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|  | It's only right that towards the end of the year we present our albums of the year to you! Here's all 22 Banquet staff's individual top tens of records we loved best (and events we enjoyed the most) through 2011. We've totted them up, and weighted them accordingly to give you our top dozen albums of 2011. Its quite a varied selection, and beautifully reflects what we do throughout the year. The Wonder Years came out top. Just. We mailed them to let them know, and they sent us this video in return! How many of these albums do you have? Do you agree with our staff? Let us know! |
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 | | ALBUMS 01. The Naked And Famous - Passive Me, Aggressive You 02. The Wonder Years - Suburbia... 03. SpyCatcher - Honesty 04. Scroobius Pip - Distraction Pieces 05. Bombay Bicycle Club - A Different Kind Of Fix 06. Frank Turner - England Keep My Bones 07. Grouplove - Never Trust A Happy Song 08. The King Blues - Punk & Poetry 09. letlive - Fake History 10. The Vaccines - What Did You Expect From The Vaccines? EVENTS 01. 03/09/11- Ed Sheeran at Hippodrome / New Slang 02. 17/04/11- Record Store Day 03. 20/02/11- The Wonder Years at The Peel 04. 23/08/11- Face To Face at The Peel 05. 23/06/11- Metronomy at New Slang JON ALSO LIKED 01. People’s Democratic Rep Of Chiswick winning division B of Jumpers For Goalsposts Chiswick 5-a-side league 02. Sunbury Skate Park 03. [H]ouse 04. Nike K’s shirts 05. Chris Ouseley’s own goal in the BSM 5-aside |
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 | | ALBUMS 01. Jamie Woon - Mirrorwriting 02. Gil Scott Heron / Jamie XX - We're New Here 03. Tiger & Woods -Through The Green 04. SBTRKT - SBTRKT 05. James Blake - James Blake 06. Maceo -This Is Happening 07. Zomby - Dedication 08. Holy Other - With U 09. Little Roy - Battle For Seattle 10. Wolf & Lamb vs Soul Clap - DJ Kicks EVENTS 01. 10/09/11- Example at D.A.N.C.E. 02. 05/10/11- Andy C/Rodigan/Cyantific at Repeater 03. 08/12/11- Jeru The Damaja at The Peel 04. 03/09/11- Ed Sheeran at Hippodrome / New Slang 05. 29/01/11 - Heatwave at D.A.N.C.E. MIKE ALSO LIKED 01. Releasing my first track (after a decade of messing about in the studio) 02. Beating Hesseltime at Squash 03. Cuba 04. Surbiton Swim Club 05. Golf Summer Season 2011 |
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 | | ALBUMS 01. SpyCatcher - Honesty 02. The Naked And Famous - Passive Me, Aggressive You 03. The Get Up Kids - There Are Rules 04. M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming 05. The Computers - This Is The Computers 06. Metronomy - The English Riviera 07. Beirut - The Rip Tide 08. Jeffrey Lewis - A Turn In The Dream Songs 09. The Mountain Goats - All Eternals Deck 10. Aloe Blacc - Good Things EVENTS 01. 13/05/11- Scholars supporting Francesqa at The Peel 02. 23/08/11- Face To Face at The Peel 03. 08/08/11- The Computers supporting The Bronx at The Peel 04. 17/04/11- Record Store Day 05. 03/09/11- Ed Sheeran at Hippodrome / New Slang JANE ALSO LIKED 01. The Dismemberment Plan @ 9.30 Club, Washington DC 02. DC / NYC Jan 2011 03. BLOC Weekend 04. Gergiev conducting Swan Lake @ The Proms 05. Kevin Eldon @ Soho Theatre |
