The Reading & Leeds Section 2013 Annual Music Awards

[dentalplan]

Fair enough! Lately I've been obsessed with their Icons Abstract Thee EP. It's so damn good.

[PDAD]

Fair enough! Lately I've been obsessed with their Icons Abstract Thee EP. It's so damn good.

[PDAD]

Don't turn this into a thread where we jerk off to each other's musical tastes. There are enough of those.

[kaosmark2]

Don't turn this into a thread where we jerk off to each other's musical tastes. There are enough of those.

[mrtourette]

Don't turn this into a thread where we jerk off to each other's musical tastes. There are enough of those.

[ToffeePopcorn]

ALBUMS

• 5 for Biffy Clyro - Opposites
• 4 for QOTSA - ...Like Clockwork
• 3 for Frank Turner - Tape Deck Heart
• 2 for NIN - Hesitation Marks
• 1 for Foals - Inhaler

SINGLES

• 5 for Imagine Dragons - Radioactive
• 4 for Frank Turner - Recovery
• 3 for Kings Of Leon - Supersoaker
• 2 for QOTSA - My God Is The Sun
• 1 for Arcade Fire - Reflector

R+L PERFORMANCES

• 5 for Biffy Clyro
• 4 for System Of A Down
• 3 for Green Day
• 2 for Frank Turner
• 1 for Editors

LIVE PERFORMANCES

• void

ALBUM COVERS

• Don't really care - Void

Music Videos

• 5 for Kanye West - Bound 2.

p.s. He's a c**t

[evilduck]

ALBUMS

• 5 for Queens of the Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork
• 4 for Arcade Fire - Reflektor
• 3 for Sigur Ros - Kveikur
• 2 for Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks
• 1 for Suede - Bloodsports

SINGLES

• 5 for Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know?
• 4 for Arcade Fire - Reflektor
• 3 for Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Sacrilege
• 2 for Peace - Follow Baby
• 1 for Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Jubilee Street

R+L PERFORMANCES

• 5 for Nine Inch Nails
• 4 for Biffy Clyro
• 3 for System of a Down
• 2 for Foals
• 1 for Drenge

LIVE PERFORMANCES

• 5 for Sigur Ros (Wembley Arena)
• 4 for Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (Hammersmith Apollo)
• 3 for Arcade Fire (Roundhouse)
• 2 for Suede (Alexandra Palace)
• 1 for Pixies (Hammersmith Apollo)

[Buko]

ALBUMS

•5 for Arctic Monkeys - AM

•4 for Biffy Clyro - Opposites

•3 for Daylight - Jar

•2 for Eminem - MMLP2

•1 for Touch'e Amor'e - Is Survived By

SINGLES

•5 for Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wana Know

•4 for Arctic Monkeys - One For The Road

•3 for Biffy Clyro - Victory Over The Sun

•2 for QOSTA - My God Is The Sun

•1 for Fall Out Boy - The Phoenix

R+L PERFORMANCES

*5 for Biffy Clyro

*4 for Green Day

3* for Eminem

2* for Frank Turner

1* for Deftones

LIVE PERFORMANCES (excluding R+L)

•5 for - Arctic Monkeys (Sheff Arena)

•4 for - Slipknot (Download)

•3 for - Title Fight (Leeds Cockpit)

•2 for - Basement Jaxx (Boardmasters)

•1 for - QOSTA (Download)

ALBUM COVERS

•5 for Arcade Fire - Reflektor

•4 for QOSTA - Like Clockwork

•3 for Polar Bear Club - Death Chorus

•2 for Daylight - Jar

•1 for Arctic Monkeys - AM

MUSIC VIDEOS

•5 for QOSTA - My God Is The Sun

•4 for Arctic Monkeys - Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?

•3 for The Cribs - Leather Jacket Love Song

•2 for Dizzee Rascal - Love This Town

•1 for ??

