25) Drake – Nothing Was The Same Kicking things off is the third album from Drake, an artist who back in 2011 was on the brink of becoming the best Hip-Hop act currently recording. The pressure for Nothing Was The Same was so immense that it’s understandable that the end result was a slight disappointment. … Continue reading
20) London Grammar – Strong It’s easy to understand why I love Strong so much. Much like the rest of the London Grammar album, it feels like The XX’s music pushed beyond technical brilliance and into the realm of real emotion. Lead singer Hannah Reid’s vocal here is incredibly powerful without overshadowing the rest of … Continue reading
40) Calvin Harris – Sweet Nothing (Feat. Florence Welch) 2012’s dream team kicks off my singles list with Sweet Nothing, a club banger in every sense of the word. Florence’s vocal is ridiculous as usual, whilst Harris provides just enough of his signature drum build up to make this an absolute tune. What an explosive … Continue reading
I must have looked very stupid following my 2011 Grammy predictions, where I said the award was Bieber’s to win and eventual winner Esperanza Spalding was just included to round out the numbers…but the rest of the internet was as surprised as me with the eventual result. This year is just as difficult to judge, … Continue reading
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