Best thing you heard all year?

[Wooderson]

In no particular order:

Gigs:

John Grant

The Decemberists

Wilco

Gillian Welch

QOTSA Glasters

Albums:

The Black Keys

The Horrors

Beasties

SBTRKT

Wilco

[jump]

Gigs in no order probably:

Rob Zombie

Arcade Fire

Beatsteaks

Frank Turner

Capdown

Albums, been a slow year imo and I can only think of two I thought were great as the rest have been disappointments...

Frank Turner, England Keep My Bones

Japanese Voyeurs, Yolk

[Bisque]

Best gig: Friendly Fires at Cambridge/Brixton

Best headliner: Coldplay at Glasto

Best festival gig: Modestep at Bestival

Best DJ: Brookes Brothers at fabric & Global Gathering

Surprise gig: The Midnight Beast at Reading (had to go again at Bestival)

Best album: Two door Cinema Club/Magnetic Man

[thetime]

Gigs

Bjork

Fleet foxes

2 door cinema

Portishead

Pj Harvey

Albums

Pj harvey

Bjork

Sigur ros

Warpaint

Hurts

[Jackmypie]

Gigs:

Pulp

Pete Doherty

Pendulum

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes

Wu Tang Clan

Albums:

Yuck

La Dispute

ASAP Rocky

Iceage

Then a tie between Strokes/foo fighters/

and loads more

[kaosmark2]

Gigs:

Flaming Lips at Jodrell Bank

Flaming Lips performing Soft Bullettin

Sufjan Stevens

Roger Waters performing The Wall

Mogwai

Festival Performances:

The Cure

Portishead

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Pulp

Grinderman

I tend to be about 18 months behind on albums, I actually purchase CDs, so tend to wait until the price drops in most cases, so I've not got a vast number from 2011 yet.

[thegremlin_1999]

I have been to very few gigs this year surprisingly so only 2 standouts for me

Rob Zombie

Monster Magnet performing Dopes To Infinity

both ace.

Albums:

Mastodon - The Hunter

Opeth - Heritage

Machine Head - Unto The Locust

not been a stellar year tbh for me but those three are astonishingly good.

[Rufus Gwertigan]

I was at am unsigned bands thingy and heard a came called Evergreen. I was totally blown away by them. Think they are Devon based. It was far better than any gig I ice been :-)

[Kowalski]

Albums: The Horrors, British Sea Power, VHS or Beta, Cashier No.9, Hercules & Love Affair.

Gigs: Spiritualized @ Royal Albert Hall

Festival appearances: Primal Scream, Crystal Castles, Hercules & Love Affair, The Cure, Public Enemy - all @ Bestival

[kaosmark2]

Albums:

Opeth - Heritage

[Uncle Liam]

Best non festival gigs: British Sea Power in Leadmill. Interpol in Glasgow. Morrissey at the Villa Marina in Douglas.

Best festival gigs: Interpol at Electric Picnic. Hurts at Sziget. White Lies at Leeds.

Funniest moments: Singing into the Mic with BSP in Budapest and Sheffield. Being passed a bottle of wine by Noble BSP in Sheffield. Doing a stage invasion during the Ordinary Boys on Friday night just gone and having a little duet with Preston. Having two of my students bother me during Interpol at Leeds and some guy turning to me and going "You're their teacher?!?!?" Having a bunch of lads crowd dressed as Minnie Mouse crowdsurf me during White Lies at Leeds. Having my flight back to the Isle of Man cancelled after Interpol in Bristol, then legging it to Cambridge hungover to fuck with no ticket and nowhere to stay, then explaining to the Head that I couldnt get back to the Island, and explaining to him that I wasnt going to sit in a hotel room at Gatwick "with my thumb up my arse feeling sorry for myself." Guestlist was got, as was a cheap hotel and a good time was had by all. The year will be known for me for the respect I got from the Interpol crew for turning up in various places, usually pissed up. Got presented with a signed set list at the end as a little gift. Which I then promptly lost.

