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08 December 2014

1. Every Time I Die - From Parts Unknown
2. Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways
3. Feed The Rhino - The Sorrow And The Sound
4. Marmozets - The Weird And Wonderful Marmozets
5. Slipknot - .5: The Gray Chapter
6. Hearts Under Fire - Outlines
7. Architects - Lost Forever // Lost Together
8. Rise Against - The Black Market
9. Lower Than Atlantis - Lower Than Atlantis
10. Ed Sheeran - X

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08 December 2014

1  Damien Rice - My Favourite Faded Fantasy
2. Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways
3. Gregory Alan Isakov - The Weatherman
4. Royal Blood - Royal Blood
5.  The Black Keys - Turn Blue
6.  Ben Howard - I Forget Where We Were
7.  Bombay Bicycle Club - So Long, See You Tomorrow
8.  Marc Halls - Born Into Light EP
9.  Dave Mcpherson - Journal of a Journey Buoy
10.  James Bay - Hold Back The River EP

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08 December 2014

1)  Jehené Aiko - Souled Out
2)  Curren$y - The Drive In Theatre
3)  Nebu Kiniza - Hypnosis
4)  Rick Ross - Hood Billionaire
5)  Mac Miller - Faces
6)  Wiz Khalifa - Blacc Hollywood
7)  Schoolboy Q - Oxymoron
8)  Volumes - No Sleep
9)  Monuments - The Amanuensis
10)  Ghetts - Momentum 2

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08 December 2014

1. Berri Txarrak - Denbora Da Poligrafo Bakarra
2. You Me At Six - Cavalier Youth
3. Architects - Lost Forever // Lost Together
4. Charlie Simpson - Long Road Home
5. PVRIS - White Noise
6. Marmozets - The Weird and Wonderful Marmozets
7. Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways
8. Angels & Airwaves - The Dream Walker
9. Mallory Knox - Assymetry
10. Lana del Rey - Ultraviolence

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07 December 2014

Here’s our first all-Star Top Ten for 2014 from Lucky Strikes man, Matt Boulter.

It’s been a busy year for Matt playing with Blue Rose Code and Simone Felice as well as doing the Lucky Strikes and solo shows. Matt has also recorded a lot of sessions with other artists that will be coming out next year. 

2015 is also going to be busy because the Strikes have recorded a new album and Matt is close to completing a new solo album so lots of gigging in support of these records to come

Here’s Matt’s top Ten 2014:

1.    Quilt – Quilt

2.    Sun Kil Moon – Benji

3.    Bonnie Prince Billy – Singer’s Grave a Sea of Tongues

4.    Rosalie Deighton – Burning Boat

5.    Blue Rose Code – The Ballads of Peckham Rye

6.    Steve Gunn - Way Out Weather

7.    Various Artists - Elizabethan Sessions

8.    Sharon Van Etton - Are we There

9.    Danny and the Champions of the World - Stay True

10.   Simone Felice - Strangers

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02 December 2014

1.  Us amongst the Rest  - Follow the Truth

2.  Joe Bonamassa  - Different shades of Blue

3.  Enter the Lexicon - Enter the Lexicon 

4.  Road to Horizon  - Faultlines

5.  Foo Fighters - Sonic highways

6.  Black Stone Cherry - Magic mountain

7.  These Reigning Days  - Opera of Love

8.  The Fuse - Black Lion

9.  Blackberry Smoke  - The Whippoorwill

10. Kill it Kid - You owe nothing

Gigs

Asking Alexandria - The Roundhouse

The Fuse – Borderline

Enter the Lexicon – Surya

EofE – Borderline

Man like Me - Village Green Festival, Southend-on-Sea

Road to Horizon - Surya

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02 December 2014

1. The War in Drugs - Lost in the Dream

2, East India Youth - Total Strife Forever

3. Beck - Morning Phase

4. Jamie T. -Carry on the Grudge  

5. Perfume Genius - Too Bright

I bought the usual 50+ CDs this year.  Like most of them, but they don't really hit the mark as top ten.  So I have a top 5

Kevin B.

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01 December 2014

Well it's that time of year again.

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20 January 2014

Thank you to all who cast their votes this year.. 100 albums received individual nods of approval and our combined Top Ten Albums of 2013 looks like this:

1          The National    Trouble Will Find Me

2          Laura Marling  Once I was an Eagle

3          John Grant      Pale Green Ghosts

4          Parquet Courts            Light up Gold

5          Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds     Push the Sky Away

6          Arcade Fire      Reflektor

7          Arctic Monkeys           AM

8          Foals   Holy Fire

9          Phosphorescent          Muchacho

10         These New Puritans    Field of Reeds

Other albums receiving votes;

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10 December 2013

Top Albums

1.    Jagwar Ma                             Howlin

 2.    Johnny Marr                        The Messenger

 3.    Frightened Rabbit              Pedestrian Verse

 4.    Local Natives                      Hummingbird

 5.    Camera Obscura               Desire Lines

 6.    Haim                                      Days are Gone

 7.    White Denim                       Corsicana Lemonade

 8.    Neko Case                          The Worse Things...

 9.    Night Beds                         Country Sleep

10.   San Fermin                        San Fermin

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10 December 2013

Top Albums

1. Arcade Fire                                       Reflecktor

2. Arctic Monkeys                                AM

3. The National                                     Trouble Will Find Me

4. John Grant                                        Pale Green Ghosts

5. Vampire Weekend                           Modern Vampires of the City

6. Queens of the Stone Age              Like Clockwork

7. Foals                                                   Holy Fire

8. Manic Street Preachers                 Rewind the Film

9. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds        Push The Sky Away

10. Laura Marling                                 Once I was an Eagle

 Reg 

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09 December 2013

Albums

1. The National- Trouble Will Find Me

This record maintains a level of sophistication that no other album has this year and includes a number of standout songs. A fantastic record, and one in my view, that deserves to number one.

2. Milo Greene- Milo Greene

So near, yet so far. This record was my number one for most of the year, but fell at the final hurdle. This west coast pop rock band have produced a fine record filled with great songs, catchy riffs and lyrics to match. Only downside is its length.

3. The Kissaway Trail- Breach

A fantastic record from the Danish trio. It's been a few years since their last offering and after loosing a few members they have come back with an equally strong record this time round.

4. Sigur Ros- Kveikur

There aren't too many superlatives left to describe this album, but after taking time out, and losing members, Sigur Ros have come back bigger and better than before with their best album since Takk...

5. Local Natives- Hummingbird

The second record from the Los Angeles natives, produced by The National's Aaron Dessner was a corker to say the least. Nearly four years since the release of their debut, most people could be forgiven for forgetting about this band, but boy are they back.

6. Peace- In Love

A band from Worcester, who act like they are from Brooklyn. This is a debut that provides the swagger and rock n roll that a lot of indie bands lack.

7. Paul McCartney- New

Whatever you do, don't underestimate this record. Macca may have been on the tail end of some dodgy hits over the past decade, but this proves that working with the right people really does deliver.

8. Dutch Uncles- Out Of Touch In The Wild

The second coolest thing to ever come out of Marple, Dutch Uncles bring their typical time signatures to the mainstream with their toe tapping third record.

9. Everything Everything- Arc

Everything Everything returned this year with a sophisticated indie record that put them well on the road to success. This singles filled album is one that has seen their song writing improve tenfold.

10. White Denim- Corsicana Lemonade

Amazingly, their sixth album, this is a record that saw White Denim take a leaf out of The Black Keys book of success. A change from their usual sound to a catchier indie rock that, the masses want. A band to watch on the rise in 2014.

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