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 | So here we have it! The top 12 of '12 as voted by the staff of Banquet. Individual charts are shown, and then we've totted them up with a weighting towards the bosses, and here's the top dozen albums of the year according to us. We gave The Front Bottoms the news and they sent us this video back, in their own style. Staff members have also listed their favourite Banquet events from the 200+ we've done in 2012. |
As you'd expect, its a varied mix, but covering the bases of indie, punk and dance, small bands and massive acts, which is what we do each day of the year. How many do you have? How many have you checked out?
As a bunch of music fans, we wanna say thanks to all the bands and producers who've put out great music throughout the year and allowed us to sell their records. The bands, acts and DJs who've played for us and, our customers who keep us in the position to do this throughout the year.
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 | | ALBUMS 01. Mixtapes - Even On The Worst Nights 02. The Front Bottoms - The Front Bottoms 03. Spector - Enjoy It While It Lasts 04. Azealia Banks - 1991 05. Apologies, I Have None - London 06. Tall Ships - Everything Touching 07. Mystery Jets - Radlands 08. The Menzingers - On The Impossible Past 09. The Skints - Part & Parcel 10. The Maccabees - Given To The Wild EVENTS  01. 02/09/12 - Skints at Kingston Carnival 02. 05/05/12 - The Menzigers at the Fighting Cocks 03. 03/05/12 - Mystery Jets instore / New Slang 04. 13/11/12 - Chuck Ragan instore 05. 02/04/12 - Futureheads instore JON ALSO LIKED 01. Kingston Skate Park. Switch blunts. Nollie Lasers. 02. House / Homeland / Sunday nights 03. Ks fleeting moments of not being rubbish 04. (Kingston) Olympic fever 05. The People's Democratic Republic of Chiswick's re-promotion after recent relegation |
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 | | ALBUMS 01. John Talabot - Fin 02. Gang Colours - The Keychain Collection 03. Jessie Ware - Devotion 04. Daphni - Daphni 05. Tall Black Guy - Tempo Dreams 06. Boof - Shh, Dandelions At Play 07. T.E.E.D - Trouble 08. Dibiase - Sound Palace 09. Wrongtom & Deemus J - In East London 10. Actress - RIP EVENTS  01. 04/06/12 - Banquet's Big Day Out 02. 03/10/12 - Mosca/Boddika/Dusky at Repeater 03. 23/08/12 - Jessie Ware instore 04. 13/09/12 - AlunaGeorge at New slang 05. 27/04/12 - Jehst (Live Band) at D.A.N.C.E. MIKE ALSO LIKED 01. Only having holiday time off to go to weddings 02. Buying a house 03. Tennis before work with Sunday Jamie and Jon Cyantific |
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 | | ALBUMS 01. The Front Bottoms - The Front Bottoms 02. Miike Snow - Happy To You 03. Basement - Colourmeinkindness 04. Sharks - No Gods 05. The Mountain Goats - Transcendental Youth 06. Metric - Synthetica 07. Jens Lakeman - I Know What Love isn't 08. Motion City Soundtrack - G0 09. Stars - The North 10. Gallows - Gallows EVENTS  01. 04/06/12 - Banquet's Big Day Out 02. 03/04/12 - Hundred Reasons at the Fighting Cocks 03. 26/07/12 - Pure Love at New Slang 04. 10/05/12 - The Front Bottoms instore 05. 25/05/12 - Say Anything instore JANE ALSO LIKED 01. Hundred Reasons IAOS anniversary shows 02. Iceland / New York / Washington trips 03. Olympic cycling / flame / fever in Kingston 04. The Pooh Sticks in Brighton 05. Archers Of Loaf in London |
