk - Computerliebe (1981)Bob Marley & The Wailers - Exodus (1977)Kamasi Washington - Ooh Child (2018)Beth Ditto - I Wrote The Book (2011)Massive Attack - Lately (1991)Arca - Mutant (2015)Pendulum - Hold Your Colour (2005)Quantic - Archipelago (2003)The Third Degree - Can’t Get You Out Of My Head (2012)CAFUNE - Tek It (2019)White Zombie - More Human Than Human (1994)Aphex Twin - Bucephalus Bouncing Ball (1997)Burial - Come Down To Us (2013)Common Saints - Letting Go (2020)King - Alone Without You (1985)Michael Kiwanuka - Bones (2012)LoJay, Sarz - Monalisa (2021)

Can't believe you got see not only IDLES, but also Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs I saw Tigercub perform live too, albeit not at 2000 Trees

I like Bandana and Astroworld, and find Goodbye & Good Riddance and Meet The Woo to be pretty solid Edit: Just missed your post on Introvert. That's a fantastic album

That Working Men's Club looks so cool on your player, Doctor Blind

+5 As It Was +4 Green Green Grass +3 Massive +2 Running Up That Hill +1 BREAK MY SOUL -1 About Damn Time -2 Late Night Talking -3 Afraid To Feel -4 IFTK -5 Go Top 10 is so good that I have to give negative points to a 9/10 song (three actually)

Faves from the songs: Seventeen Going Under, Angelica, Baby, As It Was, Happier Than Ever Faves from the albums: Mr Morale, WE, Night Call, Dawn FM, 30

Let It Go by Demi Lovato (#42, 27 weeks) Believer by Imagine Dragons (#42, 34 weeks) A-Punk by Vampire Weekend (#55, 21 weeks) July by Noah Cyrus (#66, 20 weeks)

I would recommend it!

+5 Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) +4 As It Was (the top 2 may switch places depending on mood) +3 About Damn Time +2 Green Green Grass +1 Late Night Talking -1 SPACE MAN -2 First Class -3 2step -4 IFTK -5 Go

Black Country New Road, Foals and King Gizzard are all challengers for the number one spot

Part 2 #25. Talking Reality Television Blues by Tom Jones [Album: Surrounded By Time] #24. Bussifame by Dawn Richard [Album: Second Line] #23. SWEET / I THOUGHT YOU WANTED TO DANCE by Tyler, The Creator feat. Brent Faiyaz and Fana Hues [Album: CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST] #22. All You Ever Wanted by Rag 'n' Bone Man [Album: Life By Misadventure] #21. Lavashak Love by Sepehr [Album: Survivalism] #20. Hideaway by Alfie Templeman [Album: Forever Isn't Long Enough] (There were a couple contenders for this spot. I could have easily made this a three-way tie between "Everybody's Gonna Love Somebody" and "Film Scene Daydream", but 'one song per artist' rule means I'm choosing just one.) #19. Blue by Elori Sax [Album: The Blue Of Distance] #18. Last Before Lights by Anz [Album: All Hours (EP)] #17. Friends Without Names by Life [Album: North East Costal Town] * #16. Just So You Know by John Grant [Album: Boy From Michigan] #15. Sand Fight by Folly Group [Album: Awake And Hungry (EP)] #14. Security by Amyl & The Sniffers [Album: Comfort To Me] #13. Opus by Black Country, New Road [Album: For the first time] #12. Starstruck by Years & Years [Album: Night Call] * #11. Gangsta by Kojey Radical [Album: Reason To Smile] * #10. Can't Hold Me Back by Steam Down, TINYMAN, Afronaut Zu, Shumba Maasai, Ahnanse [Album: Five Fruit (EP)] #9. Talk About It by Jungle [Album: Loving In Stereo] #8. The Myth / I Don't by For Those I Love [Album: For Those I Love] #7. Introvert by Little Simz [Album: Sometimes I Might Be Introvert] #6. Heart Attack by Dave [Album: We're All Alone In This Together] #5. The New Sensation by IDLES [Album: Crawler] #4. Young Boy / Young Girl by Femi Kuti [Album: Legacy+] #3. Slow by Black Midi [Album: Cavalcade] #2. Catching Smoke by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard [Album: Butterfly 3000] And my number one song of 2022 is...: #1. Pamphlets by Squid [Album: Bright Green Field] Now let's look at every song that has topped a Top Songs Of The Year list of mine 2018: Unmade by Thom Yorke 2019: Lesley by Dave feat. Ruelle 2020: Living In America by Fontaines DC 2021: Pamphlets by Squid