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 | | ALBUMS 01. Touche Amore - Parting The Sea Between Brightness And Me 02. Title Fight - Shed 03. Defeater - Empty Days And Sleepless Nights 04. Balance And Composure - Separation 05. Thrice - Major / Minor 06. Into It. Over It. - Proper 07. Basement - I Wish I Could Stay Here 08. Manchester Orchestra - Simple Math 09. Jamie Woon - Mirrorwriting 10. SBTRKT- SBTRKT EVENTS 01. 08/08/11- The Bronx at The Peel 02. 10/09/11- letlive at The Fighting Cocks 03. 11/08/11- Touche Amore / La Dispute at The Fighting Cocks 04. 16/02/11- Four Year Strong at The Fighting Cocks 05. 20/12/11- Title Fight / Balance & Composure at The Peel TOM ALSO LIKED 01. New York City, Nov 11 02. FA Cup Final 03. United 1-6 City 04. Summer Of Festivals 05. Summer Of Weddings / Stags |
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 | | ALBUMS 01. Gil Scott Heron / Jamie XX - We're New Here 02. V/A- Ram100 03. SBTRKT- SBTRKT 04. V/A- The Way Of The Warrior 05. Real Estate - Days 06. Icicle - Under The Ice 07. Jamie Woon - Mirrorwriting 08. Marcus Intalex - 21 09. Horizons Music presents: Dreamthiefs pt2 10. Sepalcure - S/T EVENTS 01. 05/10/11- Andy C/Rodigan/Cyantific at Repeater 02. 27/04/11- Wilkinson / Danny Byrd / Netsky at Repeater 03. 20/07/11- Breakage / 16 Bit / Doctor P at Repeater 04. 29/10/11 - Halloween D.A.N.C.E. 05. 17/03/11- New Slainte St Patrick's day PIERS ALSO LIKED 01. Jamie's shaved head 02. India 03. Supporting Southampton FC from my armchair and being top of the Championship 04. Building my wardrobe / cheese coleslaw from Lidl 05. Sainsbury's reduced section |
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 | | ALBUMS 01.The Black Keys - El Camino 02. Danger Mouse / Daniele Luppi - Rome 03. The Computers - This Is The Computers 04. SBTRKT- SBTRKT 05. TV On The Radio - Nine Types Of Light 06. Toddla T - Watch Me Dance 07. Tom Vek - Leisure Seizure 08. GilScott Heron / Jamie XX - We're New Here 09. Metronomy- The English Riviera 10. Gorillaz - Singles Collection EVENTS 01. 08/01/11- Dave Hause vs Dave House at The Fighting Cocks 02. Sold out punk shows (FYS, Bronx, Face To Face, Against Me!) 03. 17/04/11- Record Store Day 04. 26/05/11- Frank Turner at New Slang 05. 22/09/11- Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag at New Slang SALTY ALSO LIKED 01. Camden Crawl 2011 02. Pret Hot Toasties 03. Hats with woolly beards 04. Arcade Fire at Hyde Park 05. Foo Fighters at Milton Keynes Bowl |
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 | | ALBUMS 01. The Rural Alberta Advantage - Departing 02. Tune-Yards - WhoKill 03. Feist - Metals 04. M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming 05. Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost 06. Beirut - The Rip Tide 07. Sigur Ros - Inni 08. The Antlers - Burst Apart 09. The Mountain Goats - All Eternals Deck 10. Real Estate - Days EVENTS 01. 20/09/11 - Treetop Flyers / Jamie Thorn, The Cricketers 02. 08/09/11 - Taking Back Sunday instore 03. 27/10/11 - New Slang 5th Birthday 04. 17/04/11 - Record Store Day 05. 29/10/11 - Halloween D.A.N.C.E. OLLIE ALSO LIKED 01. Primavera 02. Robin Van Persie 03. Sufjan Stevens @ Southbank Centre 04. Zelda: Skyward Sword 05. Scouse Jack's dinghy adventure |
