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Acts I've seen live in 2013

• Africa Express
• Michael Rother
• New War
• Oddisee
• Har Mar Superstar
• Lizzo
• Mount Kimbie
• Forest Swords
• oOoOO
• Midlake
• Apparat
• The National
• Local Natives
• Gold Panda
• Luke Abbott
• Dam Mantle
• Oddisee
• The 42
• Asgeir Trausti
• Futur Primitif
• Public Service Broadcasting
• British Sea Power
• Toy
• Sinkane
• Young Dreams
• Wave Machines
• Yunioshi
• Danny & The Champions of the World
• Iyes
• John Grant (x2)
• Wilko Johnson
• Villagers
• Sound City Players
• The 1975
• New Subjects

Great tracks of 2011 (an evolving list)

• Spotify playlist of the tracks below
• Benjamin Shaw - How To Test The Depth Of A Well
• Robert Lippok - sugarcubes
• Real Estate - It's Real
• Friends - I'm His Girl
• Connan Mockasin - Forever Dolphin Love
• Josh T. Pearson - Sorry With A Song
• Dirty Beaches - Lord Knows Best
• James Blake & Bon Iver - Fall Creek Boys Choir
• Joe Goddard - Gabriel (feat. Valentina)
• Dam Mantle - We
• Other Lives - For 12
• The Horrors - Still Life
• Rival Consoles - Amiga
• Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks
• Bon Iver - Perth
• Mondkopf - Day of Anger
• Jamie xx - Far Nearer
• Son Lux - Leave The Riches
• Herman Düne - Tell Me Something I Don't Know
• The Antlers - Putting The Dog To Sleep
• Eleanoora Rosenholm - Pimeä Tähti
• Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat - The Copper Top
• Gang Gang Dance - Glass Jar
• Big Deal - Talk
• Metronomy - The Look
• TV On The Radio - Will Do
• UNKLE - Money and Run (feat. Nick Cave)
• Jimmy Rosso - Ripped
• Alexander - Truth
• Peter and Kerry - Knees
• Elbow - Lippy Kids
• Jack Hayter - I Stole The Cutty Sark
• Koreless - 4D / MTI
• Foo Fighters - Rope
• British Sea Power - Who's In Control?
• Gil-Scott Heron & Jamie xx - I'll Take Care Of U
• Ensemble Economique - To Feel The Night As It Really Is
• David Lynch - Good Day Today
• The Vaccines - Post Break-Up Sex
• Glasvegas - The World Is Yours

Great albums of 2011 (an evolving list)

• Rob St. John - Weald
• Benjamin Shaw - There's Always Hope, There's Always Cabernet
• Connan Mockasin - Forever Dolphin Love
• Oddisee - Rock Creek Park
• Death In Vegas - Trans-Love Energies
• Mondkopf - Rising Doom
• Big Deal - Lights Out
• Other Lives - Tamer Animals
• Balam Acab - Wander / Wonder
• Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Unknown Mortal Orchestra
• The Horrors - Skying
• Ghostpoet - Peanut Butter Blues and Melancholy Jam
• Nicolas Jaar - Space Is Only Noise
• Rival Consoles - Kid Velo
• Crewdson - Gravity
• Bon Iver - Bon Iver
• The Antlers - Burst Apart
• Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat - Everything's Getting Older
• Wild Beasts - Smother
• Dominik Eulberg - Diorama
• Gang Gang Dance - Eye Contact
• DELS - Gob
• Metronomy - The English Riviera
• Cat's Eyes - Cat's Eyes
• Moon Duo - Mazes
• King Creosote & Jon Hopkins - Diamond Mine
• Elbow - Build A Rocket Boys!
• Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx - We're New Here
• Radiohead - The King of Limbs
• James Blake - James Blake
• Hercules & Love Affair - Blue Songs
• Chapel Club - Palace
• The Dirtbombs - Party Store
• Ringo Deathstarr - Colour Trip
• British Sea Power - Valhalla Dancehall