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 | | ALBUMS 01. Title Fight - Floral Green 02. Metz - Metz 03. Off! - Off! 04. Converge - All We Love We Left Behind 05. Jack White - Blunderbuss 06. DZ Deathrays - Bloodstreams 07. Birds In Row - You, Me And The Violence 08. Gnarwolves - Cru 09. White Lung - Sorry 10. Jessie Ware - Devotion EVENTS  01. 04/06/12 - Banquet's Big Day Out 02. 1711/12 - The Bronx matinee show 03. 16/09/12 (Ok Pilot supporting) Latterman at The Peel 04. 31/08/12 The Flatliners at The Fighting Cocks 05. 18/10/12 We Are The Physics instore TOM ALSO LIKED 01. Starting work at Banquet 02. Breaking Bad 03. Metz at The Old Blue Last 04. Knowing I can expect something from Rocket From The Crypt in 2013 05. Chris Ouseley Moynan getting married |
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 | | ALBUMS 01. Enei - Machines 02. Octane & DLR - Method In The Madness 03. Audio - Soulmagnet 04. Death Grips - The Money Store 05. Symmetry Presents - The Other Side 06. Mala - Mala In Cuba 07. Daphni - Jiaolong 08. Spectrasoul - Delay No More 09. Wrongtom - Wrongtom Meets Deemas J in East London 10. The Orb Feat. Lee Scratch Perry - Soulman EVENTS  01. 04/06/12 - Banquet's Big Day Out 02. 03/10/12 - Mosca/Boddika/Dusky at Repeater 03. 06/04/12 - Basher/Xtrah/Codebreaker&Unknown/Tronik at Repeater 04. 14/09/12 - Spectrasoul at Repeater 05. 19/10/12 - Klashnekoff at D.A.N.C.E. PIERS ALSO LIKED 01. El Tequito wraps 02. People Just Do Nothing instore shoot 03. Warehouse Project in Manchester 04. Sam E:B's team GB fanaticism / Sam E:B's handlebars 05. MPC Wednesdays |
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 | | ALBUMS 01. Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs - Trouble 02. Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls 03. Maccabees - Given To The Wild 04. Daphni - Jiaolong 05. Lucy Rose - Like I Used To 06. The Heavy - The Glorious Dead 07. Jesse Ware - Devotion 08. Jack White Blunderbuss 09. Of Monsters & Men - My Head Is An Animal 10. Japandroids - Celebration Rock EVENTS  01. 04/06/12 - Banquet's Big Day out 02. 20/05/12 - Skints Fundraiser at The Fighting Cocks 03. 02/04/12 - The Futureheads a capella instore 04. 05/07/12 - Bastille/Dan Le Sac at New Slang 05. 23/08/12 - Jesse Ware instore SALTY ALSO LIKED 01. Bestival & Camden Crawl |
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 | | ALBUMS 01. Japandroids - Celebration Rock 02. Polica - Give You The Ghost 03. Grimes - Visions 04. Sharon Van Etton - Tramp 05. Tame Impala - Lonerism 06. Of Monster & Men - My Head Is An Animal 07. Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan 08. Walkmen - Heaven 09. Passion Pit - Gossamer 10. The Front Bottoms - The Front Bottoms EVENTS  01. 04/06/12 - Banquet's Big Day Out 02. 15/05/12 - Banquet's Little Day Out 03. 18/09/12 - The Front Bottoms at The Cricketers 04. 30/08/12 - The Vaccines at New Slang 05. 28/08/12 - Human pyramid at Into it. Over It. OLLIE ALSO LIKED 01. Beating Spurs 5-2 twice in a calender year 02. Reading 5 - 7 Arsenal 03. Colleen buying me a lego Millenuim Falcon 04. Jeff Mangum ATP 05. Euro 2012 Italy days |
