Music Chart - October 2015

1. 1989 by Ryan Adams 
2. Dust and Disquiet by Caspian 
3. Sermon On The Rocks by Josh Ritter
4. Kintsugi by Death Cab For Cutie
5. My Love Is Cool by Wolf Alice 
6. Short Movie by Laura Marling
7. Mr. Wolf Is Dead by Color Therapy
8. How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful by Florence + The Machine
9. Blackbirds by Gretchen Peters 
10. b'lieve i'm goin down by Kurt Vile
11. The Race For Space by Public Service Broadcasting
12. I Wasn't Born To Lose You by Swervedriver
13. The Scene Between by The Go! Team 
14. Electronica 1: The Time Machine by Jean Michel Jarre (et al)
15. Chronicle by Lights & Motion 
16. Every Open Eye by CHVRCHES
17. Kicking Every Day by All Dogs 
18. Courting The Squall by Guy Garvey
19. The Colours Of Life by CFCF 
20. Hollow Meadows by Richard Hawley
21. Beneath The Skin by Of Monsters And Men
22. Policy by Will Butler
23. Psychic Reader by Bad Bad Hats 
24. The Light In You by Mercury Rev
25. Working Girl by Little Boots
26. Modern Nature by The Charlatans 
27. Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit by Courtney Barnett
28. What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World by The Decemberists 
29. Grey Tickles, Black Pressure by John Grant
30. Pageant Material by Kacey Musgraves 
31. Into The Air by Cold Beat
32. A Forest Of Arms by Great Lake Swimmers
33. Everything Ever Written by Idlewild 
34. Rattle That Lock by David Gilmour
35. Bonxie by Stornoway 
36. Kept by Stolen Jars
37. Culture Of Volume by East India Youth
38. In Dream by Editors
39. Hypoxia by Kathryn Williams 
40. Yume by Helios
41. Mount The Air by Unthanks
42. 8:58 by 8:58 
43. Radiance & Submission by CFCF
44. California Nights by Best Coast 
45. Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance by Belle & Sebastian 
46. Drones by Muse 
47. Nothing But Thieves by Nothing But Thieves
48. Separation Season by The Travis Waltons
49. Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments pt2 EP by Aphex Twin
50. Carrie & Lowell by Sufjan Stevens
51. Before We Forgot How To Dream by SOAK
52. Depression Cherry by Beach House
53. Traveller by Chris Stapleton 
54. Silence In The Snow by Trivium
55. Brothers Of The Sonic Cloth by Brothers Of The Sonic Cloth 
56. Picture You by The Amazing 
57. Pale Honey by Pale Honey
58. Everything Else Matters by Pinkshinyultrablast
59. Everyone Was A Bird by Grasscut 
60. Man Plans God Laughs by Public Enemy
61. Scatter by Crushed Beaks 
62. Asunder, Sweet And Other Distress by Godspeed You! Black Emperor 
63. Born In The Echoes by The Chemical Brothers
64. Heavy Love by Duke Garwood 
65. The Desired Effect by Brandon Flowers 
66. The Gold Standard by Marrow
67. A Flourish And A Spoil by The Districts
68. Then Came The Morning by The Lone Below
69. Menace Beach by Ratworld
70. Sauna by Mount Eerie
71. The Pale Emperor by Marilyn Manson
72. 10 Futures by Aqualung
73. We Slept At Last by Marika Hackman
74. MG by MG

Music Chart - September 2015

A very busy month of new music at Underwurld Towers (oxymoron? Catacombs?)... Delving into one of our favourite genres: instrumental post-rock, discovered bands such as Color Therapy, Helios, and Lights & Motion make it into the chart, plus a wealth of new garage bands (Cold Beat, All Dogs, Pale Honey and Bad Bad Hats) and more established names - so a real mixed bag of a September and a new brilliant number one from Ryan Adams! (with more than just a little help from Taylor Swift).

