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The Best Album and the Best Track categories are a freaking joke, I don't wanna vote for any of them. And as for Villain haha I wanna vote for all five :lol:

ahahaha :lol: the famous slippy shoes :D

It's out on Monday isn't it? I'm in love with Austere at the mo, they keep playing it on 6music and it even got on to primetime Radio 1 t'other day sandwiched between some tripe like Keisha and katy Perry :rolleyes:

:dance: Cooooool.

Well, they are all expected in 2011, in't that kind of the point? :P But yeah, they haven't all got definite release dates yet, if that's what you mean. I can add the release info from each listing, for those that have it.... 60 Beach House 59 Fleet Foxes (Spring/Summer) 58 Iron & Wine (January) 57 Outkast 56 Queens of the Stone Age (Summer) 55 Red Hot Chili Peppers (May/June) 54 The Strange Boys (April) 53 The Fiery Furnaces 52 Battles (Spring) 51 REM (7th March) 50 Surfer Blood (Later in the year) 49 Foo Fighters (Spring) 48 Bright Eyes (14th Feb) 47 Girls (Late 2011) 46 Black Lips (Mid 2011) 45 The Drums (Late 2011) 44 Glasvegas (March/April) 43 The Big Pink (Pre-summer) 42 Friendly Fires (April) 41 Gruff Rhys (14th Feb) 40 Noah & The Whale (March) 39 Metronomy (March) 38 James Blake (7th Feb) 37 PJ Harvey (14th Feb) 36 Kaiser Chiefs (June-ish) 35 The Kills (4th April) 34 Laura Marling (Spring) 33 Paul Epworth (Late Summer at the earliest) 32 The Go! Team (31st Jan) 31 The Ting Tings (April/May) 30 Egyptian Hip Hop 29 Radiohead 28 Beady Eye (28th Feb) 27 The Maccabees 26 Wild Beasts (Spring) 25 Elbow (7th March) 24 Brother (September) 23 The Vaccines (21st March) 22 Paul Weller (Mid 2011) 21 Bombay Bicycle Club (June) 20 Plan B (March/April) 19 The Streets (7th Feb) 18 Beastie Boys (Spring) 17 Kanye West & Jay-Z (March) 16 The Strokes (March) 15 Kasabian (in time for summer festivals, Serge hopes) 14 The View (14th March) 13 The Enemy (Late 2011) 12 Miles Kane (Early 2011) 11 Anna Calvi (17th Jan) 10 Florence and the Machine (Late 2011, but poss 2012) 9 Lykke Li (28th Feb) 8 La Roux (Before festival season) 7 Lady Gaga (23rd May) 6 Patrick Wolf (May) 5 Coldplay (expected Spring) 4 Damon Albarn 3 'Rome' - collaboration of Danger Mouse / Daniele Luppi / Jack White / Norah Jones (May) 2 The Horrors 1 Arctic Monkeys (May at the earliest) :)

I picked up NME today for the 2011 list. I can share some tidbits, dunno what everyone will be interested in tho, there's a lot of the stuff in there that I'm just not arsed about..La Roux for example, or The Vaccines *yawn* I just typed some of the Elbow feature, which was very complimentary in the Elbow thread. Kasabian get a nice little spread & some nice pics of Sergio, who says he's aiming to create something as incredible as OK Computer, not necessarily in terms of the sound tho. The Beady Eye effort is described as "essentially an Oasis album in all but name, and Noel" :lol: and the article is full of the band telling us how fuckin' great it is, man. :rolleyes: I'm sure the Coldplay piece has been picked apart and every letter quoted up top where all the maniacs live, so not much point me summarising that too much. It's nice to see them at #5 tho and it makes interesting reading for the songwriting and the Eno/Dravs contribution. I haven't read them all tbh, but I'll make out a list: 60 Beach House 59 Fleet Foxes 58 Iron & Wine 57 Outkast 56 Queens of the Stone Age 55 Red Hot Chili Peppers 54 The Strange Boys 53 The Fiery Furnaces 52 Battles 51 REM 50 Surfer Blood 49 Foo Fighters 48 Bright Eyes 47 Girls 46 Black Lips 45 The Drums 44 Glasvegas 43 The Big Pink 42 Friendly Fires 41 Gruff Rhys 40 Noah & The Whale 39 Metronomy 38 James Blake 37 PJ Harvey 36 Kaiser Chiefs 35 The Kills 34 Laura Marling 33 Paul Epworth 32 The Go! Team 31 The Ting Tings 30 Egyptian Hip Hop 29 Radiohead 28 Beady Eye 27 The Maccabees 26 Wild Beasts 25 Elbow 24 Brother 23 The Vaccines 22 Paul Weller 21 Bombay Bicycle Club 20 Plan B 19 The Streets 18 Beastie Boys 17 Kanye West & Jay-Z 16 The Strokes 15 Kasabian 14 The View 13 The Enemy 12 Miles Kane 11 Anna Calvi 10 Florence and the Machine 9 Lykke Li 8 La Roux 7 Lady Gaga 6 Patrick Wolf 5 Coldplay 4 Damon Albarn 3 'Rome' - collaboration of Danger Mouse / Daniele Luppi / Jack White / Norah Jones 2 The Horrors 1 Arctic Monkeys

They're 25th in the NME's list of Albums of 2011 (out of 60) Quoting...