How I plan out my Playlists Of The Month (for those who are new to them): The Mostly Recent section usually has a Top 60 (or Top 75) of this month ranked from most fave. Since 2019, my playlists have been consisting of songs that have been at least an 8/10 for me at the time. The Retro section used to be in a more random order, but now its in a similar order to the mostly recent section. MOSTLY RECENT SECTION Kendrick Lamar feat. Beth Gibbons - Mother I SoberAlfie Templeman - Colour Me BlueDenzel Curry feat. Robert Glasper - Melt Session #1King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Evilest ManSad Night Dynamite - Black & WhiteGabriels - StrangerArcade Fire feat. Peter Gabriel - Unconditional II (Race & Religion)The Smile - Thin ThingKae Tempest feat. Grian Chatten - I Saw LightBlossoms - Born WildCurse Of Lono feat. Tess Parks - So Damned BeautifulFlorence + The Machine - Morning ElvisRed Hot Chili Peppers - Here Ever AfterTourist - Your LoveChanel - SloMo [Eurovision]Wet Leg - Oh NoMy Chemical Romance - The Foundations Of DecayMonophonics feat. Kelly Finnigan - WarpaintPanic Shack - The IckNilufer Yanya - belong with youKalush Orchestra - Stefania [Eurovision]Bob Moses - Love Brand NewBelle And Sebastian - Unnecessary DramaThe Sure Fire Soul Ensemble - Step DownChronixx - Never Give UpNova Twins - CleopatraLIFE - Big Moon LakeSam Smith - Love Me MoreGeorge Ezra - Green Green GrassWarmduscher - Twichin’ in The iamspamspamami/li>Maisie Peters - Cate’s BrotherManeskin - SupermodelAlvan and Ahez - Fulenn [Eurovision]Ava Max - Maybe You’re The ProblemKaty J Pearson - Talk Over TownCurren$y and The Alchemist - The Final BoardMichael Buble - A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley SquareIbibio Sound Machine - 17 18 19Subwoolfer - Give That Wolf A Banana [Eurovision]Eikka - Head BackJohnny Marr - GhosterZdob și Zdub and Advahov Brothers - Trenulețul [Eurovision]Jane Weaver - Oblique FantasyLau.ra feat. Eliza Legzdina - BlowPriya Ragu - IlluminousPSY feat. SUGA - That ThatDeyah - Heart StatusLumix feat. Pia Maria - Halo [Eurovision]Circus Mircus - Lock Me In [Eurovision]Lynks - Hey Joe (Relax)Burna Boy - Last LastJamie xx - Let’s Do It AgainS-X feat. KSi - Locked OutBugzy Malone - Daily DuppyHAAi - Bodies Of WaterHAIM - Lost TrackOumou Sangare - Wassulu DonEzra Furman - Point Me Toward The RealSun’s Signature - Golden AirEmma-Jean Thackray - Venus (Black Science Orchestra Remix)Pillow Queens - Be By Your SideSwedish House Mafia and Sting - RedlightFuture feat. Drake and Tems - WAIT FOR UOvermono - GunkSam Ryder - SPACE MANBeabadoobee - TalkOmar Apollo feat. Daniel Caesar - InvincibleMykki Blanco feat. Michael Stipe - Family TiesJustin Bieber feat. Don Toliver - HonestEd Sheeran feat. Lil Baby - 2step (Remix)Russ Millions x YV x Buni - 6am in DubaiHeadie One - Came In The SceneThe Kid LAROI - Thousand MilesBenzz - Je M'AppellePost Malone feat. Roddy Ricch - Cooped Up RETRO SECTION (songs from before April 2021) Stevie Wonder - As (1976)Amyl And The Sniffers - Some Mutts (Can’t Be Muzzled) (2018)Buena Vista Social Club - Candela (1997)Pet Shop Boys - Hit Music (1987)Death Grips - Two Heavens (2013)Florence + The Machine - Mother (2015)Bat For Lashes - Tahiti (2006)Jimi Hendrix - If 6 Was 9 (1967)Kanye West - New Slaves (2013)Steve Lacy - Lay Me Down (2019)N0V3L - Are They (2019)Lonelady - Army (2006/2010)TWIN XL - Good (2018)Delakota - Got It Like That (2000)Sufjan Stevens - I Walked (2010)Charles Bradley - This Love Ain’t Big Enough For The Two Of Us (2006)Limp Bizkit feat. Method Man - N 2 Gether Now (1999)Macklemore feat. Dave B and Travis Thompson - Corner Store (2017)The Alchemist feat. G.O.D. and Prodigy - Innocence (2008)Foals - Try This On Your Piano (2006)Fugees feat. A Tribe Called Quest and Busta Rhymes - Rumble In The Jungle (1997)The Kills - Fried My Little Brains (2003)Migos feat. YoungBoy Never Broke Again - Need It (2020)Boogie feat. J.I.D. - Soho (2019)John Williams, Isaac Stern - If I Were A Rich Man (1971)

