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So, here are my favourites albums of 2009. Best songs list coming soon. Good year for scandinavian artists...On the Spanish front, well, i haven't been paying them that much attention so far, but kind of weak offerings...

1. Florence and The Machine - Lungs
2. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!
3. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
4. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
5. The xx - xx
6. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
7. Röyksopp - Junior
8. Calvin Harris - Ready For The Weekend
9. The Maccabees - Wall Of Arms
10. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest

11. Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
12. Delorean - AYRTON SENNA E.P.
13. Saint Etienne - Foxbase Beta
14. Kings of Convenience - Declaration Of Dependence
15. Little Boots - Hands
16. Fever Ray - Fever Ray
17. Junior Boys - Begone Dull Care
18. Dinosaur Jr. - Farm
19. Passion Pit - Manners
20. Fanfarlo – Reservoir

21. Various Artists - Dark Was The Night
22. Various Artists - Valerie & Friends
23. Zoot Woman - Things Are What They Used To Be
24. Air - Love 2
25. Atlas Sound - Logos
26. Super Furry Animals - Dark Days/Light Years
27. Bat for Lashes - Two Suns
28. The Antlers - Hospice
29. Mew - No More Stories Are Told Today, I'm Sorry, They Washed Away
30. The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love

31. The Drums – The Drums EP
32. Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas - II
33. Telepathe - Dance Mother
34. Anorak - Neighbourhood Postcards
35. Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport
36. Zero 7 - Yeah Ghost
37. The Legends - Over and over
38. Kasabian - West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
39. The Whitest Boy Alive - Rules

40. The Mary Onettes - Islands
41. Savath & Savalas - La Llama
42. White Lies - To Lose My Life
43. Memory Tapes - Seek Magic
44. Engineers - Three Fact Fader
45. Various Artists – Adventureland

Any comments or suggestions?

Take six bands/artists that should play at your show and determine their set lists:

- The first one plays 5 songs.
- The second one plays 7 songs.
- The third one plays 7 songs.
- The fourth one plays 10 songs.
- The fifth one plays 13 songs, with an encore.
- The sixth one plays 16 songs, with a 2 song encore.

The Legends
- Lucky Star
- Darling
- Change
- Make it All right
- Touch

IAMX
- Kiss And Swallow
- Nightlife
- Spit It Out
- The Negative Sex
- After Every Party I Die
- Missile
- The Great Shipwreck Of Life

The Crash
- Gigolo
- Empty
- Phoebe
- Stay
- Times
- Thorn in My Side
- Lauren Caught My Eye

Muse
- Knights of Cydonia
- The Small Print
- Plug in baby
- Micro Cuts
- Unintended
- Endlessly
- Bliss
- Assassin
- Showbiz
- Citizen Erased

Placebo
- Bulletproof Cupid
- Scared Of Girls
- You Don't Care About Us
- Miss Moneypenny
- Nancy Boy
- 36 Degrees
- Summer's gone
- Ask For answers
- I know
- Every You Every Me
- Special K
- Slackerbitch
- The Bitter End

Encore
- Twenty Years

Mew
- Circuitry Of The Wolf
- Zookeper's boy
- She Spider
- Behind The Drapes
- Tricks of the Trade
- Sometimes life isn't easy
- Louise Louisa
- Hawaii
- Mica
- Snow Brigade
- Special
- Am i wry? no
- The Seething rain weeps for you (Uda Pruda)
- Apocalypso
- Silas The Magic car
- That Time on the ledge

Encore
- She came home for christmas
- Comforting sounds




Ufa me quedo afuera The Raveonettes
bue, bardeo 5 canciones para ellos

-Do You Believe Her
-Heartbreak Stroll
-Last Dance
-Twilight
-Blush

In an effort to organize myself for the arduous task of compiling a “Best of 2009” list or two (Albums? Tracks?) I have, here, a list of all the albums released in 2009 that I have listened to.