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 | ALBUMS 01. The Wonder Years - Suburbia... 02. Jack's Mannequin - People and Things 03. Set Your Goals - Burning at Both Ends 04. I Am The Avalanche - Avalanche United 05. Into It. Over It. - Proper 06. Polar Bear Club - Clash Battle Guilt Pride 07. Fireworks - Gospel 08. The King Blues - Punk and Poetry 09. Manchester Orchestra - Simple Math 10. Bayside - Killing Time EVENTS 01. 16/02/11 - Four Year Strong - Rise Or Die Trying @ The Fighting Cocks 02. 20/02/11 - The Wonder Years @ The Peel 03. 07/09/11 - Into It. Over It. / Koji @ The Fighting Cocks 04. 18/04/11 - King Blues @ New Slang 05. 19/03/11 - Fireworks- All I Have To Offer Is My Own Confusion @ Fighting Cocks MAX ALSO LIKED 01. Vegas 02. Samaras' brace at Ibrox (followed by Ian spraying a bouncer in the face with silly string) 03. WWF themed club-night @ Rockbox, Manchester 04. Slam Dunk 05. Megabus Sleeper | |
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 | | ALBUMS 01. Bon Iver - Bon Iver 02. Zomby - Dedication 03. SBTRKT - SBTRKT 04. Thundercat - Golden Age of Apocalypse 05. Gil Scott-Heron / Jamie XX - We're New Here 06. You Me At Six - Sinners Never Sleep 07. oOoOO - S/T 08. Balam Acab - Wander / Wonder 09. Ceremony - Rohnert Park LP 10. Washed Out - Within and Without EVENTS 01. 14/04/11 - David Rodigan at Repeater Sessions 02. Tibbin at Repeater Sessions 03. New Noise (Mike Treat's birthday) 04. 17/04/11 - Record Store Day 2011 05. 30/04/11 - Yasmin at D.A.N.C.E ADAM ALSO LIKED 01. Shane Long 02. Made In Chelsea 03. How to Make It In America / Game of Thrones / HBO 04. Bar Loco, Barcelona 05. Betting with confidence |
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 | ALBUMS 01. Touche Amore - Parting The Sea Between Brightness and Me 02. Title Fight - Shed 03. Bridge & Tunnel - Rebuilding Year 04. Chuck Ragan - Covering Ground 05. Explosions In The Sky - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care 06. Ceremony - Covers EP 07. Young Statues - S/T 08. Basement - I Wish I Could Stay Here 09. Joyce Manor - S/T 10. Into It. Over It. - Twelve Towns EVENTS 01. 28/11/11 - Against Me! and Crazy Arm at The Peel 02. 11/08/11 - Touche Amore / La Dispute / Death Is Not Glamorous at The Fighting Cocks 03. 23/08/11 - Face To Face / The Flatliners at The Peel 04. 07/07/11 - Title Fight / Basement at The Fighting Cocks 05. 30/06/11 - Lemuria / Cheap Girls at The Peel CHRIS ALSO LIKED 01. Going on tour with The Flatliners and The Arteries which coincided with two shows with Face To Face 02. The Walking Dead and Game Of Thrones 03. Going on tour in Europe with Worn In Red and putting out a split 7" for the tour 04. Passing my first year of University 05. Having a Movember moustache for most of the year | |
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 | | ALBUMS 01. Fourtet - Fabriclive.59 02. Vondelpark - nyc stuff and nyc bags 03. Gil Scott Heron & Jamie XX - We're New Here 04. Hotflush Presents Back and 4th 05. Falty DL - You Stand Uncertain 06. Calibre - Condition 07. Fink - Perfect Darkness 08. Zomby - Dedication 09. Lone - Emerald Fantasy Tracks 10. Ram Records - Ram 100 EVENTS 01. 05/10/11 - Cyantific @ Repeater 02. 17/04/11 - Record Store Day 03. 27/04/11 - Wilkinson @ Repeater 04. 14/04/11 - David Rodigan @ Repeater 05. 20/06/11 - Jehst and Parkinson Instore @ Banquet Records JAMIE ALSO LIKED 01. Piers Kemp 02. Robin Van Persie 03. David Rodigan's acknowledgement of my T-shirt selection 04. Pampero Rum 05. Seldom Seen's knitwear collection. |