[LondonTom]

ALBUMS

• 5 for Arcade Fire - Reflektor
• 4 for Franz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action
• 3 for Foals - Holy Fire
• 2 for Biffy Clyro - Opposites
• 1 for Daft Punk - Random Access Memories

SINGLES

• 5 for Get Lucky - Daft Punk
• 4 for Superlove - Charli XCX
• 3 for Evil Eye - Franz Ferdinand
• 2 for Afterlife - Arcade Fire
• 1 for Foals - My Number

R+L PERFORMANCES (TV)

• 5 for Biffy Clyro
• 4 for Foals
• 3 for Green Day
• 2 for System of A Down
• 1 for Editors

LIVE PERFORMANCES

• 5 for Muse (Shepard's Bush Empire)
• 4 for The Rolling Stones (Glastonbury)
• 3 for Green Day (Brixton Academy)
• 2 for Franz Ferdinand (Electric Brixton)
• 1 for Chic (Glastonbury)

ALBUM COVERS

• 5 for Arcade Fire - Reflektor
• 4 for The Fratellis - We Need Medicine
• 3 for Biffy Clyro - Opposites
• 2 for Foals - Holy Fire
• 1 for The Joy Formidable - Wolf's Law

MUSIC VIDEOS

• 5 for Arcade Fire - Reflektor (Interactive, https://www.justareflektor.com)
• 4 for Franz Ferdinand - Evil Eye
• 3 for Foals - Last Night
• 2 for Muse - Panic Station
• 1 for David Bowie - The Next Day

[lharris92]

completely forgot about some albums that had been released this year

[DMCJ2]

ALBUMS

5 for Nick Cave - Push the Sky Away

4 for Arcade Fire - Reflektor

3 for Editors - The Weight Of Your Love

2 for Queens Of The Stone Age - Like Clockwork

1 for Peace - In Love

SINGLES

5 for Nine Inch Nails - Came Back Haunted

4 for Phoenix - Entertainment

3 for Arcade Fire - Reflektor

2 for Queens Of The Stone Age - My God Is The Sun

1 for Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know

R+L PERFORMANCES

5 for Nine Inch Nails

4 for Johnny Marr

3 for Jake Bugg

2 for Editors

1 for Frank Turner

LIVE PERFORMANCES

5 for Nine Inch Nails

4 for Peace

3 for Kasabian

2 for Bruce Springsteen

1 for Spector

ALBUM COVERS

5 for Courteeners - ANNA

4 for Arctic Monkeys - AM

3 for Biffy Clyro - Opposites

2 for Frank Turner - Tape Deck Heart

1 for Arcade Fire - Reflektor

MUSIC VIDEOS

5 for Nick Cave - Jubilee Street

4 for Phoenix - Trying To Be Cool

3 for Arctic Monkeys - Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High

2 for Peace - Lovesick

1 for Eminem - Berzerk

Edited December 2, 2013 by DMCJ2

[SOAD]

• Albums

  5 for Arcane Roots - Blood & Chemistry

  4 for Exit International - Our Science is Golden

  3 for Biffy Clyro - Opposites

  2 for Editors - The Weight of Your Love

  1 for Queens of the Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork

• Singles

  5 for Editors - A Ton of Love

  4 for Nine Inch Nails - Came Back Haunted

  3 for Kanye West - Black Skinhead

  2 for Vampire Weekend - Diane Young

  1 for Everything Everything - Kemosabe

• R&L performances

  5 for Biffy Clyro

  4 for Nine Inch Nails

  3 for System of a Down

  2 for Editors

  1 for Deftones

• Live performances

  5 for Biffy Clyro

  4 for Editors

  3 for Nine Inch Nails

  2 for Future of the Left

  1 for System of a Down

• Album Cover

  5 for Editors

  4 for The Joy Formidable

  3 for Nine Inch Nails

  2 for Queens of the Stone Age

  1 for Funeral For A Friend

[VinylDelusion]

ALBUMS

• 5 for The Fratellis- We Need Medicine
• 4 for Queens of the Stone Age- ...Like Clockwork
• 3 for Biffy Clyro- Opposites
• 2 for Manic Street Preachers- Rewind the Film
• 1 for Frank Turner- Tape Deck Heart