Without further ado, in reverse alphabetical order:

Yuksek - Away from the Sea
Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs
Various Artists - Dark Was the Night
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It’s Blitz!
YACHT - See Mystery Lights
xx - The XX
Woods - Songs of Shame
Wooden Shjips - Dos
Wild Light- Adult Nights
Wild Beasts - Two Dancers
Wilco - Wilco (The Album)
WhoMadeWho - The Plot
Whitest Boy Alive - The Rules
White Rabbits - It’s Frightening
White Lies - To Lose My Life
The Warlocks - Mirror Explodes
The Veils- Sun Gangs
Thomas Function - In the Valley of Sickness
Therapy? - Crooked Timber
The Temper Trap - Conditions
Sweet Billy Pilgrim - Twice Born Men
Swan Lake - Enemy Mine
Superdrag - Industry Giants
Super Furry Animals - Dark Days/Light Years
Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer
St. Vincent - The Actor
Sondre Lerche - Heartbeat Radio
Soap & Skin - Lovetune for Vacuum
The Snake the Cross the Crown - On A Carousel of Sound, We Go Round
Sky Larkin - The Golden Spike
Röyksopp - Junior
The Rifles - The Great Escape
Richard Hawley - True Love’s Gutter
The Raveonettes - In and out of Control
A Place to Bury Strangers - Exploding Head
PJ Harvey & John Parrish - A Woman A Man Walked By
Pink Mountaintops - Outside Love
Phoenix- Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Peter Bjorn and John - Living Thing
Pet Shop Boys - Yes
Patrick Wolf - The Bachelor
Patrick Watson - Wooden Arms
ThePains of Being Pure at Heart - S/T
Nouvelle Vague - 3
Neon Indian - Psychic Charms
Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
My Latest Novel - Deaths and Entrances
Muse- The Resistance
múm - Sing Along to Songs You Don’t Know
MSTRKRFT - Fist of God
Mr. Lif - I Heard it Today
Morrissey - Years of Refusal
Monsters of Folk- S/T
Modest Mouse - No One’s First, And You’re Next
Moderat - S/T
Miike Snow - S/T
Metric - Fantasies
Maxïmo Park/artist] - Quicken the Heart
Manic Street Preachers - Journal for Plague Lovers
Mando Diao - Give Me Fire
The Maccabees - Wall of Arms
M. Ward - Hold Time
Lucky Fonz III - A Family Like Yours
The Legends - Over and Over
La Roux - S/T
Kurt Vile - Childish Prodigy
Kasabian - West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
Julian Plenti - Julian Plenti….Is Skyscraper
JJ - jj N° 2
Jónsi & Alex - Riceboy Sleeps
Joker’s Daughter - The Last Laugh
Jarvis Cocker- Further Complications
Japandroids - Post-Nothing
Jack Peñate - Everything Is New
J Dilla - Jay Stay Paid
It Hugs Back - Inside Your Guitar
Islands- Vapours
Idlewild - Post Electric Blues
Heartless Bastards - The Mountain
Grizzly Bear- Veckatimest
Great Lake Swimmers - Lost Channels
Graham Coxon - The Spinning Top
God Help The Girl- S/T
Girls - Album
Generationals - Con Law
Ganglians - S/T
Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport
Fruit Bats - The Ruminant Band
Florence + The Machine - Lungs
The Flaming Lips - Embryonic
The Field - Yesterday and Today
Fever Ray - Fever Ray
The Felice Brothers - Yonder is the Clock
Engineers - Three Fact Fader
Elephant Stone - The Seven Seas
Eels- Hombre Lobo
The Drums - Summertime!
Doves- Kingdom of Rust
Doom - Born Like This
The Dodos - Time to Die
Dinosaur Jr. - Farm
Depeche Mode - Sounds of the Universe
Dead Weather- Horehound
Dead Man’s Bones - S/T
Darker My Love - 2
Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse - Dark Night of the Soul
Dan Auerbach - Keep it Hid
Cymbals Eat Guitars - Why There Are Mountains
CondoFucks- Fuckbook
The Clues - Clues
The Cave Singers- Welcome Joy
Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
Burning Hearts - Aboa Sleeping
Burial and Four Tet - Wolf Cub & Moth
Brendan Benson - My Old, Familiar Friend
The Boxer Rebellion - Union
Bombay Bicycle Club - I Had the Blues But I Shook Them Loose
Black Moth Super Rainbow - Eating Us
Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish I Were an Eagle
The Big Pink - A Brief History of Love
Bibio - Ambivalence Avenue
Beck - The Velvet Underground & Nico (Record Club Recording)
Bat for Lashes - Two Suns
Arctic Monkeys - Humbug
Antony and the Johnsons- The Crying Light
Antlers - Hospice
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
Alec Ounsworth - Mo Beaty
Akron/Family- Set ‘Em Wild, Set ‘Em Free
A.A. Bondy - When the Devil’s Loose


