Top 50 List

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1. Frightened Rabbit - the Midnight Organ Fight
2. Kris Drever, John Mccusker, and Roddy Woomble -Before the Ruin
3. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
4. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
5. Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue
6. Neon Neon - Stainless Style
7. Miniature Tigers - Miniature Tigers
8. Ra Ra Riot - the Rhumb Line
9. Flight of the Conchords - Flight of the Conchords
10. the Dodos - the Visiter


11. Dr Dog - Fate
12. Frightened Rabbit - Liver! Lung! Live!
13. Sons & Daughters - This Gift
14. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
15. Los Campesinos - Hold On Now, Youngster
16. Port O'Brien - All We Could Do Was Sing
17. Throw Me The Statue - Moonbeams
18. White Denim - Workout Holiday
19. David Karsten Daniels - Fear of Flying
20. Benji Hughes - A Love Extreme

21. The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely
22. Department of Eagles - In Ear Park
23. Malcolm Middleton - Sleight of Heart
24. Fucked Up - Chemistry of Life
25. Chad VanGaalen - Soft Airplane
26. Times New Viking - Rip It Off
27. Justice - †
28. Yeasayer - All Hour Cymbals
29. Sea Wolf - Leaves in the River
30. the Stars - In Our Bedroom After the War

31. Coldplay - Viva la Vida
32. Oxford Collapse - Bits
33. Born Ruffians - Red, Yellow & Blue
34. Blitzen Trapper - Furr
35. No Age - Nouns
36. Aiden John Moffat - I Can Hear Your Heart
37. Peter Broderick - Home
38. Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip - Angles
39. Land of Talk - Some Are Lakes
40. The Morning Benders - Talking Through Tin Cans


41. The Twilight Sad -"the Twilight Sad Killed My Parents and Hit the Road"
42. Laura Marling - Alas I Cannot Swim
43. the Hold Steady - Stay Positive
44. Wavves - Wavves
45. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Dig!! Lazarus Dig!!
46. J.Tilman - Vacilando Territory Blues
47. Johnny Foreigner - Waited Up 'til It Was Light
48. Black Mountain - In the Future
49. Chairlift - Does You Inspire You?
50. Ezra Furman & the Harpoons - Inside the Human Body

Hot Chip With Robert Wyatt and Geese

1. Made In The Dark

2. Whistle For Will

3. We're Looking For A Lot Of Love

4. One Pure Thought

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Bazza gets punked

Christmas Song #24

24. Radiohead - Winter Wonderland

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Christmas Song #23

23. Feist - lo, how the rose e're blooming


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Christmas Song #22

22. Mogwai - Christmas Song

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Sad news for Edinburgh gig goers

"MESSAGE FROM THE LIQUIDROOM TEAM

DEAR ALL,

IT IS WITH GREAT SADNESS THAT WE ANNOUNCE THAT THE LIQUIDROOM IS NO MORE....FOR THE TIME BEING. AFTER THE HORRENDOUS FIRE THAT RIPPED THROUGH KHUSHIS ON FRIDAY NIGHT, WE HAVE UNFORTUNATELY BEEN THE VICTIM OF SEVERE WATER DAMAGE AND INTERNAL STRUCTURE COLLAPSE. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE WE ARE ALL IN SHOCK AND DEEPLY SADDENED BY THE LOSS OF AN EDINBURGH INSTITUTION , ESPECIALLY AT THIS TIME OF YEAR.
HOWEVER, WE ARE LOOKING TO THE FUTURE AND WILL BE BACK IN 2009 BIGGER AND BETTER THAN BEFORE. WE WANT TO THANK EVERYONE IN THE INDUSTRY FOR THEIR OVERWHELMING SUPPORT AT THIS TIME. IT REALLY MEANS A LOT.
WE WILL HAVE AN OFFICE UP AND RUNNING IN THE NEW YEAR WHERE ALL EMAILS AND PHONE CALLS WILL BE DIRECTED TO. CONTACTS DETAILS WILL BE THE SAME, BUT PLEASE BE PATIENT WHILE WE GET BACK ON OUR FEET.
ALL CHRISTMAS CLUBS INCLUDING STEREOTYPE AT NEW YEAR WILL NOW BE AT 'FAITH'.
ALL CHRISTMAS GIGS WILL NOW BE AT THE 'PICTURE HOUSE'.

ALL TIMES AND PRICES FOR ALL EVENTS WILL STAY THE SAME.

PROMOTERS, AGENTS AND ANY OTHER FORMAL BUSINESS CAN GET KATH - reveered@hotmail.com or on my mobile.