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 | | ALBUMS 01. Young Statues - S/T 02. Lemuria - Pebble 03. Joyce Manor - S/T 04. Fireworks - Gospel 05. Spraynard - Untilted 06. Into It. Over It. - Proper 07. Death Cab For Cutie - Codes and Keys 08. Dave Hause - Resolutions 09. Bridge and Tunnel - Rebuilding Year 10. Laura Stevenson and The Cans - Sit Resist |
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 | | ALBUMS 1. Jehst - The Dragon Of An Ordinary Family 2. Tubelord - Romance 3. Wiz Khalifa - Rolling Papers 4. Tellison - The Wages Of Fear 5. SBRKT - SBRKT 6. Four Tet - Fabric Live 59 7. Zomby - Dedication 8. Balam Acab - Wander / Wonder 9. Snoop Dogg - Doggumentary 10. Ras G - Down 2 Earth EVENTS Jehst - Peel BSM 5 Aside David Rodigan Rattle Snake upstairs @ Dance after BMX jam Tubelord and Katy Malco @ New Slang HARRY ALSO LIKED 18th birthday day most drunk ever Smashing 3 distinctions in music tech at Kingston College Recording Rattle Snakes EP that never got finished Had my bike smashed up in November |
 Albums 01. Toddla T - Watch Me Dance 02. Summer Camp - Welcome to Condale 03. Bon Iver - Bon Iver 04. Slow Club - Paradise 05. The Strokes - Angles 06. Bombay Bicycle Club - Flaws 07. Big Deal - Lights Out 08. Noah and The Whale - Last Night on Earth 09. Naked & Famous 10. Real Estate - Days Banquet Events: 01. Starboy Nathan signing 02. Mystery Jets at New Slang 03. New Slangs 5th Birthday! 04. Rizzle Kicks signing 05. Halloween Dance Also Liked 01. My new gangsta coat 02. Getting Starboy Nathan in my life 03. The beginning of Young Romance 04. The One 05. Clement Marfo telling me I had lovely breasts |  Albums 01. Metronomy - The English Riviera 02. Tubelord - R O M A N C E 03. Fucked Up - David Comes To Life 04. Brontide - Sans Souci 05. The Dauntless Elite - More Bloody Bad News 06. Three Trapped Tigers - Route One or Die 07. Dananananaykroyd - There is a Way 08. Touche Amore - Parting The Sea Between Brightness And Me 09. tUnE-yArDs - W H O K I L L 10. Beirut - The Rip Tide Banquet Events 01. The Bronx at The Peel 02. Dave House vs Dave Hause at The Fighting Cocks 03. Metronomy at New Slang 04. Three Trapped Tigers / Los Mendozas at New Slang 05. Gallops / Fair Ohs / Lemuria at New Slang Also Liked 01. My wedding 02. Buying my first house 03. Scott Parker 04. The Walking Dead / Game of Thrones 05. The Tenth Annual UG to AG Marathon |  Albums 01. Fireworks - Gospel 02. The Story So Far - Under Soil and Dirt 03. Man Overboard - Man Overboard 04. The Wonder Years - Suburbia I've Given You All and Now I'm Nothing 05. Blink 182 - Neighbourhoods 06. Four Year Strong - In Some Way, Shape or Form 07. Tellison - The Wages of Fear 08. Panic at the Disco - Vices and Virtues 09. Set Your Goals - Burning at Both Ends 10. New Found Glory - Radiosurgery Banquet Events: 01. Fireworks at The Fighting Cocks 02. Polar Bear Club / Man Overboard at The Peel 03. The Wonder Years instore 04. Taking Back Sunday instore 05. Mayday Parade at The Peel Also Liked: 01. Pop Punk's Not Dead Tour (USA) 2. Facial hair 3. Dinosaurs 4. Playing with baby meerkats 5. Everything Jason Segel has had ANYTHING to do with. |