SINGLES

• 5 for Arctic Monkeys- Do I Wanna Know?
• 4 for Miles Kane- Don't Forget Who You Are
• 3 for Arcade Fire- Reflektor
• 2 for Biffy Clyro- Biblical
• 1 for Primal Scream- 2013

LIVE PERFORMANCES

• 5 for Roger Waters (Wembley Stadium)
• 4 for The 1975 (Nottingham, Rock City)
• 3 for Dog is Dead (Splendour Festival)
• 2 for Peace (Nottingham, Rock City)
• 1 for Maximo Park (Splendour Festival)

ALBUM COVERS

• 5 for Babyshambles- Sequel to the Prequel
• 4 for Pearl Jam- Lightning Bolt
• 3 for Atoms for Peace- Amok
• 2 for Queens of the Stone Age- ...Like Clockwork
• 1 for Vampire Weekend- Modern Vampires of the City

MUSIC VIDEOS

• 5 for Queens of the Stone Age- My God is the Sun
• 4 for Atoms for Peace- Before Your Very Eyes
• 3 for Arctic Monkeys- Do I Wanna Know?
• 2 for The Fratellis- Seven Nights, Seven Days
• 1 for Jake Bugg- Slumville Sunrise

[Gucci Piggy]

Albums

• 5 for Queens of the Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork
• 4 for The National - Trouble Will Find Me
• 3 for Foals - Holy Fire
• 2 for Savages - Silence Yourself
• 1 for Sigur Rós - Kveikur

Singles

• 5 for Sigur Rós - Brennisteinn
• 4 for Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Jubilee Street
• 3 for Arcade Fire - Reflektor
• 2 for The National - Graceless
• 1 for Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know?

R&L Performances

• 5 for Biffy Clyro
• 4 for Nine Inch Nails
• 3 for Savages
• 2 for And So I Watch You From Afar
• 1 for System of a Down

Live Performances

• 5 for Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
• 4 for Biffy Clyro
• 3 for Blur
• 2 for Sigur Rós
• 1 for Muse

Album Covers

• Nah

Music Videos

• 5 for Muse - Panic Station

Will come back and add more/change it up.

[dentalplan]

I am both shocked and appalled at the people who don't care for album covers.

[kaosmark2]

I am both shocked and appalled at the people who don't care for album covers.

[the wonderwhy]

The best thing about Reflektor was its album cover...

[Com Truise]

ALBUMS

• 5 for Biffy Clyro - Opposites
• 4 for QOTSA - ...Like Clockwork
• 3 for The 1975 - The 1975
• 2 for A Day to Remember - Common Courtesy
• 1 for Editors - The Weight of Your Love

SINGLES

• 5 for Biffy Clyro - Black Chandelier
• 4 for Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know?
• 3 for Chvrches - Gun
• 2 for Pearl Jam - Sirens
• 1 for Paramore - Still Into You (I was contemplating this for a while..)

R&L PERFORMANCES

• 5 for Biffy Clyro
• 4 for System of a Down
• 3 for And So I Watch You From Afar
• 2 for Nine Inch Nails
• 1 for FIDLAR

LIVE PERFORMANCES

• 5 for Biffy Clyro @ R&L
• 4 for Editors @ Rock City
• 3 for SOAD @ R&L
• 2 for ASIWYFA @ R&L
• 1 for Foals @ Rock City

ALBUM COVERS

• 5 for Biffy Clyro - Opposites
• 4 for Arcade Fire - Reflektor
• 3 for Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away
• 2 for QOTSA - ...Like Clockwork
• 1 for Tomahawk - Oddfellows

MUSIC VIDEOS

• 5 for The 1975 - Girls
• 4 for Foals - Late Night
• 3 for Biffy Clyro - Black Chandelier
• 2 for Kanye West - New Slaves
• 1 for Bring Me The Horizon - Shadow Moses

Edited December 9, 2013 by Com Truise

[kemosabe]

I will just do R&L one currently (will come back to the others when i have had more of think about them)

R&L performances

5 - Dry The River

4 - Chase & Status

3 - Disclosure

2 - Biffy Clyro

1 - Kodaline

[Gucci Piggy]

The Biblical and Opposite videos are both AIDS.

