Keith from the Midlands shares his Top Ten Albums of the year and his favourite performances 

 

ALBUMS

 

  1. Anais Mitchell – Anais Mitchell
  2. Bonobo – Fragments
  3. Spiritualized – Everything Was Beautiful
  4. Pinegrove – 11:11
  5. The Orielles – Tableau
  6. …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead – X1 : Bleed Here Now
  7. Shearwater – The Great Awakening
  8. Death Cab For Cutie – Asphalt Meadows
  9. Bonny Light Horseman – Rolling Golden Holy
  10. caroline – caroline

 

 

GIGS

 

  1. The Blue Aeroplanes – The Fleece, Bristol
  2. Joe & The Shitboys – Smokehouse, Ipswich
  3. The Sheepdogs – The Wardrobe, Leeds
  4. The Surfing Magazines – Brudenell, Leeds
  5. Daniel Rossen – Left Bank, Leeds

 

FESTIVALS

 

  1. Fairport Convention – Cropredy
  2. DIIV – NOS Primavera Sound, Porto
  3. Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs – End of the Road
  4. Anais Mitchell – End of the Road
  5. Self Esteem – Deershed