• Acts I saw live in 2011
• • Manic Street Preachers
  • New Order
  • Jake Evans
  • Caribou Vibration Ensemble
  • Orchestra of Spheres
  • The Pattern Theory
  • The Antlers
  • Withered Hand
  • Rozi Plain
  • Spiritualized
  • DJ Shadow
  • Eminem
  • Pendulum
  • Big Audio Dynamite
  • Hurts
  • Manic Street Preachers
  • Kitty, Daisy & Lewis
  • Ocean Colour Scene
  • Squeeze
  • D12
  • Dizzee Rascal
  • Glasvegas
  • Katy B
  • Kaiser Chiefs
  • Chipmunk
  • Kele
  • Aloe Blacc
  • Big Country
  • Fun Lovin' Criminals
  • Pulp
  • Grace Jones
  • TV On The Radio
  • The Hives
  • The Horrors
  • Metronomy
  • Yuck
  • Cashier No. 9
  • Mercury Rev
  • Chameleons Vox
  • Roger Waters
  • UNKLE
  • The Duke Spirit
  • Elbow
  • Villagers
  • The Bravery
  • FM Belfast
  • Shlomo
  • LDFD
  • Her Space Holiday
  • !!!
  • Misteur Valaire
  • Smith Westerns
  • Orchestral Manouevres in the Dark
  • John Grant with Midlake
  • Sondre Lerche
  • Lanterns on the Lake (twice)
  • Heidi Spencer & The Rare Birds
  • JBM
  • Alessi's Ark
  • Unicorn Kid
  • Dam Mantle (twice)
  • Kite
  • Gayngs
  • Doomtree
  • Portugal. The Man (twice)
  • Noah & The Whale
  • Foster The People
  • Mister Heavenly
  • Cadence Weapon
  • PS I Love You
  • Esben & The Witch
  • Superhumanoids
  • Queens of The Stone Age
  • The Black Angels
  • Mini Mansions
  • J. Mascis
  • Beast Make Bomb
  • Caitlin Rose
  • Hayes Carll
  • Jessica Lea Mayfield
  • The Romany Rye
  • Keegan Dewitt
  • Gold Panda
  • Mount Kimbie
  • Beach Fossils
  • Weekend
  • Caribou
  • Factory Floor
  • Crocodiles
  • Cloud Nothings
  • Paris Suit Yourself
  • Ringo Deathstarr
  • Egyptian Hip Hop
  • Dutch Uncles
  • Alex Winston
  • The Low Behold
  • Stuart Bowditch
  • Weird Gear

Great tracks of 2012 (an evolving list)

• Daphni - Yes, I Know
• Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Swim and Sleep (Like A Shark)
• Bat For Lashes - Laura
• Fidlar - No Waves
• Holy Strays - Christabell (B)
• Seams - Hung Markets
• Girls Names - A Troubled See
• Laetitia Sadier - Auscultation To The Nation
• Blur - Under The Westway
• Eaux - No More Power
• The Bomber Jackets - Larching
• Frank Ocean - Pyramids
• Richard James - Sun Ease Pain
• Quakers - Earth Quaking
• Bitches - Kill Birds, Eat Shit
• Perfume Genius - Hood
• Venetian Snares - Fool The Detector
• Lower Dens - Brains
• Burial - Kindred
• Gonjasufi - Nikels and Dimes
• Trailer Trash Tracys - I Love How You Love Me In The Flesh

Great albums of 2012 (an evolving list)

• Halls - Ark
• Bat For Lashes - The Haunted Man
• Tame Impala - Lonerism
• Chrome Canyon - Elemental Themes
• The xx - Coexist
• Austin Cesear - Cruise Forever
• Ryan Davis - Particles of Bliss
• Seams - Tourist/Sleeper
• Laetitia Sadier - Silencio
• Grasscut - Unearth
• Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
• Peaking Lights - Lucifer
• Oddisee - People Hear What They See
• alt-J - An Awesome Wave
• Gang Colours - The Keychain Collection
• Ghosting Season - The Very Last Of The Saints
• Gravenhurst - The Ghost In Daylight
• Clark - Iradelphic
• Django Django - Django Django
• THEESatisfaction - AwE NaturalE
• Pinkunoizu - Free Time!
• John Talabot - Fin
• Perfume Genius - Put Your Back N 2 It
• The 2 Bears - Be Strong
• Phenomenal Handclap Band - Form and Control
• Blondes - Blondes
• Prinzhorn Dance School - Clay Class
• Gonjasufi - MU.ZZ.LE
• Tribes - Baby
• Milagres - Glowing Mouth
• Pinkunoizu - Free Time!

Acts I've seen live in 2012

• The National
• Local Natives
• Perfume Genius
• Youth Lagoon
• Suuns
• Wild Beasts
• The Antlers
• Michael Rother
• Kurt Vile & The Violaters
• Tim Hecker
• Kronos Quartet
• Buke & Gase
• Nico Muhly
• Stealing Sheep
• The Maccabees
• Michael Kiwanuka
• alt-J (x2)
• Radiohead
• Caribou
• Field Music
• Owls*
• Golden Fable
• Gravenhurst
• Eyes & No Eyes
• Simone Felice
• Blue Rose Code
• The Killers
• The Happy Mondays
• Noah and The Whale
• The Human League
• Tom Jones (!)
• Madness
• The Rifles
• The Stranglers
• The Stone Roses
• Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
• Example
• Labrinth
• The Charlatans
• Jack Beats
• Inspiral Carpets
• The Twang
• Indians
• Jack White
• First Aid Kit
• Lower Dens (x3)
• Milagres
• Vadoinmessico
• Peter and Kerry
• Seamus Fogarty
• Delifinger
• The Pictish Trail
• Slow Club
• Spaceships Are Cool
• Wildeflower
• Phenomenal Handclap Band
• Dead Cannons
• Gauntlet Hair
• Novella
• Friends
• Jonquil
• Withered Hand
• Darren Hayman
• Seamus Fogarty
• Trailer Trash Tracys
• Woman's Hour