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 | ALBUMS 01. Hostage Calm - Please Remain Calm 02. Fun. - Some Nights 03. Make Do And Mend - Everything You Ever Loved 04. The Front Bottoms - The Front Bottoms 05. The Menzingers - On The Impossible Past 06. Cursive - I Am Gemini 07. Our Time Down Here - Midnight Mass 08. Motion City Soundtrack - Go 09. No Trigger - Tycoon 10. Mixtapes - Even On The Worst Nights EVENTS  01. 01/06/12 - Into It. Over It 2 hour set at The Cricketers 02. 25/05/12 - Set Your Goals/Make Do And Mend/Spycatcher at The Peel / Say Anything/Spycatcher instore 03. 04/06/12 - Banquet's Big Day Out 04. 23/04/12 - The Wonder Years/The Swellers/Home Advantage at The Peel & Max Nixon in the Emergency Room 05. 14/08/12 - Slingshot Dakota/Maura Mixtapes/The Static Age/Starters at The Fighting Cocks MAX ALSO LIKED 01. Tony Watt Vs Barcelona 02. People coming home from places 03. Jelly & ice cream 04. 10 year anniversary shows / vinyl reissues 05. Headers and volleys and Buckfast at the Estadio National | |
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 | ALBUMS 01. Converge - All We Love We Left Behind 02. Birds In Row - You, Me And The Violance 03. Baroness - Yellow & Green 04. Hot Water Music - Exister 05. Basement - Colourmeinkindness 06. White Lung - Sorry 07. Rise & Fall - Faith 08. Title Fight - Floral Green 09. Best Coast - The Only Place 10. Code Orange Kids - Love Is Love//Retun To Dust EVENTS  01. 17/11/12 - The Bronx matinee at The Peel 02. 19/03/12 - Ceremony at The Fighting Cocks 03. 01/06/12 - Into It. Over It. at The Cricketers 04. 13/11/12 - Chuck Ragan instore 05. 16/09/12 - Latterman at The Peel CHRIS ALSO LIKED 01. Getting Married 02. Trip to California 03. Getting to play with Latterman 04. Meeting Kerry King & Chuck Ragan 05. Breaking Bad seasons 1-5 | |
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 | | ALBUMS 01. Beach House - Bloom 02. Spector - Enjoy It While It Lasts 03. Veronica Falls - Veronica Falls 04. Maccabees - Given To The Wild 05. The Heartbreaks - Funtimes 06. Mystery Jets - Radlands 07. The Vaccines - Come Of Age 08. Tribes - Baby 09. Summer Camp - Always 10. Jesse Ware - Devotion EVENTS  01. 03/05/12 - Mystery Jets/Young Romance at New Slang 02. 21/04/12 - Record Store Day 03. 25/10/12 - New Slang's 6th Birthday with The Heartbreaks and King Charles 04. 15/08/12 - Spector at The Fighting Cocks 05. 30/08/12 - The Vaccines at New Slang CLAIRE ALSO LIKED 01. Playing with Mystery Jets at New Slang 02. Indietracks Festival 03. Mystery Jets at Brixton (notice the pattern here...) 04. The Euros (Forza Italia) 05. Piers 'uncle PP' / 'uncool PP' / 'pump' Piers |
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 | | ALBUMS 01. Jack White - Blunderbuss 02. The Front Bottoms - The Front Bottoms 03. Tim Barry - 40 Miler 04. Bloc Party - Four 05. Maccabees - Given To The Wild 06. John K. Sampson - Provincial 07. Tall Ships - Everything Touching 08. Tribes - Baby 09. Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls 10. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange EVENTS  01. 30/08/12 - The Vaccines at New Slang 02. 25/05/12 - Say Anything instore 03. 21/04/12 - Record Store Day 04. 04/06/12 - Banquet's Big Day Out 05. 18/09/12 - The Front Bottoms at The Cricketers CHRIS ALSO LIKED 01. At The Drive-In at Reading 02. The Dark Knight Rises in Imax 03. Cornish White Russians 04. Max booing the Ref at BSM's 5-a-side 05. Seeing the Olympics |
