jonny

From one listen through nothing stood out at being exceptional; but the track which a few people have mentioned as being their favourite was probably mine too.

http://porcelainraft.com/wp-content/wpa_custom/128-powerstationat_8.png 01 Drifting In and Out 02 Shapeless & Gone 03 Is It Too Deep for You? 04 Put Me to Sleep 05 Backwords 06 Unless You Speak From Your Heart 07 The End of Silence 08 If You Have a Wish 09 Picture 10 The Way In I've never been that excited about anything he has released before but this is excellent. I'm sure everyone's heard this already but oh well.

The album itself isn't as immediate as 'Music Hole' but it has elements of subtle brilliance which allow for repeat listening. I keep picking up on things I missed last time. The Milton Keynes line of 'Mars is No Fun' for example. :wub: Wonderful.

01 Oneohtrix Point Never 'Replica' 02 Weeknd - The Morning 03 Wild Beasts - Lion's Share 04 M83 - Midnight City 05 Darkside - A2 06 Toro Y Moi - New Beat 07 Drums - Money 08 Cut Copy - Need You Now 09 Dirty Beaches - Lord Knows Best 10 Youth Lagoon - Cannons 11 Four Tet - Locked 12 Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Belong 13 Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie XX - I'll Take Care Of U 14 Tune-Yards - Bizness 15 Surfer Blood - I'm Not Ready 16 M83 - Wait 17 WU LYF - We Bros 18 Girls - Vomit 19 Antlers - No Widows 20 Friendly Fires - Hurting 21 Bon Iver - Holocene 22 St. Vincent - Cruel 23 Friendly Fires - Blue Cassette 24 Fleet Foxes - Blue Spotted Tail 25 Feist - Graveyard 26 Tune-Yards - Gangsta 27 M83 - Intro (Feat. Zola Jesus) 28 Gotye & Kimbra - Somebody That I Used To Know 29 James Blake - The Wilhelm Scream 30 Go! Team - Buy Nothing Day 31 Bombay Bicycle Club - Shuffle 32 Antlers - I Don't Want Love 33 Metronomy - The Bay 34 EMA - California 35 Weeknd - High for This 36 Jamie xx - Far Nearer 37 Friendly Fires - Hawaiian Air 38 Unknown Mortal Orchestra - How Can U Love Me 39 Wild Beasts - Plaything 40 Kate Bush - Among Angels

What do people do when it is a cover? do they put 'This Modern Love' (Bloc Party cover) or sans the "(Bloc Party cover)" part? I never know what to do so I have some which do have the 'cover' bit and some that don't. ):

Hello, this would be in my top 20 for the year; 01 • Bon Iver • Bon Iver 08 • Oneohtrix Point Never • Replica - best one of 2011 for me, absolutely adore this. 09 • M83 • Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming 12 • Washed Out • Within and Without 13 • Youth Lagoon • The Year of Hibernation 14 • Wild Beasts • Smother 16 • The Antlers • Burst Apart 18 • WU LYF • Go Tell Fire To The Mountain 23 • Neon Indian • Era Extraña 29 • Cut Copy • Zonoscope 44 • James Blake • James Blake Excellent list, probably enjoy at least 80% of it to some degree. :D

this is so good, are people even interested anymore? I seem to remember many being infatuated with her last record but there doesn't seem to be much reaction to this? she makes such fantastic music. even the tracks in french are accessible and instantly enjoyable. and her voice :wub:

I was going to vote over the weekend but I could do it sooner if you'd prefer? (:

Sent. It's an artist that I can think only a few people on here will be aware off (although I may be grossly underestimating.)

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Wonderful, I will vote later on. I was thinking about doing something similar to this with albums after you finish Mark unless you were thinking of doing something similar? (:

In general I'd say to go to Suedehead about any issues regarding front-page also? Not that there are ever are any that is.

01 Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris - We Found Love 02 Calvin Harris - Feel So Close 03 Lana Del Rey - Video Games 04 Adele - Rolling In The Deep 05 Katy Perry ft. Kanye West - E.T. 06 Rihanna - S&M 07 Lady GaGa - Born This Way 08 Lady GaGa - The Edge Of Glory 09 Adele - Set Fire To The Rain 10 Coldplay - Paradise I don't actually mind any of the top nine (really like the top three.) Coldplay really is a 'best of the rest' option however.

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16116-darkside-ep/ Nicholas Jaar side-project. I'll nominate 'A2' then.

I agree. He has quite cut it for me yet + there are other artists of his ilk who I'm certainly more excited about at the moment.

Not sure if any of these have been nominated but never mind if they have: Surfer Blood 'I'm Not Ready' Toro Y Moi 'New Beat' Youth Lagoon 'Cannons' Oneohtrix Point Never 'Replica' Darkside 'Darkside' EP

Posted. ;D

Excellent, thank you. Still would like some more volunteers though if anyone's interested? (:

24 // Laura Marling // A Creature I Don't Know - I do own this but I can't say I've ever really given it much of a listen. She's become irrelevant, almost, in the last year or so. 20 // Cut Copy // Zonoscope 18 // Lady Gaga // Born This Way 16 // Neon Indian // Era Extraña 14 // Lykke Li // Wounded Rhymes 11 // Friendly Fires // Pala 09 // The Weeknd // House of Balloons 06 // Washed Out // Within and Without 04 // Kate Bush // 50 Words For Snow A good list overall. (:

I'd put the following in my own personal top 100 / 40 chart for the year: 4. Rihanna feat Calvin Harris - We Found Love 18. Adele - Rolling In The Deep 75. Drake feat Rihanna - Take Care - I don't suppose you have heard the original sample which provides the basis of this song? Jamie xx / Gil Scott-Heron 'I'll Take Care of U.' Plenty better than Rihanna's effort I believe. 2. Lady Gaga - Born This Way - admittedly, somewhere near the bottom of the 40 as I haven't listened to as much music this year as I usually do, ha. 19. Nicola Roberts - Cinderella's Eyes - I haven't heard the album but I do like the first two singles. Never mind. I'm surprised you don't have some The Weeknd / (different) Drake tracks somewhere though. As well as Azealia Banks '212' which I presume you've already heard.

4. Lana Del Rey – Video Games 7. Lady Gaga – The Edge Of Glory 9. Adele – Rolling In The Deep 16. Rihanna feat. Drake – What’s My Name? 19. Rihanna ft Calvin Harris - We Found Love 4. Friendly Fires - Pala Oh no. ): Good idea not deciding on decorating it with commentary and videos etc. though. :dancing:

Bump in case anyone hasn't seen this. (:

Anyone remember this surreal sketch show? P0n4hclzCyE Easily my favourite sketch show of all time. Effortlessly original, dark and honest. 9Y0IqAeuuuY Wonderful.

Just a thought, I was wondering if anyone would like to contribute a 2011 editorial to be posted on the main page. Perhaps an article summing up the year in general, or one focused on singles or albums or maybe even a particular artist or genre. I've seen something on here about the successes of BBC Sound of 2011 which would be interesting if it was put into article form. If anyone has any ideas or feel they would like to contribute in any way please post below or PM me if you wish. I'm sure that any contributions would compliment Simon's weekly reports so any ideas are welcome. Thanks. (:

I played 'Asking for Flowers' repeatedly when I first heard it. This leaked ages ago but with the release still quite a way away I presume that wasn't a finished/mastered version.