In the same fashion I went about doing this last year I will do a Top Ten Albums countdown beginning 10 days before the end of the year. I am also thinking that I will do a Top Ten Tracks of 2009 that will begin 20 days before that. I better get to work on this quick like.

Did I miss anything particularly noteworthy? Please let me know if I did so I do not forget to check something or another that might be awesome but forgotten out!

1. Cuál es tu canción favorita de 15? Club 8
This is the morning

2. Cómo escuchaste por primera vez al 20? Rage Against the Machine
Killing in the name, en guitar hero. Al menos que la escuche como dios manda, creo haberlos escuchado antes por ahi

3. Cuál es tu miembro favorito del 1? Mew
Jonas Bjerre, obvio

4. Cuál es tu letra favorita del 29? The Knife
Ni idea, no tengo.

5. Has visto en vivo al 22? Emmanuel Horvilleur
si

6. Cuál es tu álbum favorito del 10? Kent
Nose..

7. Has comprado algo del 3? Muse
si, black holes and revelations

8. Cuál es una buena memoria que tengas del 7? The Legends
ninguna

9. Hay un miembro con la misma edad que tu en el 2? Placebo
No.

10. Cuándo fue la primera vez que escuchaste al 8? IAMX
uff nose.. 2006?

11. Quién escucha al 4 como tu? The Crash
Nadie. Que yo conozca al menos. Lamentablemente. Ellos se lo pierden.

12. Cuál fue la primera canción que escuchaste del 16? epo-555
le beat's on fire

13. Cuál canción te enamoró con el 5? The Radio Dept.
where damage isn't already done

14. Qué canción no te gusta del 18? Air
muchas

15. Porqué te gustan las canciones del 14? The Raveonettes
Porque son re cool, badass, pop, y todo.

16. Dónde fue la primera vez que escuchaste al 6? Acid House Kings
en mi casa... donde va a ser

17. Cuánto tiempo atrás era artista el 19 antes de que te gustara? Grandaddy
nose pero los conoci despues de que se separaron

18. El artista número 13 tiene una canción que te recuerdo algo malo? Sneaker Pimps
superbug me recuerda al dentista.. eso cuenta?

19. Cuándo fue la primera vez que escuchaste al 17? Death From Above 1979
ni idea, para eso esta last.fm

20. Cuánto tiempo llevas escuchando al 9? Radiohead
yy... 3 años seguramente, aunque ya no los escucho

21. Si el 11 tuviera un concierto a 300 km de aquí. Irías a verlo? Modwheelmood
me gustaria, pero seguramente no.

22. Cuántos CD's tienes del 12? Nine Inch Nails
2

23. El 21 tiene una canción que te haga llorar? Pet Shop Boys
No.

24. El 27 tiene una canción que te ponga feliz? Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
no

25. El 24 tiene un canción que te haga sonreír? The Depreciation Guild
no

26. Cuál fue la última canción que escuchaste del 28? Viola
life's too short

27. Hay una canción del 32 que hayas escuchado más de 30 veces? Darkel
Seguro que "at the end of the sky" tiene mucho mas de 30

