Top 10 Albums
1. Mew, + / -
2. Decemberists - What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World
3. Gengahr - A Dream Outside
4. Torres - Sprinter
5. Maccabees - Marks To Prove It
6. Libertines - Anthems For Doomed Youth
7. Tame Impala - Currents
8. Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
9. Laura Marling - Short Movie
10. Leisure Society - The Fine Art Of Hanging On
Top 10 Gigs (in date order)
Barr Brothers 31-Jan Winchester, Railway
Little Comets 25-Feb Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms
Father John Misty 26-Feb Village Underground
The Leisure Society 15-Apr Islington Assembly Halls
Pretty Vicious 17-May Winchester, Railway
Alvvays (support Gengahr) 25-May Southampton, Joiners Arms
Adem 19-Oct MOTH Club, Hackney
Akala 01-Dec Village Underground
Christopher Owens 03-Dec Bethnal Green, St John
Mew 14-Dec Village Underground
Top 10 Festival Appearances (in date order)
Plastic Mermaids - Southampton, Common People Festival
Kindness - Best Kept Secret Festival, Netherlands
Royal Blood - Best Kept Secret Festival, Netherlands
Ratboy - Truck Festival
Girl Band - Visions Festival
Rae Morris - Victorious Festival, Portsmouth
Meilyr Jones - End Of the Road
Torres - End Of the Road
Tame Impala - End Of the Road
Gaz Coombes - Independence Festival, Southampton
Best Song of the Year:
Pumpkin Noir, by Happyness
TV show of the year: Family Guy
Film of the Year: Kingsman, The Secret Service
Best musical moments of the year:
1. Will Doyle (East India Youth) performing solo and unmicked on the ‘Piano in The Woods Stage’ at End Of The Road Festival
2. Dancing to ‘Let it happen’ the 8-minute opening track of Tame Impala’s ‘Currents’ album at EOTR silent disco
Most disappointing musical moment of the year : Songhoy Blues live set.......