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Been doing this in my head over the last few weeks. Self-torture.

Smashing Bubles - the ultimate combo

Holy shit, Boxer in its entirety. Must've been fucking excellent

List eh? Gonna have to do shortlists of three for a few, will finalise later in the year; 1. Rate Glastonbury Festival 2017 - 8 2. Best Glastonbury ever - 2017 3. Best Performance at Glastonbury 2017 - First Aid Kit 4. Worst Performance at Glastonbury 2017 - Liam Gallagher (the stage did him no favours) 5. Best album of the year - LCD - American Dream, Laura Marling - Semper Femina, The National - Sleep Well Beast 6. Best song of the year - Empire Line (The National), How Do You Sleep (LCD), Only God Knows (Young Fathers) 7. Best gig/tour of 2017 - LCD Soundsystem @ The Barrowlands, Radiohead @ TRSMT, Arcade Fire @ The Corn Exchange 8. Best Other Festival 2017 - TRSMT (by default) 9. Most Wanted Band for Glastonbury 2019 - Arctic Monkeys 10. Best New Act - The Big Moon, Soccer Mommy, Gurr 11. Legend Award (Dead or Alive!) - David Bowie - rationale being that I feel his influence helped create two of the records of the year, American Dream and Villians 12. Biggest Loss To Music in 2017 - Tom Petty

Got Friday/Sunday tickets for this. Hopefully the first of a few smaller festivals next year. Also considering just spending a week catching up with London based mates and going to The National the following Saturday. My bank balance needs your prayers

Biffy Clyro. Don't believe the press, everyone in Scotland hates them too.

Took me two months to come back to my favourite page on the internet. Fair to say this one had a big impact on me.

London Grammar. Convinced its a nation-wide practical joke at my expense that people (who normally have good taste) genuinely like them

1. In Rainbows 2. OK Computer 3. Kid A 4. The Bends 5. A Moon Shaped Pool 6. Hail to the Thief 7. The King of Limbs 8. Amnesiac 9. Pablo Honey So.... have I missed much?

Back in time for Nutbush, here wi!

I'm not quite there yet, but I could see myself coming to that conclusion too. Listened to it on vinyl last night for the first time and the whole Side A is pretty much perfect

I thought they were brilliant. I'm a fan but I had concerns going into it. Tough spot on the Pyramid for a band that probably, on paper, looked like they'd struggle in that environment. But they smashed it. Great performances, great chemistry on stage, good interaction with the crowd, they looked like they were loving every moment and it was infectious. Romy's voice was unbelievable, delivery on Permformance was spine tingling. Jamie's production makes a huge difference to their live performance, even songs like Angels you could almost dance to. Only minor complaint would be that I'd have liked to have heard A Violent Noise as it's my favourite song on the new album, but aside from that the set list ticked most of the boxes. As a quick aside on the latest album: I've been listening to it again after having a break for a few months and I absolutely love it. Brave For You is about the only track I can't get on board with. As a record it's streets ahead of Coexist and I'm increasingly of a mind that it's up there with their debut.

And beard-stroking, don't forget that.

Difficult to predict Friday's set. Please play Reckoner.

Oh good lord.