28. Cuál es la canción del 50 que sólo has escuchado 1 vez? Honey is Cool
muchas, no escucho mucho esa banda solo un par de temas. Aunque escuche una vez todos sus temas.. asi que.. debe haber varios con 1

29. Hay una canción del 34 por la que estés traumado? Robots in Disguise
hace años que deje de escuchar RID

30. Con cuál canción conociste al 40? Thom Yorke
harrowdown hill

31. Cuál es tu sencillo favorito del 25? Moi Caprice
thieves like us

32. Sí el 49 te odiara, qué harías tú? Myslovitz & The Go Betweens (comparten el puesto..)
no me importaria

33. Qué harías si el 42 o uno de los miembro del 42 te dijera que te fueras? Au4
"anda a cagar puto" y me voy

34. Te importaría que el 41 tenga novio/novia? M83
??.. no

35. Quién tiene la mejor voz del 46? I Monster
el cantante..?

36. Crees que el 26 esté atractiv@? Rubik
me parece que este coso fue ideado para gente que escucha madonna, britney y christina aguilera...

37. Cuántas veces has escuchado tu canción más escuchada del 36? Silversun Pickups
lazy eye,20 veces. (seguro qeu escuche mas alguna otra pero en el celular, y no se cuenta)

38. Cuántos discos del 30 tienes? Eskobar
Ninguno.

39. Hay una canción del 38 que te hace enojar? Daft Punk
no

40. Cuál miembro del 31 te gustaría ver como solista? Does It Offend You, Yeah?
ninguno

41. Cuál es tu canción favorita del 48? Myslovitz
my

42. Odiabas al 43 al principio? Thirteen Senses
No.

43. Tu mejor amigo escucha al 33 también? Stabbing Westward
No

44. Tu crees que a tus padres les guste el 37? Röyksopp
a mi mama capaz.

45. El 47 tiene alguna canción que te haga bailar? Lightning Bolt
no, no bailo

46. Has visto al 23 en persona? Elliott Smith
No...ni lo hare.

47. Te gusta el nombre del 44? Delays
...se que se yo

48. En el 45 hay alguien con quien te quisieras ir lejos? Franz Ferdinand
no

49. Conoces a alguien que odie al 39? Maroon 5
nose si odie, pero en la epoca que yo los emepze a escuchar todos me bardeaban por hacerlo.. que se yo.

50. Has bailado alguna canción del 35? Belle and Sebastian
te dije que no bailo imbecil.



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The Legends

Over and over

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HORSE SHOES' obsession with strong melodies and perfect pop comes across loud and clear on the debut release "The Imperial School". Drowsy, unrefined boyish vocals and lo-fi production set the stage for the saddest and simplest three minute pop songs the world has ever known. If you're a fan of classic Sarah Records (The Field Mice, The Hit Parade) or current Swedish pop (The Embassy, Air France, The Legends) Horse Shoes "The Imperial School" is something you won't want to miss! Having already played concerts in Stockholm and New York City, Jacob and Drew have big dreams and short attention spans. Read more.

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Katsen
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Behind the scenes at KVRX we get a lot of music sent to us by labels and distributors, and we have to review all of it before it goes on the air. Fun job - most of the time. My reviews are usually short and to the point. Keep in mind, these are written for other DJs, so don't expect any particularly deep or insightful commentary.