 Albums 01. Daughter - The Wild Youth 02. James Blake - James Blake 03. Alex Turner - Submarine 04. Bon Iver - Bon Iver 05. Zoo Kid - King Krule 06. Metronomy - The English Riviera 07. Wye Oak - Civilian 08. Laura Marling - A Creature I Don't Know 09. SBTRKT - SBTRKT 10. Gil Scott-Heron / Jamie xx: I'm New Here Banquet Events 01 Chapel Club / Summer Camp, New Slang 02. Dry The River instore 03. Mystery Jets, New Slang 04 Metronomy, New Slang 05 Slow Club, New Slang Also liked 01. Laura Marling @ Guildford Cathedral 02. Derren Brown - The Experiments 03. Secret Cinema 04. Jurrasic Park @ IMAX 05. Working at Banquet |  Albums 01. Owen - Ghost Town 02. Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will 03. Bon Iver - Bon Iver 04. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues 05. Wu Lyf - Go Tell Fire To The Mountain 06. Ryan Adams - Ashes and Fire 07. Ben Howard - Every Kingdom 08. Laura Marling - A Creature I Don't Know 09. Explosions In The Sky - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care 10. Big Deal - Lights Out Banquet Events 01. Dry The River @ The Cricketers 02. Tall Ships @ New Slang 03. Scroobius Pip instore 04. Against Me! @ The Peel 05. Cage The Elephant instore Also liked 01. Benicassim + Green Man festivals 02. John Mundy's shed, AKA 'The Shack' 03. Driving further than Addlestone park to go skateboarding 04. www.blast-radio.co.uk Tuesdays 9-10pm 05. When Owen announced he was coming to the UK |  Albums 01. Defeater - Empty Days & Sleepless Nights 02. Yuck - Yuck 03. M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming 04. Dels - Gob 05. Scroobius Pip - Distraction Pieces 06. Africa Hitech - 93 Million Miles 07. Face To Face - Laugh Now, Laugh Later 08. The Electric - Life Is Moving 09. Givers - In Light 10. Lemuria - Pebble Banquet Events 01. Wheatus at New Slang 02. Iron Chic / Pacer / OK Pilot at The Peel 03. Gallops / Lemuria / Fair Ohs / Cheap Girls / Funeral Suits at New Slang 04. Dels at New Slang 05. Grouplove / Givers / Big Deal at New Slang Also liked 01. Bigger house / room just for records (& girlfriend moving in) 02. Aaron's leaving party 03. The continued evolution of Sundae Session 04. Gary Numan / Maximo Park at Ben & Jerry's Sundae on the Common 05. Torchwood - Miracle Day |
 Albums 1. Scuba - DJ Kicks 2. Motor City Drum Ensemble - L.O.V.E 3. KRL - Decay 4. Floating Points - Shadow 5. David August - Peace of Conscience EP Banquet events 1. Jehst at The Peel 2. Young Romance at New Slang 3. Rizzle Kicks @ Dance 4. Example @ Dance 5. New Slang 5th Birthday |  Albums01. Rizzle Kicks - Stereo Typical 02. Example - Playing In The Shadows 03. Ed Sheeran - + 04. David Rodigan - David Rodigan's Dubwise Shower 05. Los Mendozas - everything! 06. Frank Turner - England Keep My Bones 07. Wretch 32 - Black and White 08. Tinie Tempah - Discovery 09. Annie Mac presents 2011 10. Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag |  Albums 01. The Wonder Years - Suburbia... 02. Fireworks - Gospel 03. Lower Than Atlantis - World Record 04. Frank Turner - England Keep My Bones 05. The King Blues - Punk and Poetry 06. City and Colour - Little Hell 07. Deaf Havana - Fools and Worthless Liars 08. Ed Sheeran - + 09. Example - Playing In The Shadows 10. letlive - Fake History |
