Sunday, 9 December 2012

My year in Top 5's...because I am basically Rob from High Fidelity.

Top 5 (major label) album releases of 2012:

1. Spector - Enjoy It While It Lasts

2. Dry The River - Shallow Bed

3. Civil Wars - Barton Hollow

4. Parkway Drive - Atlas

5. Bellowhead - Broadside


Top 5 gigs seen in 2012:

1. Dry The River - The Fleece

2. Touche Amoure - The Thekla

3. Mugstar - The Louisiana

4. Donnie Brasco - The Croft Front Bar

5. Origin - The Croft


Top 5 gigs played in 2012:

1. Solo (Squeeze Me Macaroni) supporting Bardo Pond + Anta at The Croft

2. Svalbard at Caffe Mukkes, in Leewarden, Netherlands 

3. Ghouls Night Out (Misfits tribute band) at The Croft on Halloween

4. Svalbard at 13th Note in Glasgow

5. Svalbard at Cafe 1001, London.


Top 6 Bristol bands of 2012: (I couldn't cram it down to just 5)

1. The Naturals

2. Zun Zun Egui

3. ANTA

4. Isola

5. Vena Cava 

6. Rock in your Pocket / Nasty Little Lonely


Top 5 places visited in 2012:

1. Glasgow, Scotland

2. Koln, Germany

3. Schifflange, Luxembourg

4. Paris, France

5. Cardigan Bay, Wales 


Top 5 books read in 2012:

1. Northern Lights - Philip Pullman

2. The Subtle Knife - Philip Pullman

3. It's Lovely To Be Here - James Yorkston (biography)

4. How I Escaped My Certain Fate - Stewart Lee (biography)

5. The Audacity of Hype - Amrando Iannucci


Top 5 theme park visits in 2012:

1. Parc Asterix

2. Thorpe Park with Ghosterforce

3. Alton Towers Scare Fest

4. Oakwood with the band whilst touring in Wales

5. PhantasiaLand 


Top 5 Coaster Creds gained in 2012:

1. OzIris

2. Black Mamba

3. Megaphobia

4. Space Mountain Mission 2

5. Swarm


Top 5 new attractions of 2012:

1. Nemesis Sub-Terra at Alton Towers

2. OzIris at Parc Asterix

3. Wodan Timbur Coaster at Europa Park

4. Swarm at Thorpe Park

5. Aztec Falls at Sandcastle Water Park