Sally Shapiro | My Guilty Pleasure
Paper Bag Records 2009

Sally Shapiro's debut in late 2007, Disco Romance, ushered in a brief renaissance of 80s "italo", and suddenly disco become cool again. Masterminded by Swedish producer Johan Agebjorn, "Sally Shapiro" was a nostalgic breath of fresh air. Agebjorn's beats and Shapiro's vocals were a blissful combo. Despite becoming the face of an entire scene, the real identity of this mysterious soft-spoken girl from Sweden remained a mystery. Two years (and 10 releases) later, the voice of the Sally Shapiro has managed to maintain her reclusive identity, never performing live and rarely giving interviews. Although the Summer of 2007 failed to spawn Disco Fever 2.0, Sally Shapiro and Agebjorn have stuck around, and My Guilty Pleasure is their second full length album. Polished and accomplished are the defining adjectives of their sophomore effort. Agebjorn's beats have evolved from repetitive simplicity, to a fully drawn out, layered landscape of synth rhythms that are much more condusive to the dance floor this time around.

August 2009


Marmoset | Tea Tornado
Joyful Noise 2009

Discovering Marmoset two years ago was an epiphany. It's only so often you randomly stumble across your new favorite band. Marmoset don't play the latest brand of adorable hand-clap indie rock or claim to be avant garde or even novel. Simple, gritty, 90s psychedelic and punk-inspired, it's difficult to accurately describe their sound because they play music with such a raw, base style that few bands can pull off without being completely bland or unispired. On their website, they used to describe their music as "psychedelic for those who have swallowed more cough syrup than LSD". Most of their songs could be described as "brooding" and "mellow" but nearly every single one is a toe-tapper. Clocking in at just over a half-hour, the 14 track album, which comes a decade after their debut, is short no-nonsense and incredibly infectious.

August 2009

Recommended: 5, 1, 4, 7, 8, 3, 9, 11


Fruit Bats | The Ruminant Band
Sub Pop 2009

Fruit Bats' 2005 album, Spelled In Bones, was one of the albums that soundtracked my very awkward high school years. Not one to revist high school, I assumed they had broken up or just stopped making music until I heard they had a brand new album. Since their last release, lead singer Eric Johnson joined The Shins and the band relocated from Chicago to Seattle. Somewhere along the way, perhaps through his association with James Mercer and Vetiver, the band decided to return the folk sound that marked their first few releases prior to Spelled In Bones. The music here is fun. Mostly lighthearted folk numbers and upbeat gospel-inspired anthems, with a few mellow ballads in-between.

August 2009


Deerhunter | Rainwater Cassette Exchange EP
Kranky 2009

With last year's Microcastle / Weird Era Cont., Bradford Cox and co. made a rather drastic sonic shift, eschewing the spaced out ambiance that made them famous on Cryptograms, in favor of a much more stripped down, less convoluted, and overall less experimental approach. Cryptograms, released in 2007, was in many ways a transitional record for Deerhunter, coming off a troubled period that saw the death of one of the original members. That ambient sound was a reactionary shift from the harsh lo-fi noise of their debut Turn It Up Faggot. Songs like "Spring Hall Convert" and the title track "Cryptograms" were hints at the future progression of the band's sound and I think Microcastle was a near-perfect culmination. If anything, this EP only serves to prove that Microcastle was not just another experiment. Cox's haunting vocals, at once disengaged, contemplative, and assertive, accompanied by guitarist Lockett Pundt's (aka Lotus Plaza) distinctively fuzzy chords are the hallmarks of Deerhunter's sound and are displayed in all their raw glory. Despite their prolific output, which could probably see them produce a new album every other month, Deerhunter have displayed some of their best material on short EPs. Like 2007's Fluorescent Grey EP was a prelude to Microcastle, consider this to be a preview of sorts for the next full-length release, whenever that may be.

July 2009

Recommended: 2, 1


The Legends | Over and over
Labrador Records 2009

Over the past few years, the Swedes have quietly carved out a hybrid niche, fusing moody post-punk and the noisy fuzz of shoegaze to create a sound that is at once consciously retro yet modern, and distinctly Scandinavian. Along with labelmates and fellow compatriots Aerospace, The Radio Dept., and The Mary Onettes, they've managed to establish Europe's dark northern reaches as yet another hotbed of indie rock's current obsession with shoegaze. And the match couldn't be any more perfect. Dark, desolate songs, interspersed with more lighthearted tracks somewhat mirrors the generic aesthetic image of Scandinavia: perfect sunny weather, in contrast to the bleak landscape and cold architecture. There's no shortage of noise or distortion - most of the songs are firmly in stylistic debt to bands like My Bloody Valentine and Swirlies. Yet a few of the songs (Tracks 4, 5, 7, 10), lighter and more pop-oriented, provide a nice contrast to the noise.

