Top of 2011 – Part 4
Some tracks from me this time – ones I’ve not blogged about so far this year:
1. The Rapture – It Takes Time To Be A Man. The piano riff is perfect for a meandering Sunday of driving and is the main reason this made my Top 10. Sunshine, convertible top down (or hatchback window open if you’re more like me), country roads – and definitely not in any rush to be somewhere.
Top of 2011 – Part 3
So… now some tracks from our returning traveller/Stoke City FC fan: 1. The Weeknd – Glass Table Girls Entirely because of the sample here, of Happy House by 70s rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees. First heard the original earlier this year and one of my favourite acts of 2010, Warpaint, cite them as a notable influence … Read more
Top of 2011 – Part 2
Second of the other people’s top tracks – we have some picks from our Austin-based drummer/pianist/remixer/ graphics whizz: 1. Active Child – Hanging On This was described to me as a ‘more mature James Blake‘ and I have to say – I can see it. Nothing altered about this, for me it has an ethereal sense … Read more