It's uncertain when my Top 10 UK Hits Of 2021 is going to come out, but anyway, here's my Top 50 Songs Of 2021 countdown The song must have been released in 2021These are mainly from albums I’ve listened to, but there may also be some from albums that I haven’t listened to, or some non-album singlesI’ll mainly focus on ‘one artist per song’ in order for this list to have more variety. A main artist can also go on this list with a featured credit as well.Songs that will feature on my Top 10 UK Hits Of 2021 (in that case, songs that have made the UK OCC Year End) will not make it to this listThose released in 2021 recorded for a 2022 album will be highlighted with an asterisk (*) 50-26 first #50. Dingaling by Greentea Peng [Album: Man Made] #49. Talk Meaning by BADBADNOTGOOD feat. Terrace Martin, Brandee Younger and Arthur Verocai [Album: Talk Memory] #48. My Little Love by Adele [Album: 30] #47. Threats by Lonelady [Album: Former Things] #46. The Art Of Losing by The Anchoress [Album: The Art Of Losing] #46. Jesus Lord by Kanye West (with uncredited vocals from Jay Electronica) [Album: Donda] #45. Power Out For The Kingdom by JOHN (TIMESTWO) [Album: Nocturnal Manoeuvres] #44. Outside by Injury Reserve [Album: By The Time I Get To Phoenix] #43. Blast Off by Silk Sonic [Album: An Evening With Silk Sonic] #42. Witchoo by Durand Jones & The Indications [Album: Private Space] #41. No Son Of Mine by Foo Fighters [Album: Medicine At Midnight] #40. Coffee & Cigarettes by The Snuts [Album: W.L.] #39. I Like Crime by Deap Vally feat. JennyLee [Album: American Cockroach (EP) / Marriage] #38. Only For Tonight by Pearl Charles [Album: Magic Mirror] #37. "I LIE HERE BURIED WITH MY RINGS AND MY DRESSES" by Backxwash feat. Ada Rook [Album: I LIE HERE BURIED WITH MY RINGS AND MY DRESSES] #36. Somebody Like by WH Lung [Album: Vanities] #35. Cigarette Packet by Sorry [Album: Twixtustwain (EP)] #34. Skeletons by Easy Life [Album: Life's A Beach] #33. "THE LIGHT PT. II" by BROCKHAMPTON [Album: ROADRUNNER: NEW LIGHT NEW MACHINE] #32. Hustle by Sons Of Kemet feat. Kojey Radical [Album: Black To The Future] #31. Everlasting Joy by Gruff Rhys [Album: Seeking New Gods] #30. Gold Chains by Genesis Owusu [Album: Smiling With No Teeth] #29. Boilermaker by Royal Blood [Album: Typhoons] #28. Seventeen Going Under by Sam Fender [Album: Seventeen Going Under] #27. C'est ne rien by Nothing But Thieves [Album: Moral Panic II (EP)] #26. Talking Reality Television Blues by Tom Jones [Album: Surrounded By Time] 25-1 may come later

Sounds like a once-in-a-lifetime experience! Hope you enjoy it!

+5 As It Was +4 Music For A Sushi Restaurant +3 About Damn Time +2 Late Night Talking +1 SPACE MAN -1 First Class -2 Peru -3 IFTK -4 Bam Bam -5 Go

Aside from The Beatles, my Top 5 of the 1960s includes: The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground & Nico King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed Love - Forever Changes Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited Hopefully, those will make for some great listens for you

+5 N95 +4 As It Was +3 Die Hard +2 About Damn Time +1 Baby -1 Space Man -2 Starlight -3 First Class -4 Peru -5 Go All are great except for Go, but haven't been thinking of returning to Peru that much