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Beat Surrender Top Ten of ‘11

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Band of Holy Joy
How To Kill A Butterfly

Band of Holy Joy – A Clear Night, a Shooting Star, a Song for Boo by BeatSurrender

Wonderfully crafted the songs preach with a desolate beauty leaving behind plenty of food-for-thought 

I’ve listened and enjoyed some great music this year but none better than this album from Band Of Holy Joy which just stopped me in my tracks, but it doesn’t end with the musical brilliance as the CD release is packaged beautifully too in a book format with wonderful original artwork by Inga Tillere, for your chance to win a copy drop us an Email with the subject line BOHJ and I’ll pick a random entry and put a copy of the CD in the post to you (overseas entries welcome)

2
Zoe Muth & Lost High Rollers
Starlight Hotel

Muth’s vocal is just perfect, sad, sincere, achingly beautiful 

3
Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit
Here & Now

Career high from one of the best song writers around

Codeine by

4
Danny & the Champions of the World
Hearts & Arrows

Shooting straight at the heart of rock ‘n’ roll

5
The Decemberists
The King is Dead

live up to the hype it does from the first listen this record has really grabbed me 

6
The Redlands Palomino Company
Don’t Fade

cracking third from the UK’s top country rockers

The Redlands Palomino Company – Don’t Fade by BeatSurrender

7
Amanda Shires
Carrying Lightning

it’s hard not to be captivated by it

8
Drive-by Truckers
Go-Go Boots

country, soul, murder ballads, DBT keep driving forward

9
Emily Barker & the Red Clay Halo
Almanac

Top track from a top album used on the best piece of TV drama I’ve watched this year.

10
Dawes
Nothing is Wrong

wonderfully melodic and adorned with some sweet sounding guitar and the sibling harmonies

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Best of The Rest of 2010

#1   The Promise – Bruce Springsteen
#2   More Townes Van Zandt By The Great Unknown
#3   Divided by a Common Language
#4   Sounds Affects Deluxe - The Jam
#5   Riding the Range (The Songs of Townes van Zandt)
#6  Oil City Confidential- Story of Dr. Feelgood
#7   Wreckless Eric and Amy Rigby – Two Way Family Favourites
#8   Face a Frowning World : An E.C. Ball Memorial Album
#9   Crazy Heart: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
#10  Butcher Holler (A Tribute To Loretta Lynn)
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Best of 2010 “EPs”

 

#1   Evangenitals “Evangenitals
#2   Ronnie Fauss “Mulligan
#3   The Shants “Russian River Songs
#4   The Lost Society “the loneliness of the long distance runner
#5   Whitney Mann “The Way Back Home
#6   Paul Masson “Paul Masson EP
#7   Jessie Torrisi “Brûler Brûler
#8   Shiny & The Spoon “Shiny & The Spoon
#9   The Sister Ruby Band “A Shot In The Dark
#10   Exebelle & The Rusted Cavalcade “Vivement l’Automne!

 

 

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Best of 2010 #1 to #12

#1   Paul Weller “Wake Up the Nation
#2   Lloyd Cole “Broken Record
#3   Jim Bryson & The Weakerthans “The Falcon Lake Incident
#5   Drive-by Truckers “The Big To-do
#6   Kasey Anderson “Nowhere Nights
#7   Caitlin Rose “Own Side Now
#8   Justin Townes Earle “Harlem River Blues
#9   Steve Wynn & The Miracle 3 “Northern Aggression
#10   Quiet Loner “Spectrology
#11   Neil Young “Le Noise
#12   John Grant “Queen of Denmark
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