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 | | ALBUMS 01. The XX - Coexist 02. Gang Colours - Gang Colours 03. Spectrasoul - Delay No More 04. Alt-J - An Awesome Wave 05. John Talabot - Fin 06. Onra - Chinoiseries Pt 2 07. Portico Quartet - Portico Quartet 08. Scuba - Personality 09. Sharon Van Etten - Tramp 10. GZA - Liquid Swords Boxset EVENTS  01. 21/04/12 - Record Store Day 02. 08/02/12 Reel Big Fish 03. 15/05/12 Jamie Thorn/Silver Days/Young Romance at the Fighting Cocks 04. 2012 - Piers Kemp instore (daily) 05. 10/10/12 - The Herbaliser instore JAMIE ALSO LIKED 01. Asking for my job back and being behind the till 12 hours later 02. Colleen moving into my house 03. The BSM referee 04. Learning to put milk in with the teabag 05. My Immune system |
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 | | ALBUMS 01. Tall Ships - Everything Touching 02. Alt-J - An Awesome Wave 03. Grizzly Bear - Shields 04. Dry The River - Shallow Bed 05. Minus The Bear - Infinity Overhead 06. The XX - Coexist 07. The Maccabees - Given To the Wild 08. Father John Misty - Fear Fun 09. First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar 10. Everyone Everywhere - Everyone Everywhere EVENTS  01. 04/06/12 - Banquet's Big Day Out 02. 2012 - New Slangs (GCWCF, Dry The River...) 03. 02/12/12 - The Xcerts at The Fighting Cocks 04. 18/09/12 - The Front Bottoms at the Cricketers 05. 01/06/12 - Into It. Over It. at The Cricketers AARON ALSO LIKED 01. Trips to Amsterdam and Berlin 02. Secret Garden Party and Bestival 03. BSM 5-a-side, getting inspired to play football again and going on to sign with Bombolino Calcio 04. Silver Days EP Launch at The Fighting Cocks 05. Homeland |
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 | | ALBUMS 01. Don Broco - Priorities 02. Motion City Soundtrack - Go 03. Lower Than Atlantis - Changing Tune 04. Hit The Lights - Invicta 05. Japandroids - Celebration Rock 06. Passion Pit - Gossamer 07. Mixtapes - Even On The Worst Nights 08. Further Seems Forever - Penny Black 09. Title Fight - Floral Green 10. Misser - Everyday I Tell Myself I'm Going To Be A Better Person EVENTS  01. 23&24/04/12 - The Wonder Years at The Peel 02. 04/02/12 - The Story So Far instore 03. 24/03/12 - Los Mendosas final show at The Fighting Cocks 04. 01/06/12 Into It. Over It at The Cricketers 05. 04/06/12 - Banquet's Big Day Out COLLEEN ALSO LIKED 01. Moving into the Urban House with Jamie B. 02. Blink 182 at Brixton Academy...Actually crying through 'Going Away To College' 03. Almost watching wrestling with Soupy, but instead spending the night in A&E with Max 04. Ordering a box of Lego bigger than me for Ollie 05. Being an honorary stag in Alton Towers. Dressed up as a Mexican and Shouting "Gringo" at children who tried to steal my moustache |
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 | | ALBUMS 01. Ganjasufi - Muzzle 02. Balam Acab - Wander Wonder 03. Jehst - RSD Dragon Of An Ordinary Family Remix 04. Jamie Jones - Tracks From The Crypt 05. Four Tet - Pink 06. Alt-J - An Awesome Wave 07. Burial - Street Halo Kindred EPS (Japanese Release) 08. Bonobo - Black Sands Remixed 09. JJ Doom - Keys To The Kuffs 10. The XX - Coexist EVENTS  01. 27/04/12 - Jehst (full Band) at D.A.N.C.E 02. Kingston skatepark BMX jam After Party w/ Rattlesnake 03. 23/08/12 - Jessie Ware instore 04. 12/10/12 - Random Impulse at D.A.N.C.E. 05. 04/06/12 - Banquet's Big Day Out HARRY ALSO LIKED 01. Completing Music Media & Rights course 02. Flying Lotus 3 layer effect show 03. Hideout Festival 04. The Successes of Tea photos on Facebook 05. Getting a pay rise at my day job |
