Top 25 - 4 January, 2015

Kanye/McCartney, Megan Washington, The Kite String Tangle + The Grates!

1. The Kite String Tangle ft. Tiana Khasi - Stone Cold





2. The Grates - Holiday Home





3. Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk





4. Kanye West ft. Paul McCartney - Only One





5. Halcyon Drive - Crusoe





6. Megan Washington - Begin Again





7. Young Lions - When Will We Be Free?





8. Maples - Stars





9. Marina and The Diamonds - Immortal





10. Bertie Blackman - Kingdom of Alone





11. Metric - The Fatal Gift





12. The Grates - It Won't Hurt Anymore





13. Twin Shadow - Turn Me Up





14. World's End Press - Spirals (Slide Away)





15. Climbing Trees - Where Could This Go?





16. I Know Leopard - Perfect Picture





17. Mwansa - Heavy Feels





18. Lana Del Rey - Big Eyes





19. Stevie - Come Around





20. Gang of Youths - Benevolence Riots





21. Art of Sleeping - Crazy





22. Sleater-Kinney - Surface Envy





23. Hiatus Kaiyote - By Fire





24. Clean Bandit and Jess Glynne - Real Love





25. Montaigne - I'm A Fantastic Wreck

Top 25 - 16 November, 2014

Eliza Hull + Husky!

1. Thelma Plum - Young In Love (#1 for 2 weeks!)





2. Tkay Maidza - Switch Lanes





3. Eliza Hull ft. Texture Like Sun - Used To (NEW)





4. I Know Leopard - Perfect Picture (NEW)





5. Little May - Bones





6. HOWQUA - Waiting





7. Hey Lady! - My Head, My Heart





8. Winterbourne - Cold





9. Michelle Xen - Short Term Plan





10. British India - Wrong Direction





11. Husky - Saint Joan (NEW)





12. Ali Barter - Community





13. Wayfarer// ft. Donna Arendse - Night Games





14. Taylor Swift - Blank Space (NEW)





15. Forest Falls - Heavy Hearted Girl (NEW)





16. Love and Other Crimes - Pray Woman





17. JP Klipspringer - Let You Go





18. Sarah Belkner - With You (NEW)





19. Crazy Old Maurice - Another Day





20. Betty and Oswald - Fragile Little Lover (NEW)





21. Maples - Stars (NEW)





22. Dear Plastic - Epic Delay





23. Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk (NEW)





24. Lorde - Yellow Flicker Beat





25. Harts - When A Man's A Fool

2010 Scene Awards - Man of the Year



Yes, I know I have stupid hair...



There's only three days left in the year and. in a case of beautiful and unplanned symmetry, there's three major awards still to hand out in the 2010 Scene Awards. Those would be Album of the Year, Woman of the Year and this post's award; Man of the Year! Who are our nominees for this extremely prestigious award? Let's find out...

Cee-Lo Green

Eminem

Jay-Z

Kanye West

Mark Ronson



Man of the Year

Winner - Kanye West

No offense to the other nominees, but no one comes close to achieving as much as Kanye did in 2010. Getting over Taylor-Gate was a huge achievement in itself, but then there's the music. From the G.O.O.D Friday song releases to the album that many critics have labelled Album of the Year, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye has had one hell of a year. He topped not only Rolling Stone's end of year album chart, but also the singles chart with 'Runaway.' Furthermore, and in more awesome news, West placed as the highest charting solo male artist on It's My Kind of Scene's Top 100 Songs of 2010, with 'Power' at #6. So there you have, 2010's Man of the Year - Kanye West!

2010 Scene Awards - Best '& The' Act of the Year

Will Marina's Diamonds triumph?

The last couple of years have seen a massive rise in the number of groups that are (x) and the (y)'s, so I thought I'd make the best of them compete for their own Scene Award. It might seem a little crazy, but at least these bands brought the goods in 2010. Who's the winner? We'll find out right after we've met the nominees...