Recommended: noisy (12, 2, 8, 3, 1, 9) less noisy (11, 5, 10, 4)

July 2009


The Church | Untitled #23
Second Motion Records 2009

I had no idea The Church were still around, much less making music. This is their 23rd full-length album since 1981 (hence the title). Band comparisons are cheap, but if you've never listened to The Church before, think off a cross between Bauhaus and U2. All the mellow doom and gloom of Peter Murphy combined with Bono's pomp and pretentious grandeur. The press liner touts the bands creativity, putting them in league with Sigur Ros, which is in fact a very lame comparison. I'd hardly call #23 experimental. The rhythms and song structures on this album recall more 80s nostalgia than avant experimentalism. But that's not necessarily a bad thing. This is The Church after all. In my opinion, they never got their due when they most deserved it. This may not be their magnum opus; the album starts off well enough - the first three tracks are brilliant - but it definitely tails off in the second half. Yet, this is a thoroughly solid release from a band that's been quietly and consistently going about their business for a long time. Highly recommended.

Recommended: 3, 2, 1, 4

May 2009


Kinky | Barracuda
Nettwerk 2009

Mexico's most famous electronic group, Kinky rose to fame by cleverly combining Norteno rhythms, reflecting their Monterrey roots, with funky electronic beats and some suave production. No other band has successfully combined accordion with synthesizer quite so well. Sometimes the fusion came across a bit hokey, but at least it was original and unique. Here, they seem to have parted ways with their Ranchero upbringings, going instead for a more new-wave influenced sound. Past Kinky releases could have been labeled as world - their most famous song, "Oye como va" is straight-up Tejano. With Barracuda they have crossed into pure electronica. Sure there's still a tinge of the Norteno-sounds that made them famous, but any lingering traces are just background flair.

May 2009


School Police | Circles EP
self-released 2009

Summer is approaching. That magical time of the year where all worries are lost, and I have all the time in the world for lying around doing nothing while listening to records. For me, perfect summer music has to be lighthearted without being inane, sweet but not sugary, and fun. With this short EP, School Police have nailed it. The music is fun, the beats are incredibly infectious, and overall, the music is cute but not annoyingly so. I don't know what most of the lyrics mean. Youth Brow (#3), my favorite track on the EP, is apparently about pancakes or something. Nonsensical but who cares? The first track is a bit more mellow, a nice lazy tune. There's a nice balance throughout, and at under 20 minutes, the EP is short and sweet.

Recommended: 3, 4, 1, 5,2 , 6

May 2009


Lotus Plaza | The Floodlight Collective
Kranky 2009

When Deerhunter first began as a band, they were coarse, noisy, and had very direction or sonic cohesion. After the death of one of their original guitarists, Bradford Cox brought in an old friend named Lockett Pundt as a new member. It's no coincidence that Pundt's arrival signaled a drastic shift in the band's sound - away from the harsh lo-fi noise to a much more whimsical and dreamy lanscape of drone and ambience. It's interesting when musicians release solo side projects, to see just how much of an individual influence they have on their band's sound. Daniel Rossen's first release with his Department of Eagles, since joining Grizzly Bear, proved that he is the real progenitor of the "Grizzly Bear sound," and just like in the case of Pundt, this new direction for GB coincided with Rossen's arrival in 2001.

