Mondays are for having a new hope.
The Whisperians – ‘Life Is Coming True
Proud Proud People – The Sky Suspended EP
The Matador Presents: Street Series #1. Biggs – ‘Lost in Space ‘
Annie Handley – ‘Bring Me Back Alive’
Silent Devices – ‘Una’
Suburban Sci-Fi – ‘Modern Day Love Song’ (via Bandcamp)
Mondays are for pressing all your buttons.
Elephant & Castle (feat. tUnE-yArDs) – En Memoria (via soundcloud)
Plants and Animals – Lightshow (via soundcloud)
Alvin Purple – Huh her / Please Please (via bandcamp)
Ventury – Volcano (via soundcloud)
Well, 2011. You were quite the year! So much so that I’ve only been able to recover enough to think about you a full week into 2012. Crazy, huh? New jobs, lots of change, oodles of shenanigans, and yes, lots of good music. So much so, that I undoubtedly missed vast quantities of things that I really should have got to. Ho hum.
So what things did Skye like? Blimey. I just looked at the Excel spreadsheet of this year’s releases (see how cool Skye is!), and there’s a lot of stuff on there. However it’s fair to say that I do actually have a favourite record of 2011, despite my general resistance to ranking things. I know, crazy times, huh, maybe the Mayans are right after all.
1. Metronomy – The English Riviera
2. Pete & The Pirates – One Thousand Pictures
3. The Cloud Room – Zither
4. Kate Bush – 50 Words For Snow
5 Thirteen Senses – Crystal Sounds
6. Human League – Credo
7. Active Child – You Are All I See
8. The Strokes – Angels
9. Thomas Dolby – A Map Of The Floating City
10. Kaiser Chiefs – The Future Is Medieval
Mondays are for getting brightened up.
La Sera – Please Be My Third Eye
Lightning Love – Deadbeat (via bandcamp)
Haroula Rose – Close My Eyes to See (Luke Top remix)
Class Actress – Weekend (via soundcloud) + mixtape
Ryan Hemsworth – Three Hours In (via soundcloud)
Mondays are for the holidays…
Tahiti Boy and guests – ‘Forget it’s Christmas’
Mondays are for a good game of Scrabble (and forgetting to do that thing you meant to do).
Klifton Filente – To Win (via bandcamp)
Another’s Blood – Lost Communication
This is all kinds of awesome. Borderline offensive? Hmm. Judge for yourself, but it’s witty and its cheesy and it’s all the kinds of things I love about ZvG. Okay, it could have done with a giant KimZilla or something but regardless, this tale of martial arts, derring-do and rank cowardice in Old Glasgow is a lot of fun. It helps that it’s married to one of the real standout tracks from Propellor versus Wings, too.
Mondays are for getting washed out.
Maribel – Jezebel Jive (via soundcloud)
The Full Colour Hardback Books – The Future of Britain (via bandcamp)
Return to Mono – Black Swan (Le Crayon remix)
New Hands – This I’ve Heard (via bandcamp)
