2013 in review: Top 10 favourite albums

My 2013 top 10. Here we go...

10. Queens of the Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork

9. Villagers - Awayland

8. Mustered Courage - Powerlines

7. Editors - The Weight of Your Love

6. Cold War Kids - Dear Miss Lonelyhearts

5. Daniel Champagne - The Gypsy Moon (Vol. 1)

4. Dr. Dog - B Room

3. Arctic Monkeys - AM

2. Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady

1. Frightened Rabbit - Pedestrian Verse

2012 in Review: Falls Festival rounding things out.

Falls Festival 2012 – onesies, sunsies and Coolio, yieoww!

2012 Highlights:

Anna Lumb’s Hula Hoop class – learning just how uncoordinated we actually are...

Rodrigo y Gabriela – nuff said.



Sam from Ball Park Music playing with a kettle in his backpack and offering grapes to the crowd.



Ash Grunwald medley – smashing out the best without delay.

Conversations overheard about The Flaming Lips – Basically a vast majority of the crowd had no idea who was on stage and why it wasn’t Flume.

The Flaming Lips laser hands!

Daniel Champagne – surprise master.



Tinpan Orange playing the theme song from Round the Twist as well as the Dumb Ways to Die song.



Maximo Park finally giving the photographers someone great to shoot.



Giant teddy bear moshing, then quartered and destroyed by Hilltop Hoods crowd.

Watching Angus Stone watching Hilltop Hoods.

Two Door Cinema Club not forgetting the countdown – and for being Two Door Cinema Club.

And finally, as 2013 just begun, this song:



Happy New Year!

2012 in Review: Top 10 Gigs!

Here is my countdown of favourite gigs in 2012. The winner kinda cheated with bucket loads of money - but it was the serious stand out by far.


10. Missy Higgens @ Her Majesty's Theatre (16 June)

9. Flight of the Conchords @ Rod Laver Arena (15 July)

8. Lanie Lane @ The Corner 27 May)

7. Father John Misty @ The Corner (28 July)

6. Ball Park Music @ The Corner (14 April)

5. Jack White @ Festival Hall (25 July)

4. Gotye @ Sidney Myer Music Bowl (8 December)

3. Bon Iver @ Golden Plains (10 March)

2. Feist @ Palais Theatre (1 February)

1. Coldplay @ Etihad Stadium (13 November)

2012 in Review: My Top 10 Favourite Albums

Here we go - these are my top albums of the year. I really can't say that the order is so important, but these are definitely my favourites overall (Shame there weren't more Aussies this year)...


10. Miike Snow - Happy to you

9. The Vaccines - Come of Age

8. Metric - Synthetica

7. Father John Misty - Fear Fun

6. Alt J - An Awesome Wave

5. Passion Pit - Gossamer

4. Bloc Party - Four

3. Children Collide - Monument

2. Band of Horses - Mirage Rock

1. Delta Spirit - Delta Spirit

And that is that.
But just for good measure - my hottest 100 votes (in no particular order):
Abbe May - Karmageddon
Band Of Horses - Knock Knock
Bloc Party - Octopus
Eagle & The Worm - Give Me Time
Grizzly Bear - Speak In Rounds
Miike Snow - Devil's Work
MS MR - Hurricane
Passion Pit - Carried Away
Santigold - The Keepers
Two Door Cinema Club - Sleep Alone