Tuesday 3 November 2015

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

Wednesday 30 September 2015

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

Saturday 22 August 2015

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

Saturday 20 June 2015

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

Saturday 25 April 2015

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

Saturday 28 March 2015

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