Top Ten Records of 2012
1. Maccabees "Given To The Wild"
2. Polica "Give You The Ghost"
3. Tame Impala "Lonerism"
4. Mystery Jets "Radlands"
5. Hot Chip "In Our Heads"
6. Beach House "Bloom"
7. Jake Bugg "Jake Bugg"
8. Django Django "Django Django"
9. The Walkmen "Heaven"
10. Alt J "An Awesome Wave"
Top Ten Gigs
Maccabees -
Foals - 60 Million Postcards
Peace - Joiners
Polica - Heaven
Jack White - Hammersmith Apollo
Beach House -The Roundhouse
Hot Chip -
The Walkmen - Village Underground
The Bots - Joiners
Top Ten Festival Performances
Pond - Dot 2 Dot Notts
Mystery Jets – Truck
Sigur Ros – Bestival
Peace - Dot 2 Dot
Father John Misty - No Direction Home
Jake Bugg - Dot 2 Dot
Alt J – Bestival
Brontide – Truck
Michael Kiwanuka - Bestival
Film of the Year
From The Sea to the Land Beyond (British Sea Power Soundtrack)
Song of The Year
"Feel to Follow" Maccabees
Most Disappointing Musical Experience:
Booking tix to see Christopher Owens at St Giles at 11 am and falling ill by 2pm and missing the gig!
Best Musical Experience:
Any 1 of the 6 British Sea Power Krankenhaus Club Nights (7 if you include Kristmas Krankenhaus!) every one a winner!
Other mentions go to:-
Gabriel Bruce - love it when the support is a surprising find and the next one to watch!
Rodriguez - A fab night at The Roundhouse discovering "The Sugarman'
Sally @sally_wally