Top 1-5 Albums of 2011

Largely based on my Last.FM play count for this year. For me, it seems, this is the year of the female singer:

1: Widowspeak - Widowspeak




2: I Break Horses - Hearts

I Break Horses- Hearts by Bella Union


3: Anna Calvi - Anna Calvi




4: Radiohead - The King Of Limbs




5: Wye Oak - Civilian

Top 6-10 Albums of 2011

contd...

6: Machinedrum - Room(S)




7: Sparrow and The Workshop - Spitting Daggers




8: The Kills - Blood Pressures




9: James Blake - James Blake




10: Ghostpoet - Peanut Butter Blues and Melancholy Jam

Top 11-15 Albums of 2011

Contd...

11: Shabazz Palaces - Black Up

Shabazz Palaces - Are you... Can you... Were you (Felt) by SongsOfTheDay


12: Crystal Stilts - In Love With Oblivion




13: Peaking Lights - 936




14: Odonis Odonis - Hollandaze

Odonis Odonis - We Are The Left Overs by Odonis Odonis


15: Bibio - Mind Bokeh

Top 16-20 albums of 2011

contd...


16: Zomby - Dedication




17: PJ Harvey - Let England Shake




18: She Keeps Bees - Dig On

Saturn Return by She Keeps Bees


19: Caveman - Coco Beware


Easy Water (directors cut) by Caveman from Red Ink on Film on Vimeo.


20: Driver Drive Faster - Open House

I Break Horses - Winter Beats

Tom Waits 'Innocent When You Dream'

An exert from the book that congregates interviews with Tom Waits, from 1974-2004:

Waits drives a 1960 four-door Cadillac Coupe De Ville. It's a bigger car than he probably needs, and he admits that. It devours gas, smells terrible, radio doesn't work. But it's good for little trips, like visits to the dump. Dumps, salvage yards, rummage sales, junk shops--these are his special retreats. Waits loves to find strange and resonant objects hidden deep in piles of garbage, objects he can rescue and turn into new kinds of musical instruments.

"I like to imagine how it feels for the object to become music," he says. "Imagine you're the lid to a fifty-gallon drum. That's your job. You work at that. That's your whole life. Then one day I find you and I say, 'We're gonna drill a hole in you, run a wire through you, hang you from the ceiling of the studio, bang on you with a mallet, and now you're in show business, baby!'"

From an interview for GQ, June 2002, with Elizabeth Gilbert.

Tom Waits 18th album 'Bad As Me' is released in 50 minutes time.

Odonis Odonis - Ledged Up

Odonis Odonis - Ledged Up by Odonis Odonis

Caveman - Easy Water

Caveman - Great Life

Caveman "Great Life" is Yourstru.ly from Yours Truly on Vimeo.

Breton - The Commission

Wye Oak - Civilian

Live at Ruby Lounge, Manchester on 22nd August.

The Black Lips - Mr Driver (fan video)

Alt-J (∆) - Tessellate

Life imitates music.

So here's the story: I'm 20, I'm living in Southampton and I'm a student (for the 1st time). I buy the album by Manchester DJ Lionrock called 'An Instinct For Detection', because Muzik magazine told me to. I put the track 'Snapshot On Pollard Street' on repeat for the next few years...



... I graduate, work in a factory in Arundel for a year making pig pens, then win a place at Manchester's School of Sound Recording in a competition and move up to Chorlton and then Withington... 12 years later I move from Withington to Pollard Street in Ancoats (up Wilmslow Road) and attempt to become a photographer after getting an art degree.

I'm sat in Pollard Street, with my camera, listening to the tune I'd forgotten about whilst freaking out.

Slamagotchi - Too Early

Too Early (free $hit for you) by Slamagotchi

Envelope Triptych WIP Part 5

... continued from Jan 23rd
http://bit.ly/oCn6IG

Move house, job hunt, and generally take on more than you can chew while in the process, letting people down... and then finish the piece.

For the long suffering, Richard. 2 more to make now.