If you've ever seen Deerhunter live, Lockett Pundt is the guy who always has his back turned to the crowd or is staring solemnly at his guitar. I've never met him, but he seems by far the most shy and reserved of the band so it's understandable that he and his quiet demeanor too often get overshadowed by his outspoken bandmate Bradford Cox. Cox may be a musical genius, but clearly Pundt is the real visionary behind Deerhunter, and Floodlight proves it.

Recommended: 2, 7, 6, 1, 10, 3, 4, 8, 9

April 2009

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A LIST
Ash - Return of the White Rabbit
Band Of Skulls - Fires
The Big Pink - Stop The World
Bombay Bicycle Club - Dust On The Ground
Darker My Love - Two Ways Out
The Dead Weather - Treat Me Like Your Mother
Doves - The Greatest Denier
Gossip - Heavy Cross
Green Day - Horseshoes And Handgrenades
Isa & The Filthy Tongues - Big Star
Jamie T - Sticks ‘N’ Stones
Kasabian - Where Did All The Love Go
Maximo Park - questing not coasting
Miike Snow - Animal
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Contender -
Passion Pit - Folds In Your Hands
Pete Doherty - Broken Love Song
Sonic Youth - Poison Arrow
Swimming - Panthalassa
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll

B LIST
Charlotte Hatherley - White*
Crystal Fighters - Xtatic Truth
Deastro - Vermillion Plaza
Dinosaur Jr - Plans
Hook & The Twin - Bang Bang Cherry
Julian Plenti - Only If You Run
The Legends - Something strange will happen
Magic Wands - Warrior
Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson - Woodfriend
Peaches - Lose You
Reverend and The Makers - Silence Is Talking
The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Babel On
White Belt Yellow Tag - Tell Your Friends (It All Worked Out)
Wild Beasts - Hooting And Howling

NME RADIO SPOT PLAYS
autoKratz - Always More
Bike For Three - All There Is To Say About Love
Dan Auerbach - Heartbroken, In Disrepair
Defend Moscow - die tonight
Engineers - Clean Coloured Wire
The Fascination Movement - Just Pretend
Girls - Hellhole Ratrace
I Was A King - It’s all you
Koko Von Napoo - June -
Little Boots - Symmetry*
Love Like Fire - Stand In Your Shoes
The Maccabees - Can You Give It
Metric - Gold Guns Girls
Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson - Realtor -
Peter, bjorn and john - It Don’t Move Me
portugal the man - Lovers In Love
the ruling class - Marian Shrine
Skunk Anansie - Tear the Place Up
Soulsavers ft. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy - Sunrise
Speech Debelle - Better Days
The Sound Carriers - Caught By The Sun
Suckers - Beach Queen
Super Fury Animals - MT.
Tape The Radio - Save A Life
Wilco - Wilco (the Song)
Wolf Gang - Pieces Of You
Yim Yames - My Sweet Lord
The xx - Basic Space

EVENING SPOT PLAYS
Cassius - Youth, Speed, Trouble, Cigarettes
Chew Lips - Salt Air
Cymbols Eat Guitars - And The Hazy Sea
Fever Ray - Triangle Walks
Gliss - Morning Light
Kasms - Murmur -
Mr. Hudson feat. Kanye West - Supernova -
Mstrkraft feat. John Legend - Heartbreaker
White Denim - I Start To Run

RECORD OF THE WEEK
Sarah Kerr (Mon-Fri 7-10am, Sat 4-8pm)
Wolf Gang - Pieces Of You

Iain Baker (Mon-Fri 3-7pm, Sun 12-4pm
The Sound Carriers - Caught By The Sun

Chris Martin (Mon-Fri 7-11pm, Sun 12-4pm
White Denim - Start To Run

Claire Sturgess (Sat-Sun 8am-12pm
I Was A King - It’s all you

ALBUM OF THE WEEK
Samanthi (Mon- Fri 10-2pm, Sun 4-8pm
Dead Weather Horehound

Chris Martin (Mon-Fri 7-11pm, Sun 12-4pm
Phenomenal Handclap Band