WE WISH YOU ALL A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
LOVE FROM MICK, KATH AND ALL THE LIQUIDROOM TEAM."

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Bon Iver covers Outfield (Your Love)

Christmas Song #21

21. Evan Dando - Silent Night

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Sufjan Stevens - Songs For Christmas Vol. 8

01. Angels We Have Heard On High
02. Do You See What I See
03. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
04. Christmas In The Room
05. Good King Wenceslas
06. Joy To The World
07. The Child With The Star On His Head

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Christmas Song #20

20. Clem Snide - Joy to the World
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Fleet Foxes - Conan O'Brien 16/12/08

Christmas Song #19

19. Okkervil River- Listening to Otis Redding At Home During Christmas

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Another Lost Trailer

the Twilight Sad are supporting Idlewild tonight

And I cannot wait! Tonight we get 100 Broken Windows, one of my all time favourite albums, if last nights Hope Is Important show is anything to go by, tonight is going to be unbelievably good. Plus the Sad doing an acoustic set, i really couldn't think of a better way to spend a Thursday evening.

Christmas Song #18

18. Yo La Tengo - It's Christams Time

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Watch the 1st Episode of the new series of Flight of the Conchords

It's not due to air in the US until the 18th of January next year, however you can watch the first episode online now.
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As it's only available in the US, you will have to download a program to bypass this, get it here

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J.Warmsley's New Thing 2: Malcolm Middleton/Emma Pollock/Pic

The new internet TV video music show from Jeremy Warmsley. Featuring new, unreleased songs from Malcolm Middleton & Emma Pollock and a Hot Chip cover from the Pictish Trail.

Check out this video: J.Warmsleys New Thing 2: Malcolm Middleton/Emma Pollock/Pic



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Under One Sky - The Songs EP

"The Songs EP is such a spectacular release from John McCusker’s Under One Sky. All 5 tracks are taken from the forthcoming album, which is to be released on 2 February 2009. The musical calibre on this EP alone is enough to motivate anyone to dig deep for the full album next year."


Featuring both Graham Coxon and Roddy Woomble, this EP offers a taster of what is to come from the album due early next year.

Bon Iver on the Late Show

The Best film of 2009?

Last night I got to see Slumdog Millionaire, the latest film from Danny Boyle, and I can quite honestly say that I was pretty blown away, it's not out till early in the new year, but as we'll be skint post-Christmas, I'd recommend you get out there and check this film out.

New trailer for Lost Season 5

LOST 5x01 "Because You Left" Sneak Peek 2 - Jack and Ben

Christmas Song #16

16. Tom Waits – Silent Night

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Christmas Song #15

15. Low – Just Like Christmas

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Christmas Song #14

14. St. Etienne & Tim Burgess - I Was Born On Christmas Day

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A Christmas Treat For You All - Star Wars the Xmas Album

1. Christmas In The Stars
2. Bells, Bells, Bells
3. The Odds Against Christmas
4. What Can You Get A Wookiee For Christmas....
5. R2-D2 We Wish You A Merry Christmas
6. Sleigh Ride
7. Merry, Merry Christmas
8. A Christmas Sighting ('Twas The Night Before...)
9. The Meaning Of Christmas

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Christmas Song #13

13. The Arcade Fire - Jinglebell Rock

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Frightened Rabbit - It’s Christmas So We’ll Stop

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"Frightened Rabbit this month won the coveted no 1 spot of The Skinny's album of the year. The band released 'The Midnight Organ Fight' this year to rave reviews including this 8.5 review from pitchfork - "Midnight Organ Fight is full of rousing barnburners that flicker with soul, ballads that ache with masculine vulnerability, and Frightened Rabbit's best song yet, opener "The Modern Leper". Built on insistently downstroked guitars and drums that build from a gallop to a thundering crash, this Pixies-go-acoustic track swells with self-loathing." Now a four piece band with the recently recruited Andy Monaghan, Frightened Rabbit are able to play many more songs from their new album, they would previously have struggled to fill out instrumentally.

See Frightened Rabbit at The Captain's Rest - 31st March 2009 for their final show on this album."

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Christmas Song #12

12. My Morning Jacket - Santa Claus is Back in Town

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Frightened Rabbit... In Session

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Christmas Song #11

11. Sufjan Stevens - Hey Guys! It’s Christmas Time!

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Barfly LoFi Xmas Party - Saturday 20th December

Frightened Rabbit
Jocasta Sleeps
Brother Louis Collective
Ross Clark and The Scarfs Go Missing
Arca Felix
Anna Meldrum
Janet and the Boowalks
Popolo
Boycotts

At Barfly Glasgow From 8:00pm
Price: £8.00

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THE PINUP NIGHTS HOGMANAY BALL!

