Tagged: tipsfor2011

The third part of my review of my tips for 2011, parts one and two can be found with a click on their respective numbers. 11. Memoryhouse Toronto duo Memoryhouse sent aural bliss through the blogging world through 2010 with a series of outstanding tracks that were dreamy, soothing and beautiful, in March it was announced that Sub Pop had signed the duo (at the same time that they snapped up fellow tips for '11 Still Corners) with a [...]

6. Kitten Part one saw me go through five acts that released albums in 2011 and everyone one of them has made my 40 album long short-list (an oxymoron for you) for my top 25 albums of 2011 (which depending on how I've structured these posts after writing them towards the end of November will either be posted soon, or has already been posted), part two is a little different. Kitten , a band that [...]

Before I start with my end of year posts (favourite albums / songs of 2011 / tips for 2012), I thought I'd revisit my tips for 2011... In early December 2010 I gave fifteen acts whom I tipped not for stardom (though perhaps it would have been nice in some cases) but as artists that potentially could offer some of the finest releases of the year, now almost twelve months later I’ll revisit the acts and (perhaps) see if I was right or not by form a brief (or not so in some cases) synopsis of what they've been [...]

Here is the third part of my hopes for 2011 thread. Here are parts one and two . 11. Memoryhouse http://memoryhouse.tumblr.com/ A bloggers favourite in 2010, and one that appear to fulfil the hype after their three or four releases so far. Ontario based dreampop duo Memoryhouse encapture a woozy yet beautiful sound. Highlighted [...]

Here is the second part of my hopes for 2011. Part One is here . 6. Kitten www. kittentheband .com/ One of the newest discoveries on this list, I came across Kitten just a few days before I saw them play at Camden Barfly back in October where they completely blew me away with a dazzling performance. This young band [...]

Every blog under the sun will have a go at picking the next years Warpaint / Best Coast / xx, so I might as well do too. Although, straight up, mine isn't going to be quite the same as the BBC Sound of 2011 which will feature James Blake and some others maybe along the lines of Cults, Tennis and Clare Maguire from the indie blog scene, another probable are the NME's new favourites (awful too) The Vaccines, the new (and unbelievably shit) "Kings of Leon" Mona and then not forgetting the token Rap artist too. [...]