1. 1989 by Ryan Adams
2. Kintsugi by Death Cab For Cutie
3. My Love Is Cool by Wolf Alice 
4. Mr. Wolf Is Dead by Color Therapy
5. How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful by Florence + The Machine
6. Blackbirds by Gretchen Peters 
7. b'lieve i'm goin down by Kurt Vile
8. The Race For Space by Public Service Broadcasting
9. I Wasn't Born To Lose You by Swervedriver
10. Short Movie by Laura Marling
11. The Scene Between by The Go! Team 
12. Chronicle by Lights & Motion 
13. Every Open Eye by CHVRCHES
14. Kicking Every Day by All Dogs
15. The Colours Of Life by CFCF 
16. Hollow Meadows by Richard Hawley
17. Beneath The Skin by Of Monsters And Men
18. Policy by Will Butler
19. Psychic Reader by Bad Bad Hats
20. Working Girl by Little Boots
21. Modern Nature by The Charlatans 
22. Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit by Courtney Barnett
23. What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World by The Decemberists 
24. Pageant Material by Kacey Musgraves 
25. Into The Air by Cold Beat
26. A Forest Of Arms by Great Lake Swimmers
27. Everything Ever Written by Idlewild 
28. Rattle That Lock by David Gilmour
29. Bonxie by Stornoway 
30. Kept by Stolen Jars
31. Culture Of Volume by East India Youth
32. Hypoxia by Kathryn Williams 
33. Yume by Helios
34. Mount The Air by Unthanks
35. 8:58 by 8:58 
36. Radiance & Submission by CFCF
37. California Nights by Best Coast 
38. Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance by Belle & Sebastian 
39. Drones by Muse 
40. Separation Season by The Travis Waltons
41. Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments pt2 EP by Aphex Twin
42. Carrie & Lowell by Sufjan Stevens
43. Before We Forgot How To Dream by SOAK
44. Depression Cherry by Beach House
45. Traveller by Chris Stapleton
46. Brothers Of The Sonic Cloth by Brothers Of The Sonic Cloth 
47. Picture You by The Amazing 
48. Pale Honey by Pale Honey
49. Everything Else Matters by Pinkshinyultrablast
50. Everyone Was A Bird by Grasscut 
51. Man Plans God Laughs by Public Enemy
52. Scatter by Crushed Beaks 
53. Asunder, Sweet And Other Distress by Godspeed You! Black Emperor 
54. Born In The Echoes by The Chemical Brothers
55. Heavy Love by Duke Garwood 
56. The Desired Effect by Brandon Flowers 
57. The Gold Standard by Marrow
58. A Flourish And A Spoil by The Districts
59. Then Came The Morning by The Lone Below
60. Menace Beach by Ratworld
61. Sauna by Mount Eerie
62. The Pale Emperor by Marilyn Manson
63. 10 Futures by Aqualung
64. We Slept At Last by Marika Hackman
65. MG by MG

Music Chart - August 2015

Time for another chart update. New albums from Wolf Alice - so good it goes straight into the top five!, The Chemical Brothers - possibly their most uninspiring, lacklustre and soulless album to date, new country music star Kacey Musgraves - a charming journey through trailer park America, Little Boots - Ms. Hesketh continues to tug on Kylie's coattails with luscious electro-pop, Muse - who engage, baffle and amaze in equal measures, Public Enemy - the veteran rap legends plug away wit their (now) inconsistent art, and two albums from CFCF with gorgeous instrumentation and melodies.

Death Cab For Cutie hold the number one spot in the 'not-quite-top-50'.

1. Kintsugi by Death Cab For Cutie
2. My Love Is Cool by Wolf Alice
3. How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful by Florence + The Machine
4. Blackbirds by Gretchen Peters
5. The Race For Space by Public Service Broadcasting
6. I Wasn't Born To Lose You by Swervedriver
7. Short Movie by Laura Marling
8. The Scene Between by The Go! Team 
9. Radiance & Submission by CFCF
10. Beneath The Skin by Of Monsters And Men
11. Policy by Will Butler
12. Working Girl by Little Boots
13. Modern Nature by The Charlatans 
14. Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit by Courtney Barnett
15. What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World by The Decemberists 
16. Pageant Material by Kacey Musgraves
17. A Forest Of Arms by Great Lake Swimmers
18. Everything Ever Written by Idlewild 
19. Bonxie by Stornoway
20. Culture Of Volume by East India Youth
21. Hypoxia by Kathryn Williams
22. Mount The Air by Unthanks
23. 8:58 by 8:58 
24. The Colours Of Life by CFCF
25. California Nights by Best Coast
26. Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance by Belle & Sebastian 
27. Drones by Muse
28. Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments pt2 EP by Aphex Twin
29. Carrie & Lowell by Sufjan Stevens
30. Before We Forgot How To Dream by SOAK
31. Traveller by Chris Stapleton
32. Brothers Of The Sonic Cloth by Brothers Of The Sonic Cloth 
33. Picture You by The Amazing
34. Everything Else Matters by Pinkshinyultrablast
35. Everyone Was A Bird by Grasscut 
36. Man Plans God Laughs by Public Enemy
37. Scatter by Crushed Beaks 
38. Asunder, Sweet And Other Distress by Godspeed You! Black Emperor 
39. Born In The Echoes by The Chemical Brothers
40. Heavy Love by Duke Garwood 
41. The Desired Effect by Brandon Flowers
42. A Flourish And A Spoil by The Districts
43. Then Came The Morning by The Lone Below
44. Menace Beach by Ratworld
45. Sauna by Mount Eerie
46. The Pale Emperor by Marilyn Manson
47. 10 Futures by Aqualung
48. We Slept At Last by Marika Hackman
49. MG by MG

Music Chart - June 2015

A new chart for June and great new albums from Florence + The Machine and Of Monsters And Men. Something different from Mumford & Sons doesn't quite deliver while Great Lake Swimmers, Stornoway and Best Coast return with solid new work. The new solo album from The Killers' front-man Brandon Flowers fails to hit the mark while Hypoxia by Kathryn Williams is a slow burner. Impressive début from SOAK completes the monthly update...