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New Foxface Song

"Come and have a listen to the song we recently recorded in collaboration with Mexican artist Abraham Cruzvillegas.........its up on the player now!

fox and foe x"

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1990's Xmas party no more

"Decided too many rival bands doing xmas parties. Decided to make it a post-New Year shindig instead. Details soon.


Sorry....x"

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Christmas Song #10

10. Haley Bonar - Only Christmas

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5 Scottish bands to watch out for in 2009

1. Over The Wall
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2. Broken Records
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3. The Phantom Band
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4. We Were Promised Jetpacks
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5. Zoe Van Goey
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Hinterland Announces First 30 Acts

The first 30 bands to be confirmed for Hinterland are:

85 Bears
Brother Louis Collective
Come on Gang!
Copy Haho
Dananananaykroyd
Edie Sedgwick
Fangs
Findo Gask
Galchen
Geordi La Force
Hudson Mohawke
Isosceles
Lesser Panda
Manda Rin
Micachu
Mitchell Museum
My Tiger My Timing
Oh, Atoms
Pearl & the Puppets
Pulled Apart By Horses
Punch & The Apostles
Tommy Reilly
Remember Remember
Rustie
The Xcerts
These Monsters
Three Trapped Tigers
We Have Band
We Were Promised Jetpacks
Zoey Van Goey

I don't know about you but thre isn't too much to get excited about so far, here's hoping they can pull something a bit better out of that magical hat of theirs.
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Christmas Song #9

9. The Knife - Christmas Reindeer

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Christmas Song #8

8. The Stars - 'Fairytale of New York'
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Christmas Song #7

7. The White Stripes - Candy Cane Children

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Christmas Song #6

6. Frightened Rabbit - It's Christmas So We'll Stop (2008)
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1990's Christmas Party

I can't stop listening to this track - 'collapsing at your doorstep'

It's by a band called Air France, from their EP 'No Way Down' (which I haven't heard yet), it's quite hypnotic, sounding a little bit like post-club St Etienne gone trippy, which wouldn't normally be up my street, but this song has me hooked.

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Christmas Song #5

5. Boy Least Likely To - The First Snowflake

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Frightened Rabbit - "I Feel Better"

Christmas Song #4

4. Rilo Kiley - Christmas Cake
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Frightened Rabbit - Live At Urban Outfitters - SXSW 2007

1	Square 9 (Live)
2	Behave! (Live)
3	Fast Blood (Live)
4	Music Now (Live)
5	The Greys (Live)
6	The Modern Leper (Live)

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Christmas Song #3

3. Snow Patrol - When I Get Home For Christmas

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Isaac Brock (Modest Mouse) with Broken Social Scene

"Isaac Brock, lead singer of Modest Mouse, makes an extremely unexpected surprise appearance at Broken Social Scene’s last concert of 2008 (November 28th, Toronto, The Sound Academy). The last song he performed: The World At Large"

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Preview of the new series of Lost

confused? you will be....

Little Joy to tour UK

Last year Albert Hammond Jnr released his debut album, this year it's the turn of another member of the Strokes to show of their talent, step forward Fabrizio Moretti. He's teamed up two of his mates Binki Shapiro & Rodrigo Amarante and come up with this eponymous release. Pissing all over anything the Strokes have had to offer in the last few years this album would have made my Top 50 had I come across it in time (once the list was finalised there was no going back!). Anyhow, they're venturing over the Pond next month for some shows, tickets are on sale

Brighton Audio (January 15)
Sheffield Leadmill (16)
Glasgow Stereo (17)
Leeds Cockpit (19)
Manchester Academy 3 (20)
London Dingwalls (21)

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Christmas Song #2

It's like having your own advent calendar of Christmas fun, here's today's tune to get you in the mood for the big day.

2. Badly Drawn Boy - Donna & Blitzen
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Christmas Song #1

In the run up to the 25th I am going to try to post a new Christmas song each day, today I thought we'd start with one of my favourites

Mew - She Came Home For Christmas
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Frightened Rabbit - Scott is playing a solo show tonight (01/12/08)

at the Captains Rest in Glasgow
"I'm opening for the awesome and terrifying Loss Leader. Its sure to be a right little bleeder!"
tempting isn't it....