What Are You Listening To?

[Sam]

Yeah, it is! But I can't pretend I don't like some of the bands they dig up. A lot of them are crap though, definitely. But I like Howler. I like to think of them as a 1950s Strokes. Which is probably grossly inaccurate

[J8x]

Frank Ocean and The Weeknd are two mainstays of my playlists these days.

[Seekwal]

Frank Ocean and The Weeknd are two mainstays of my playlists these days.

Can't believe The Weeknd didn't make the BBC's sound of 2012.

[Sam]

I was gobsmacked when Lana didn't make the list. I mean, whatever you think of her, it does kind of seem like she's going to have a good 2012.

[billyreedwah]

Can't believe The Weeknd didn't make the BBC's sound of 2012.

I'm so happy that Dry the River did though!

[J8x]

I was gobsmacked when Lana didn't make the list. I mean, whatever you think of her, it does kind of seem like she's going to have a good 2012.

She's had a top 20 hit so she's ineligible.

I can't believe The Weeknd didn't make it either, he's released 2 solid mixtapes and is full of talent.

[Sam]

Touche.
I'd like to see Howler on there but... probably a short lived flame, them. I can see them going the way of The Drums and putting out a mediocre second album. Which was a shame because Money was my favourite Drums track; the rest of that album didn't compare.
I have to admit, I haven't heard The Weeknd. That omission of the "e" from the name is a bit suspect but I'll have to check him out.

[Seekwal]

Touche.
I'd like to see Howler on there but... probably a short lived flame, them. I can see them going the way of The Drums and putting out a mediocre second album. Which was a shame because Money was my favourite Drums track; the rest of that album didn't compare.
I have to admit, I haven't heard The Weeknd. That omission of the "e" from the name is a bit suspect but I'll have to check him out.

His debut album Echoes of Silence comes out on the 21st of December. Expect him to become a lot more popular after that.


Also: There's a new Burial EP coming out!

[Nath6644]

Fionn Regan
Emmy the Great
Frightened Rabbit
The Twilight Sad
Manchester Orcestra
Lucy Rose
Gabrielle Aplin -definately keep an eye on her!

It's all about the melodramatic, folk-tinged indie acoustic for me at the moment. So shoot me!

[Jay]

Now that 2011 is almost over, i've been looking back at the great records I've listened to this year, and I keep coming back to Clams Casino - Instrumentals. For me, the best record released this year. And the best track with the best beats on the album is Motivation, below*, which even Lil B's terrible rapping can't ruin:



*Not the version from the Clams Casino album I know, but from Lil B's Angel's Exodus.