
Welcome to this week's Friday Fives, when we all choose the winners of the Communion Compilation Competition. Those of you interested in this sort of thing will know that this competition is to win a copy of this lovely album , featuring all sorts of alt-folk (or whatever) royalty who have performed at the eponymous London club night run by a Mumford and a Cherbourg. So, simple, please just list your favourite hipster photo from the following five examples, which I have chosen as being the best of all the submissions I received. The top three will [...]

The title's pretty much self-explanatory. Enjoy your weekend while you can. College starts next week, so this is my final carefree Sunday before going back to school. Mix mood: relaxing/refreshing. All 5 tracks highly recommended. Amel Larrieux - Get Up (Infinite Possibilities, 2001) Sia - Sunday (Colour The Small One, 2005) Koop - Summer Sun (Waltz For Koop, 2002) Helicopter Girl - Angel City (Voodoo Chic, 2005) The Shortwave Set - Is It Any Wonder (The Debt Collection, [...]