Albums:

Chemical Brothers- Further

Austra- Feel it Break

Air Cav- Dont Look Indoors

Does it Offend You, Yeah?- Dont Say We Didnt Warn You

White Lies- Ritual

British Sea Power- Valhalla Dancehall

The Joy Formidable- The Big Roar

Ladytron- Gravity the Seducer

Lykki Li- Wounded Rhymes

Wu Lyf- Go Tell Fire to the Mountain

[JC-Mo'Fucka]

Albums, in order-ish:

Beastie Boys - Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2

Foo Fighters - Wasting Light

Joker - The Vision - can't get it out my ears at the moment!!

Ghost Poet - Peanut Butter Blues and Melancholy Jam

Fucked up - David Comes To Life

Toddla T - Watch Me Dance

Alex Clare - The Lateness Of The Hour

Noah and the whale - Last night on earth

RHCP - I'm with you

Edited December 5, 2011 by JC-Mo'Fucka

[JC-Mo'Fucka]

special flop albums of year for me:

Jay Z & Kanye - Watch The Throne, no thanks

the strokes

Ed Sheeran

Drake - why are people raving about this? Im falling asleep over here

[thegremlin_1999]

Really? I found it pretty disappointing. Not particularly bad, just... not impressive.

[Wooderson]

Best non festival gigs: British Sea Power in Leadmill. Interpol in Glasgow. Morrissey at the Villa Marina in Douglas.

Best festival gigs: Interpol at Electric Picnic. Hurts at Sziget. White Lies at Leeds.

Funniest moments: Singing into the Mic with BSP in Budapest and Sheffield. Being passed a bottle of wine by Noble BSP in Sheffield. Doing a stage invasion during the Ordinary Boys on Friday night just gone and having a little duet with Preston. Having two of my students bother me during Interpol at Leeds and some guy turning to me and going "You're their teacher?!?!?" Having a bunch of lads crowd dressed as Minnie Mouse crowdsurf me during White Lies at Leeds. Having my flight back to the Isle of Man cancelled after Interpol in Bristol, then legging it to Cambridge hungover to fuck with no ticket and nowhere to stay, then explaining to the Head that I couldnt get back to the Island, and explaining to him that I wasnt going to sit in a hotel room at Gatwick "with my thumb up my arse feeling sorry for myself." Guestlist was got, as was a cheap hotel and a good time was had by all. The year will be known for me for the respect I got from the Interpol crew for turning up in various places, usually pissed up. Got presented with a signed set list at the end as a little gift. Which I then promptly lost.

[russycarps]

Lykke Li staring directly into my eyes throughout the entire performance of Love out of Lust at the roundhouse.

I've still got the hardon now

[Wooderson]

Russy up the front at a Lykke Li gig. Whodathunkit.

[russycarps]

I love her more than I can put into words.

This rivals even my great avril lavigne crush of 2005 (I was down the front at hammersmith back then too, furiously playing pocket billiards throughout).

[windy_miller]

Haven't actually been to any gigs this year (apart from Glasto) that is pretty shocking.

Anyway, top 5 albums of the year

1. M83 - Hurry Up We're Dreaming

2. Washed Out - Within and Without

3. Wild Beasts - Smother

4. Gang Gang Dance - Eye Contact

5. The Vaccines - What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?

[Wooderson]

Interesting one Russy. Good to hear you kept that piece pouched Padré. Don't think ive ever had that kind of experience at a gig to be honest though chief. Risk of a trouser-rouser is close to zero at the shows I attend. Lead singer of Sleigh Bells only possible exception this year. She looks something John Byrne drew in 1980 come to life.

[russycarps]

Yes she is indeed wonderful.

My greatest band crush of all time though is of course hope sandoval from mazzy star. By the gods she was the greatest female ever to walk the face of this earth (apart from princess aura in the 1980 flash gordon film)

Hope:

Princess Aura

[Wooderson]

Susanna Hoffs gets my vote on this score Russinho.

Hope S is indeed lovely aswell. Saw her play last year.

[russycarps]

Susanna Hoffs gets my vote on this score Russinho.

Hope S is indeed lovely aswell. Saw her play last year.

[kaosmark2]

Give it a couple of goes dude. And try not to think of it as going to be like last 2 opeth lps.

Sure, it don't sound like watershed, and it's not as obviously metal, but it's all the more excellent for it.

I get it ain't for everyone mind but 3-4 of my metal head mates adore it too! Album of the year for all of us!

[The Nal]

How is hope looking these days? I darent go see her these days as I dont want to sully my treasured memories from the 90s.