I've had Radio 1 on intermittingly for an hour or so (I can't cope listening to too much Zane Lowe) but haven't heard it yet :bigcry: edit: It's here. I can turn Zane Lowe off. Yippeeeee.

This was on my tumblr dash waiting for me this evening. Amazing or wot? :wacky:

Those photos you linked to on the previous page are gorgeous Anna Thanks :D Haven't they all got such amazingly blue eyes :wacky: I hadn't noticed before (was too busy looking at biceps and bare chests and smiles and tight jeans and stuff :sneaky: )

Oh, does anyone know who's singing with Simon on this version of Mountains? It sounds like a woman's voice :\ It's an amazing version anyway, just with the piano, it's gorgeous. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7RfB0Y673o]YouTube - Mountains (Acoustic- iTunes Version) - Biffy Clyro[/ame]

"What did you think of his (Cardle's) version?" "Y'know, it's not as good as ours" :lol: haha good answer Jimbo :thumbsup: My kids gave me the Deluxe Only Revs for Christmas (not that I bought it myself and gave it to them to wrap for me or anything :shame:) and I was watching 'Voice and Electrical Noises' the other night, it's so funny, they're all so sweet together. The bit wth the theremin was hilarious :lol:

I've just been to see the Tron movie, it looked ace in 3d :D i've come home and straight away fired up spotify so's i can listen to the soundtrack, it's incredible :awesome:

Crests, wotchoo change yo name for, girl? That's rubbish :snobby: :P Anyway to answer the question I do all three; mostly pay for downloads on amazon's mp3 store, tho usually only when the price drops down below a fiver, I hate paying full price for 'em. For a new album from one of my fave bands I generally order the cd online somewhere for release day. I'll occasionally d'load an album the naughty way, specially if it's a band I've just discovered and I can't get it on amazon/itunes. And a lot of the time I'll borrow a cd from the library and rip it to my pc when I got home, costs 80p. Total win! :cheesy: I hardly ever buy cds in an actual real-life record store you know, dunno why...guess I can't be arsed going into the big town and they're bloody expensive that way anyway. :shrug:

I just made a last minute edit to my list :rolleyes: Looking forward to seeing the results, tho I predict an Arcade Fire victory... :shrug:

Woah Lippy Kids is good, it's gooooood. Me likey :thumbsup:

I love Elbow. :D Roll on March...

I Like It! :thumbsup:

"build a rocket boys" :lol: Nice title, I like it :thumbsup:

Tom interviews Paul McCartney about The Wings album 'Band on The Run' Soooo many cute Tommy faces in this, I'm dying :wacky: He looks awestuck, bless 'im.

Many of Horror at #8 on the offical uk charts. Was a good effort, but not quite good enough, shame :shame: http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/1/2010-12-25 Still, Merry Biffmas anyway :cheesy:

You're welcome and I already feel a little better thank you. :cheesy: I think I will check out The Black Angels y'know and I definatley will check out the Clientele :thumbsup: I bought a TV on The Radio album once, Dear Science was it? I wasn't really that impressed but maybes I should listen again. Thanks again for the tape :)

Aw, I just randomly gave the Midlake album a listen t'other day on spotify. Was good :D

