2012 has been a great year for the Notts music scene – here’s my favourite tracks
1) Fruit Salad (Live) – Jake Buckley
2) Unnatural Stances – Mountain Schmountain
3) Skydivin’ – Tazer
4) Why You Running Away? – Ady Suleiman
5) Lightning Bolt – Jake Bugg
6) Lonely Child (Live) – Natalie Duncan
7) Words Of A Coward – Frazer Lowrie
8) Eyes Of Green – Tastebuds
9) Neutron Wireless Crystal – Swimming
10) Kypes – Some Skeletons
1) Fruit Salad (Live) – Jake Buckley (NSFW)
Guitarist with The Money, The Middle Kid and er.. Jake Buckley, former pupil Jake tore up a set at the Rescue Rooms and was caught in the act. (PARENTAL WARNING – this track is VERY sweary).
Get this – by bugging Jake
Then check out – Half’s Too Much To Lose
2) Unnatural Stances – Mountain Schmountain
Some Skeletons bassist Simon J.Curd‘s solo project consists of writing small but perfectly formed odd songs often featuring animals.
Get this – by asking Simon nicely
Then check out – Halloween or anything off the Perfect Wreck EP
3) Skydivin’ – Tazer
New band Tazer hit the ground running with a classic slice of adrenalised rock
Get this – Free download from TazerOnline
4) Why You Running Away? – Ady Suleiman (NSFW)
Ady stands astride Liverpool and Nottingham like a soulful Godzilla. (PARENTAL WARNING – sweariness occurs).
Get this – streaming on Soundcloud
5) Lightning Bolt – Jake Bugg
From the Olympics to The John Peel Lecture the little Bugg is everywhere
Get this – iTunes, Amazon and all good record shops
Then check out – Trouble Town
6) Lonely Child (Live) – Natalie Duncan
A soulful voice and serious piano chops way beyond her youth
Get this – download Poddingham Presents Natalie Duncan
Then check out – Devil In Me, Sky Is Falling
7) Words Of A Coward – Frazer Lowrie
Nottingham transplant Frazer paints with Mumford and Son colours on a Springsteen sized canvas. Would also make an excellent theme song to a buddy cop series called ‘Deadwood and Doyle’.
Get this – on Bandcamp
8) Eyes Of Green – Tastebuds
Tastebuds bring the noise with a dash of psychedelic colour
Get this – iTunes
Then check out – Gloria (Romance Is Dead)
9) Neutron Wireless Crystal – Swimming
Dream pop gurus Swimming made waves with their second album Ecstatics International
Get this – on Amazon
10) Kypes – Some Skeletons
The best song you will ever hear about the hook on the lower jaw of a mature male salmon – this, or any other, year.
Get this – on Bandcamp
Honourable mentions
Bear Makes Ninja – Only one third Nottingham, but a blinding Math rock band to watch out for
Everybody Knows Dave – The Austin Francis Connection – last year’s favourite notts sound still makes me smile
Nusic Podcast – “where do you find such great music?” you ask! “Click the link!”, I say.
Tomorrow: My top 10 music releases of 2012