1. Kintsugi by Death Cab For Cutie 
2. How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful by Florence + The Machine
3. Blackbirds by Gretchen Peters
4. The Race For Space by Public Service Broadcasting
5. I Wasn't Born To Lose You by Swervedriver
6. Short Movie by Laura Marling
7. The Scene Between by The Go! Team 
8. Beneath The Skin by Of Monsters And Men
9. Policy by Will Butler
10. Modern Nature by The Charlatans 
11. Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit by Courtney Barnett
12. What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World by The Decemberists 
13. A Forest Of Arms by Great Lake Swimmers
14. Everything Ever Written by Idlewild 
15. Bonxie by Stornoway
16. Culture Of Volume by East India Youth
17. Hypoxia by Kathryn Williams
18. Mount The Air by Unthanks
19. 8:58 by 8:58 
20. California Nights by Best Coast
21. Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance by Belle & Sebastian
22. Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments pt2 EP by Aphex Twin
23. Carrie & Lowell by Sufjan Stevens
24. Before We Forgot How To Dream by SOAK
25. Picture You by The Amazing
26. Everything Else Matters by Pinkshinyultrablast
27. Everyone Was A Bird by Grasscut
28. Scatter by Crushed Beaks 
29. Asunder, Sweet And Other Distress by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
30. Heavy Love by Duke Garwood 
31. The Desired Effect by Brandon Flowers
32. A Flourish And A Spoil by The Districts
33. Then Came The Morning by The Lone Below
34. Menace Beach by Ratworld
35. Sauna by Mount Eerie
36. The Pale Emperor by Marilyn Manson
37. 10 Futures by Aqualung
38. We Slept At Last by Marika Hackman
39. MG by MG

Music Chart - April 2015

Great new albums this month from Death Cab For Cutie (the last with Chris Walla), The Go! Team (take away the irritating fillers and there are nine cracking pop tunes) , and Paul Hartnoll's new post-Orbital project 8:58. Also more brain-scrambling musing from the wonderful Courtney Barnett and the heartbreaking Sufjan Stevens. Elsewhere Godspeed You! Black Emperor continue to baffle and beguile while East India Youth delivers his best work yet.

Death Cab For Cutie take the top spot (for now). Kintsugi is not perfect but plays to the band's strengths throughout, a blend of styles and textures - clichés aplenty with the unique DCFC slant.

1. Kintsugi by Death Cab For Cutie
2. Blackbirds by Gretchen Peters
3. The Race For Space by Public Service Broadcasting
4. I Wasn't Born To Lose You by Swervedriver
5. Short Movie by Laura Marling
6. The Scene Between by The Go! Team
7. Policy by Will Butler
8. Modern Nature by The Charlatans 
9. Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit by Courtney Barnett
10. What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World by The Decemberists 
11. Everything Ever Written by Idlewild 
12. Culture Of Volume by East India Youth
13. Mount The Air by Unthanks
14. 8:58 by 8:58
15. Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance by Belle & Sebastian
16. Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments pt2 EP by Aphex Twin
17. Carrie & Lowell by Sufjan Stevens
18. Picture You by The Amazing
19. Everything Else Matters by Pinkshinyultrablast
20. Scatter by Crushed Beaks 
21. Asunder, Sweet And Other Distress by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
22. Heavy Love by Duke Garwood
23. A Flourish And A Spoil by The Districts
24. Then Came The Morning by The Lone Below
25. Menace Beach by Ratworld
26. Sauna by Mount Eerie
27. The Pale Emperor by Marilyn Manson
28. 10 Futures by Aqualung
29. We Slept At Last by Marika Hackman

Music Chart - March 2015

After a brief hiatus, it's time for a new 2015 music chart. A slow-burning first quarter has created a varied and interesting top 10 with veteran Gretchen Peters producing one of the finest album's of her illustrious career. Public Service Broadcasting return with The Race For Space and another wonderful collection of atmospheric and inspiring samples and electronica. A blast from the past with Swervedriver bringing back the magic on the guitar-fuelled I Wasn't Born To Lose You, another delicious slice of character songwriting from the wonderful Laura Marling, and an impressive - if left-field - release, Policy, from Arcade Fire's Will Butler form the current top 5.

1. Blackbirds by Gretchen Peters
2. The Race For Space by Public Service Broadcasting
3. I Wasn't Born To Lose You by Swervedriver
4. Short Movie by Laura Marling
5. Policy by Will Butler
6. Modern Nature by The Charlatans
7. What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World by The Decemberists 
8. Everything Ever Written by Idlewild
9. Mount The Air by Unthanks
10. Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance by Belle & Sebastian
11. Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments pt2 EP by Aphex Twin
12. Picture You by The Amazing
13. Everything Else Matters by Pinkshinyultrablast
14. Scatter by Crushed Beaks 
15. Heavy Love by Duke Garwood
16. A Flourish And A Spoil by The Districts
17. Then Came The Morning by The Lone Below
18. Menace Beach by Ratworld
19. Sauna by Mount Eerie
20. The Pale Emperor by Marilyn Manson
21. 10 Futures by Aqualung
22. We Slept At Last by Marika Hackman