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros

Florence & The Machine

Gypsy & The Cat

Marina & The Diamonds

Mark Ronson & The Business Intl

Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings

Best '& The' Act of the Year

Winner - Florence & The Machine

Florence followed up on her breakthrough 2009 with a stellar 2010 that saw her win the BRIT Award for Album of the Year, MTV VMA nominations (including Video of the Year) and Grammy nominations (including Best New Artist). 'Dog Days Are Over' was even covered on Glee, so they must be doing something right! We were treated to some new music in the form of 'Heavy In Your Arms' on the Eclipse soundtrack, one of the few tracks that managed to exceed expectations. Much like Best New Artist winner Ellie Goulding, anticipation for a sophomore album couldn't be any higher.



Top 100 Songs of 2010, #30 - 21



M.I.A, taking hatred of gingers to new heights!



#30 - Baptism

by Crystal Castles

This is your baptism,

And you can't forgive them...

#29 - Love Demolition

by Zowie

I'm feeling destructive again,

But I'm loving the complication...

#28 - How You Like Me Now

by The Heavy

If I sing a sad, sad, sad, sad song,

Would you give it to me...

#27 - Indestructible

by Robyn

And I never was smart with love,

I let the bad ones in and the good ones go...

#26 - Big Jet Plane

by Angus and Julia Stone

She said, hello mister, pleased to meet ya,

I want to hold her, I want to kiss her...

#25 - Dancing Together

by David Byrne and Fatboy Slim ft. Sharon Jones

Breakfast with George, disco with George,

It must be us who truly serve...

#24 - The Suburbs

by Arcade Fire

Sometimes I can't believe it,

I'm moving past the feeling again...

#23 - Somebody To Love Me

by Mark Ronson & The Business Intl ft. Boy George and Miike Snow

But tonight, I crossed the line,

Dear Mr. Lonely, how much could you know me?

#22 - Rolling In The Deep

by Adele

There's a fire starting in my heart,

Reaching a fever pitch it's bringing me out the dark...

#21 - Born Free

by M.I.A

Yeah, I don't wanna live for tomorrow, I'll push my luck today,

I'll throw this in your face when I see you, I got somethin' to say...

Top 100 Songs of 2010, #40 - 31



Ronson & Friends...



#40 - Hollywood

by Marina and the Diamonds

He said, oh my god, you look just like Shakira,

No no, you're Catherine Zeta, actually my name's Marina...

#39 - Flashover

by Klaxons

Never seen before, others bring you dolls,

Colour days are on display, the waiting is no more...

#38 - Tokyo (Vampires and Wolves)

by The Wombats

I'll be animating every night,

The grass will be greener on the other side...

#37 - Bang Bang Bang!

by Mark Ronson and the Business Intl.

Think you got us filled, ooh never again,

First time, shame on me, second time, your time will end...

#36 - Starry Eyed

by Ellie Goulding

Handle bars, and then I let go, let go for anyone,

Take me in, and throw out my heart and get a new one...

#35 - Back and Forth

by Operator Please

Give it up for all the times that I thought,

I'm in luck from banging on this hollow door...

#34 - Hands

by Ting Tings

Clap your hands if your working too hard,

And the beats so hard, your workin' workin'...

#33 - Islands

by The xx

I am yours now, so now I don't ever have to leave,

I've been found out, so now I'll never explore...

#32 - Rich Kids

by Washington

I remember why I left this town,

I remember why I left this...

#31 - Stylo

by Gorillaz ft. Mos Def & Bobby Womack

If it's love, it's electric, it'll be flowing on the streets,

Night after night, just to get through the week...

Top 20 - 3 October, 2010

1. The Heavy - How You Like Me Now?

2. Mark Ronson & The Business Intl - Somebody To Love Me
3. The Good Natured - Your Body Is A Machine
4. The Verses - Want Everything
5. Kanye West ft. Pusha T - Runaway
6. Eddie Vedder - Better Days
7. Sara Bareilles - Breathe Again (NEW)

8. Belle & Sebastian ft. Norah Jones - Little Lou, Ugly Jack, Prophet John
9. Selebrities - Time
10. Blaqstarr ft. M.I.A - Lemme Hump You
11. Pete Yorn - Velcro Shoes
12. Matt Walters ft. Washington - I Would Die For You
13. Ting Tings - Hands
14. Grinderman - Heathen Child
15. Ou Est Le Swimming Pool - Dance The Way I Feel
16. Robyn - Indestructable
17. Belle & Sebastian - Write About Love
18. Brooke Fraser - Something In The Water (NEW)