Crystal Stilts - Flying Into The Sun

Breton - Pace Maker

PACE MAKER [LABS cut] by bretonlabs

Black Lips - Modern Art

6th Borough Project - Miss World

Danger Mouse & Daniel Luppi

Black (feat Norah Jones)

YouTube - Bibio - Artists Valley

YouTube - Bibio - Artists Valley: ""

Bibio - Bones & Skulls

From the album 'The Apple and the Tooth'



New album 'Mind Bokeh' is released on April 3rd.

Gil Scott-Heron - New York Is Killing Me

Video by Chris Cunningham

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Photography Exhibition

I've got a little exhibition in vibrant West Didsbury at the moment. 10 photos from my continuing daily photo project 010110+ are on display in Didsbury Life on Burton Road, opposite Folk Bar. Please pop in and have a look if you are in the area.

James Blake live review

James Blake review, live at Band On The Wall, Saturday 26th Feb, afternoon.

Citylifers

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4:22

4:22
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Another Lensbaby shot.

Red Tape

Red Tape
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I've got a new lens. A Lensbaby Composer with macro kit. Extreme close-ups!

Back Yard

Garden
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Envelope Artwork Triptych WIP Part 4

Go over the scruffy paint bits with pastel blocks, accidentally spray the work with craft mount instead of fixative, take a photo.

Part 4:

Correct mistakes.

Envelope Artwork Triptych WIP Part 3

Draw a rough outline of a desired shape in black pen and then splat acrylic over it. Smear the paint where necessary with a palette knife. While the paint is drying, shave your head and listen to A Guy Called Gerald.

Part 3:

Throw paint at it.

Envelope Artwork Triptych WIP Part 2

Find a well ventilated area, like a back garden, and hope the neighbours don't call the police as you stand in the dark with a load of spraycans, in a black hat and hoodie, with a torch in your mouth.

Part 2:

Spray the envelopes.

Envelope Artwork Triptych WIP Part 1

I have been commissioned to make 3 artwork envelopes for someone, so I suggested I link them as a triptych so they can be displayed on the wall together.

A friend saw my last envelope design when it was half finished and said they liked watching it develop, so I've decided to post Work In Progress shots for this one.

Part 1:

Tape the 3 6.5" x 9" brown post office envelopes to an old B&Q shelf with a 1.5" gap between each.

Platt Fields

Platt Fields
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Unknown

Unknown
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30

30
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Deansgate

Deansgate
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Envelope &

Envelope &
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Heading to Jim in Pennsylvania

Anna Calvi - Love Won't Be Leaving

Broadcast's, Trish Keenan.

Broadcast, Trish Keenan.
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R.I.P.

Blocks

Blocks
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Quake

Quake 2
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CD's for the tip

The Darkness - Permission To Land
Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
The Blood Arm - Lie Lover Lie
Gossip - Movement
Gossip - NYC
Gossip - Thats Not What I Heard
The Holloways - So This Is Great Britain?
Hard-Fi - Stars of CCTV
Idelwild - The Remote Part
Matthew Jay - Draw
Keane - Hopes and Fears
Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory
Mower - People Are Cruel
George Michael - Older.... o_O
Biffy Clyro - Puzzle
Athlete - Vehicles & Animals
Athlete - Tourist
Audioslave - Audioslave
Richard Ashcroft - Keys To The World
Richard Ashcroft - Human Condition
Richard Ashcroft - Alone With Everybody
Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Cold Roses
The Webb Brothers - The Webb Brothers
Snow Patrol - Final Straw
Madonna - Ray of Light
Madonna - Music
Razorlight - Up All Night
Nine Black Alps - Everything Is
Rufus Wainwright - Want (1&2)
The Zutons - Who Killed The Zutons
The Futureheads - The Futureheads
Funeral For A Friend - Casually Dressed & Deep In Conversation
The Electric Soft Parade - Holes In The Wall
Embrace - The Good Will Out
Duke Special - Songs From The Deep Forest
Death Cab For Cutie - Crooked Teeth (single)
Death Vessel - Stay Close
The Enemy - We'll Live & Die In These Towns
The Rain Band - The Rain Band
Pretty Girls Make Graves - Elan Vital
Scott Matthews - Passing Stranger

Fence

Fence
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