Top Six Records of 2012
1 Richard Hawley – Standing At The Sky’s Edge
2 Cold Specs – I Predict A Graceful Expulsion
3 Alabama Shakes – Boys & Girls
4 Alt J – An Awesome Wave
5 Field Music – Plumb
6 Grizzly bear – Shields
Top Ten Gigs
1 Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers – Albert Hall London 18th June
2 Ryan Adams – Nottingham 25th April
3 Gov’t Mule ( with John Paul Jones) – Under The Bridge London 4th July
4 Blur – Hyde Park London 12th Aug
5 Rachel Sermanni – CB2 Cambridge 19th Feb
6 Mersault with Withered Hand – Islington Assembly Hall London 6th Nov
7 Field Music – Kazimier Liverpool 6th October
8 Simon Felice – Bush Hall London 27th April
9 Admiral Fallow – Fat Sams Dundee 22nd May
10 Wild Beasts – Colchester Arts Centre 13th March
Top Five Festival Performances
1 The National – ATP Camber Sands 9th Dec
2 Elbow – Latitude 14th July
3 Richard Hawley – No Direction Home 10th June
4 Cold Specs - No Direction Home 10th June
5 Granddaddy – End Of The Road 2nd Sept
6 Levellers – Latitude 15thy July
7 Alabama Shakes – Latitude 15th July
8 Patty Smith - End Of The Road 2nd Sept
9 Alt J - End Of The Road 1st Sept
10 Roy Harper - End Of The Road 31st Aug
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