[The Placid Casual]

Album Covers

• Nah

[the wonderwhy]

ALBUMS

• 5 for QOTSA, ...Like Clockwork
• 4 for Foals, Holy Fire
• 3 for Daughter, If You Leave
• 2 for Sigur Ros, Kveikur
• 1 for Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Spector At The Feast

SINGLES

• 5 for The Cribs, Leather Jacket Love Song
• 4 for Foals, Late Night
• 3 for Pixies, Bagboy
• 2 for QOTSA, My God Is The Sun
• 1 for Deap Vally- Baby I Can Hell

R+L PERFORMANCES

• void

LIVE PERFORMANCES

• 5 for QOTSA
• 4 for The Cribs
• 3 for The Joy Formidable
• 2 for Arctic Monkeys
• 1 for Drenge

ALBUM COVERS

• 5 for Foals, Holy Fire
• 4 for ASIWYFA, All Hail Bright Futures
• 3 for QOTSA, ...Like Clockwork
• 2 for Arcade Fire, Reflektor
• 1 for The Joy Formidable, Wolf's Law

MUSIC VIDEOS

• 5 for Lily Allen- Hard Out Here
• 4 for QOTSA, I Appear Missing
• 3 for Foals, Late Night
• 2 for QOTSA, My God Is The Sun
• 1 for Arctic Monkeys- Do I Wanna Know?

[Dan R]

ALBUMS

• 5 for ...Like Clockwork - QotSA
• 4 for Reflektor - Arcade Fire
• 3 for Opposites - Biffy Clyro
• 2 for Drenge - Drenge
• 1 for Tape Deck Heart - Frank Turner

SINGLES

• 5 for Afterlife - Arcade fire
• 4 for I Sat By the Ocean - Queens of the Stone Age
• 3 for Victory Over the Sun - Biffy Clyro
• 2 for The Mother we Share - CHVRCHES
• 1 for Plain Sailing Weather - Frank Turner

R+L PERFORMANCES

• 5 for Biffy Clyro
• 4 for System of a Down
• 3 for FIDLAR
• 2 for Drenge
• 1 for Imagine Dragons

LIVE PERFORMANCES

• 5 for The Rolling Stones
• 4 for Queens of the Stone Age
• 3 for Biffy Clyro
• 2 for System of a Down
• 1 for Wet Nuns

MUSIC VIDEOS

• 5 for ...Like Clockwork
• 4 for Here Comes the Night Time
• 3 for Do I Wanna Know?

I really like album art and love actually buying physical albums but I don't have a strong enough opinion on any in particular to rank them.

Edited December 3, 2013 by Dan R

[lightning1000]

Albums

5. Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt

4. Biffy Clyro - Opposites

3. Phosphorescent - Muchacho

2. QOTSA - Like Clockwork

1. Frank Turner - Tape Deck Heart

Singles

5. Pixies - Indie Cindy

4. NIN - Came Back Haunted

3. Arcade Fire - Reflektor

2. Pearl Jam - Mind Your Manners

1. Frank Turner - Plain Sailing Weather

R+L Performances

5. Biffy Clyro

4. System of a Down

3. NIN

2. Editors

1. Deftones

Live Performances

5. Pixies - Manchester Apollo

4. Rammstein - Download Festival

3. Biffy Clyro - Manchester Arena

2. Frank Turner - Leeds Refectory

1. Avenged Sevenfold - Manchester Arena

Album Covers

5. Frank Turner - Tape Deck Heart

4. The Flaming Lips- The Terror

3. QOTSA - Like Clockwork

2.The National - Trouble Will Find Me

1. Arctic Monkeys - AM

Music Videos

5. NIN- Came Back Haunted

4. Arcade Fire - Relektor

3. Arcade Fire - Here Comes the Night Time

2. Foals - Inhaler

1. Avenged Sevenfold - Shepherd of Fire

[the wonderwhy]

Gonna be a pedantic arsefuck here, but does Indie Cindy count as a single when it was the 3rd track on an EP? Surely the first track is the single (if at all?)