This was mine. I'm surprised you thought it was long, I delibrately kept it short at 54 mins. It's probably the shortest mixtape I've done. :\ Anyway, I'm glad you liked it overall anyway considering the tape was tailored for someone else. :) I had a list of songs picked out that I wanted to use, then when Ivet sent me the other person's name, I selected a few tracks from some beardy American and American mid-west sounding bands to put in there, based on his music tastes. Overall, I felt the mix was quite American (I usually make really Brit-rock feeling tapes) and it felt quite autumnal/wintry. Side A: Track 1: Good choice for an intro. I liked how intense it sounded and how the beginning was just instrumental and than the vocals came in. Yeah, I felt this was a good intro altho it's not my fave song by them. I discovered these guys at a festival this summer and intense is a good word to describe them. Kiss The Sun - Detroit Social Club ~ Track 2: I liked how this one sounded but it was kind of too slow. It wasn't boring, just slow. I'd never thought of this being slow at all...this is one of the American bands I put on at the last minute. I love the guitars in this and the harmonies on the vocal. Older - Band of Horses ~ Track 3: I like the acoustic sound to this one. It's slow at first but I liked how it picked up speed during the chorus. It's an interesting song and I liked the lyrics. These are a Scottish band of four guitarists, so their music is very layered and they all seem to sing too so have very lovely Fleet Foxes-ey style harmonies. They do have interesting and clever lyrics. Take Another Ride - Kassidy ~ Track 4: Not sure what to think of this one. It was good but not a song that stuck out. Aw, shame you weren't that fussed. I am in love with this track at the moment. It's a cover of a 60s song by The Byrds by one of my absolute favourite bands. The backing vocals are totally gorgeous. :wacky: I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better (The Byrds cover) - The Coral ~ Track 5: I enjoyed this one, the voice sounds familiar but I really liked the words to this one. Ah the lovely Simon Neil, he's got a gorgeous vocal. This is starts as quite a calm and relaxing one and gets a bit heavier towards the end. Maybe you are familar with some of their recent singles but a lot of their stuff is quite rocky/screamey/expermental As The Dust Dances - Biffy Clyro ~ Track 6: I really enjoyed this one as well, I liked his voice and the instruments sounded nice. Hmmm another Scots band, actually this mix is more Scottish than I realised :lol: I love this song for the guitar at the beginning. The whole album is well worth a listen tho, they make very interesting and beautiful songs. Let It Go - Unkle Bob ~ Track 7: This one was a bit crazy and kind of obnoxious but it wasn't bad. Ahahaha yes! Obnoxious is the word :D Actually the track of theirs that I really wanted to put on here is even more obnoxious, but I didn't want to go over the top. They're been described as Vampire music by the very lovely man in my avatar. A Leicester band, kind of punky and grungey & a tiny bit mental. :wacky: Diem - The Screening ~ Side B: Track 1: I liked how this one started, the whole thing sounded great. I liked the lyrics and the voice of this singer. This is a band I'm just getting into, I wanted a slightly older track on the mix and this made a nice intro to Side B. Love Burns - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club ~ Track 2: This one was interesting, I liked how it was sung. Kassidy again, but a short little fun thing, that made a nice contrast with the more heavier tracks ahead of it. Beauifully peaceful little track. Panic Day - Kassidy ~ Track 3: I liked the voice and I liked how it seemed to be a slow song from the beginning but was really a fast one. Back to the USA now for more beardy folk rock and yet more harmonies, guitars and strings. I love the way this track seems to swell and get more layered as it goes on. This is such an amazing album, I'd reccommend a listen. Who Knows Who Cares - Local Natives ~ Track 4: Sounded different than the rest but I really liked it. Bit of a change of style. This is another new band for me, that I've not long discovered (via another mixtape exchange :thumbsup:). They make such pretty music, very atmospheric. They are Danish, but have a Simon and Garfunkel feel to them. If you liked this, I'd reccommend listening to The Balcony, it's a really beautiful song. Passion - The Rumour Said Fire ~ Track 5: I liked that you put a slow song in after such fast paced ones, it kind of balanced it out a little. Another one of the last minute additions. I find this band a little hit and miss, but this is one of their better ones. This is a really laidback track and the lyrics are full of imagary. To Ohio - The Low Anthem ~ Track 6: I liked how this reminded me of older kind of music. Though it may be one. No, they are a modern band tho they sound (and dress) like they are from the 50s. Again, I think they sound American, but they're actually from Sheffield. Their debut album'll be out early next year and I can't wait. Backstreet Lovers - The Crookes ~ Track 7: I liked the beginning of it but for the most part I didn't really like this one. The instruments were great though. I can see why this is an acquired taste, it's a bit unusual. I wanted an epic closer to finish and originally I had another track by The Coral to end the tape, but then I had a last minute change of mind, cos this one fitted my wintry frame of mind at the time. I do love this song tho, the guitars are epic towards the end, tho a few reviews of this album I read, said this track was too restrained, it should have been more epic apparently haha Winters Call - Kula Shaker --- Anyway, sorry for wittering on....here's the complete tracklist: Title ~ Artist (Year of Release) Album/EP Side A: 1 - Kiss The Sun - Detroit Social Club (2010) Existence 2 - Older - Band of Horses (2010) Infinite Arms 3 - Take Another Ride - Kassidy (2010) The Rubbergum EP Vol 2 4 - I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better (The Byrds cover) - The Coral (2010) b-side on Walking in the Winter single 5 - As The Dust Dances - Biffy Clyro (2007) Puzzle 6 - Let It Go - Unkle Bob (2010) Shockwaves 7 - Diem - The Screening (2007) The Screening EP Side B: 1 - Love Burns - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (2001) B.R.M.C. 2 - Panic Day - Kassidy (2010) The Rubbergum EP Vol 2 3 - Who Knows Who Cares - Local Natives (2009) Gorilla Manor 4 - Passion - The Rumour Said Fire (2010) The Arrogant 5 - To Ohio - The Low Anthem (2009) Oh My God, Charlie Darwin 6 - Backstreet Lovers - The Crookes (2010) Dreams of Another Day EP 7 - Winters Call - Kula Shaker (2010) Pilgrim's Progress DOWNLOAD it now, people. You know you want to :P

oh and Simon is NUMBER TEN on the hot list btw. This makes me :D Oh and if you feel inclined to fill in the other nme vote thingie, can I suggest putting Matt Cardle as Villian of The Year :lol: I put Simon Cowell as least stylish ;)