19. Kimbra - Plain Gold Ring (NEW)

20. Egyptian Hip Hop - Rad Pitt

Top 20 - 26 September, 2010

1. The Verses - Want Everything
2. Eddie Vedder - Better Days (NEW)
3. Mark Ronson & The Business Intl ft. Boy George & Miike Snow - Somebody To Love Me (NEW)

4. Pete Yorn - Velcro Shoes
5. The Heavy - How You Like Me Now?
6. Kanye West ft. Pusha T - Runaway

7. Grinderman - Heathen Child
8. Blaqstarr ft. M.I.A - Lemme Hump You (NEW)
9. The Good Natured - Your Body Is A Machine (NEW)
10. Selebrities - Time (NEW)
11. Belle & Sebastian - Write About Love
12. Belle & Sebastian ft. Norah Jones - Little Lou, Ugly Jack, Prophet John (NEW)
13. Matt Walters ft. Washington - I Would Die For You
14. Robyn - Indestructable
15. Ting Tings - Hands
16. Sara Radle - Song For Adam
17. Ou Est Le Swimming Pool - Dance The Way I Feel
18. Egyptian Hip Hop - Rad Pitt
19. Hoodie Allen ft. VV Brown - Swimming With Sharks (NEW)

20. Ray Lamontagne & The Pariah Dogs - For The Summer

New Music - Eddie Vedder, Mark Ronson, Belle & Sebastian + More

Eddie Vedder - Better Days

Like there weren't enough reasons to like the Pearl Jam front man already. 'Better Days' is his latest solo release and it's for Julia Roberts' latest movie, Eat, Pray, Love. Vedder has contributed some amazing music to films in the past, including the entire soundtrack for Into The Wild and a cover of The Beatles' 'You've Got To Hide Your Love Away' for I Am Sam. He keeps his track record of amazing movie music going strong, as 'Better Days' is simply one of the best songs you'll hear this year. It's the voice... his voice is incredible. Highly recommended.

Rating: 5/5

The Good Natured - Your Body Is A Machine

Your new favourite band. Topshop was playing this track earlier in the year and I finally stumbled upon it! If 'Your Body Is A Machine' is anything to go by than we can expect big things from this UK based electro/rock outfit (add goth in too... they do). Think of them as a punkish La Roux.

Rating: 4/5

Selebrities - Time

Your even newer favourite band! Uh, this is a good week for music. 'Time' is a banging tune and will hopefully get New York's Selebrities a whole lot of attention. If you know of any fine establishments that sell alcoholic beverages that will play this kind of music and possibly have an area to move rhythmically to then please let me know and I'm there! New Order would be proud.

Rating: 4/5

Belle & Sebastian ft. Norah Jones - Little Lou, Ugly Jack, Prophet John

Don't let the name put you off, this song is brilliant. Belle & Sebastian have built a career on living up to and exceeding the expectations of their fans and they more than do that here. Bringing some needed attention back to Ms Jones and her vocal talents is also very much appreciated. If this doesn't get you excited about B&S's new album, Write About Love, nothing will. Oh, and... you're messed up.

Rating: 4.5/5

Mark Ronson & The Business Intl ft. Boy George & Miike Snow - Somebody To Love Me

And the good keeps coming. We're 5 for 5 so far. Mark Ronson continues to put out quality track after quality track as his star only rises higher. His choice of collaborators would seem questionable on paper, but somehow he makes it work. Miike Snow you can understand. Boy George? Who knew he could still sing so well. I thought he was just into chaining up rent boys and beating them or something. 'Somebody To Love Me' could be the best release (leak) yet from new album, Record Collection, which is released this week in the UK.

Rating: 4/5

Blaqstarr ft. M.I.A - Lemme Hump You

Either I'm drunk or this is just a really good week for new music. I'm fairly certain I'm not drunk, let's say 72%, so it's a good week. Blaqstarr and regular co-conspirator M.I.A deliver yet again with 'Lemme Hump You.' Unnecessary title aside, it's a track Diplo is hopefully proud of, as both M.I.A and Blaqstarr deliver some terrific vocals over futuristic beats.

Rating: 4/5