January 2011 in Summary

It's been a great start to 2011 if you ask me. Rather than trawl through some of my older posts and read my inane drivel, here is a summary of the best of what I've heard and discovered this month through, what matters, videos and audio from the artists themselves.

The Best Five Things Released in January 2011.

1. The Joy Formidable - The Big Roar
Joy Formidable - The Greatest Light Is The Greatest Shade by The Drift Record Shop

2. Esben and the witch - Violet Cries
Esben and The Witch - Marine Fields Glow by The Drift Record Shop

3. Braids - Native Speaker
BRAIDS 'Lemonade' by kaninerecords

4. Tennis - Cape Dory
Tennis - Marathon by Vicente P

5. The Soft Moon - The Soft Moon
The Soft Moon - Out of Time by Insound

The Five Best Just Music That I Like Discoveries of January:

1. Softspot
SoftSpot - Bones by morrisday



2. Echo Lake
In Dreams by Echo Lake

3. Clytem Scanning


4. Camille Delean
Camille Delean - Rivers (Demo) by morrisday

5. Birds of Passage
you wore blue by birds of passage

scarlet monkeys by birds of passage

Five Things You Need to Order in Feb

1. Caitlin Rose - Own Side (Single out 21st Feb)


2. Let's Buy Happiness - Fast Fast (Single released 28th Feb)
Let's Buy Happiness - Fast Fast by Jonathan Six07 Press

3. Terror Bird - Outside / When I Woke UP (Single Released 21st Feb) + Human Culture LP (out feb)
TERROR BIRD - Outside.mp3 by NightSchool

4. The Boxer Rebellion - The Cold Still (Album Released 7th Feb)


5. She Keeps Bees - Live in the UK, 24th Feb at London Windmill - http://www.wegottickets.com/event/107650
She Keeps Bees - Gimme by morrisday