The Reading & Leeds Section 2015 Annual Music Awards

[#FreeComTruise]

BEST ALBUM:
5 for JME - Integrity>
4 for Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
3 for Editors - In Dream
2 for Young Fathers - White Men Are Black Men Too
1 for Tobias Jesso Jr. - Goon

BEST SINGLE:
5 for Kendrick Lamar - King Kunta
4 for JME - Man Don't Care
3 for Justin Bieber - Sorry
2 for Carly Rae Jepsen - I Really Like You
1 for Little Mix - Black Magic

BEST ALBUM ART:
5 for JME - Integrity>
4 for Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
3 for Drenge - Undertow
2 for Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear
1 for Jamie xx - In Colour

BEST LIVE ACT:
5 for Editors
4 for Brand New
3 for Basement
 

[jump]

I'm only doing live acts as I can't specificly remember 5 great albums which were released this year and I can't be arsed with the other categories.

 

5. Does it Offend You Yeah, Camden Town farewell show

4. Beatsteaks, Camden Town

3. Refused, Camden Town

2. Random Hand, Camden Town farewell show

1. Metric, Kentish Town

 

 

[lightning1000]

On 12/16/2015 at 10:35 PM, lightning1000 said:

BEST ALBUM:

• 5 for the wonder years 
• 4 for baroness 
• 3 for father John misty 
• 2 for faith no more 
• 1 for clutch 

BEST SINGLE:

• 5 for cigarettes & saints 
• 4 for the night Josh Tillman came to our apartment
• 3 for a new wave 
• 2 for happy song 
• 1 for the honeymoon suite

 

BEST ALBUM ART:

• 5 for father John misty
• 4 for the wonder years
• 3 for Chris cornell
• 2 for Kendrick Lamar 
• 1 for faith no more 

BEST R+L PERFORMANCE: Sunday Leeds 

• 5 for bmth 
• 4 for metallica 
• 3 for alexisonfire
• 2 for black peaks 
• 1 for babymetal 

Changed my albums to account for the fucking amazing new baroness record.

[Andre91]

BEST ALBUM: 
 
5 for Enter Shikari- The Mindsweep 
4 for The Wonder Years- No Closer To Heaven 
3 for Bring Me The Horizon- That's The Spirit 
2 for Neck Deep- Life's Not Out To Get You 
1 for Don Broco- Automatic

BEST SINGLE: 

5 for Bring Me The Horizon- Throne 
4 for Enter Shikari- Anaesthetist 
3 for The Weeknd- Can't Feel My Face 
2 for Foals- Mountain At My Gates 
1 for Skepta- Shutdown 

BEST VIDEO: 

5 for Kendrick Lamar- Alright 
4 for Neck Deep- Gold Steps
3 for Parkway Drive- Vice Grip 
2 for Don Broco- Automatic 
1 for While She Sleeps- Brainwashed

BEST ALBUM ART: 

5 for Kendrick Lamar- To Pimp A Butterfly 
4 for The Wonder Years- No Closer To Heaven 
3 for Neck Deep- Life's Not Out To Get You
2 for Enter Shikari- The Mindsweep 
1 for Years & Years- Communion
 

BEST LIVE ACT: 

5 for Limp Bizkit, Leeds Festival 
4 for Bring Me The Horizon, Alexandra Palace
3 for KoRn, Nottingham Arena 
2 for Don Broco, Rock City
1 for Andrew WK, Download Festival

BEST R&L PERFORMANCE: 

5 for Limp Bizkit 
4 for Metallica 
3 for Pierce The Veil 
2 for Bring Me The Horizon 
1 for Run The Jewels 

 

Edited December 21, 2015 by Andre91

[AldoTVAOF]

BEST ALBUM:

5 for The Cribs - For All My Sisters
4 for The View - Ropewalk
3 for Drenge - Undertow
2 for The Libertines - Anthems For Doomed Youth
1 for Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit & Think, Sometimes I Just Sit

BEST SINGLE:

5 for Drenge - We Can Do What We Want
4 for The Charlatans - Let the Good Times Be Never Ending
3 for The Libertines - You're My Waterloo
2 for The Vaccines - 20/20
1 for Blossoms - Blown Rose

BEST VIDEO:

5 for
4 for
3 for
2 for
1 for

BEST LIVE ACT:

5 for The Cribs @ King Tuts
4 for Libertines @ O2 Academy Glasgow
3 for The View @ Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh
2 for Drenge @ Classic Grand, Glasgow
1 for Blur - Barrowlands, Glasgow

BEST R+L PERFORMANCE:

5 for The Cribs
4 for The Libertines
3 for Drenge
2 for Blossoms
1 for Peace

[kingcrawler]

BEST ALBUM:

• 5 for Sufjan Stevens – Carrie & Lowell
• 4 for Foals – What Went Down
• 3 for Florence + the Machine – How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
• 2 for Jamie XX – In Colour
• 1 for Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Chasing Yesterday

BEST SINGLE

• 5 for Foals – What Went Down
• 4 for Florence + the Machine – What Kind of Man
• 3 for Jamie XX – Loud Places
• 2 for The Maccabees – Marks to Prove It
• 1 for Tame Impala – Let It Happen

BEST ALBUM ART:

• 5 for Drenge – Undertow
• 4 for Mumford & Sons – Wilder Mind
• 3 for Wolf Alice – My Love Is Cool
• 2 for Jamie XX – In Colour
• 1 for Everything Everything – Get to Heaven

BEST LIVE ACT:

• 5 for Florence + the Machine
• 4 for Future Islands
• 3 for Death Cab for Cutie
• 2 for Courteeners
• 1 for The Maccabees

Edited December 21, 2015 by kingcrawler

[mrtourette]

On 12/15/2015 at 2:24 AM, dentalplan said:

This tradition nearly DIED because I was waiting for mrtourette to do it but that guy got a life or a promotion or something so I don't know where he's at.

YEAH THANKS DUDE WHEN I SAW THIS THREAD IT BROUGHT A SMILE TO MY FACE I'VE BEEN ON HOLIDAY AND I ONLY CHECK THESE FORUMS AT WORK MAINLY BECAUSE I ESTIMATE THAT I LOATHE 96% OF CONTRIBUTORS AND READING MOST OF THESE THREADS MAKE ME WANT TO VIOLENTLY MAIM AND KILL WHICH I FIND ACTUALLY MAKES ME A MORE PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYEE BUT ISN'T REALLY COMPATIBLE WITH HOME LIFE AROUND FAMILY AND FRIENDS ANYWAY MUDHONEY BEST LIVE ACT (HOLY SHIT THAT WAS A GOOD GIG) ALTHOUGH THE RETURN OF RIDE PUSHED IT CLOSE ESPECIALLY THE FAN CLUB GIG IN OXFORD BEING THAT CLOSE TO SUCH NOISE WAS AS THE FRENCH SAY INCREDIBLE I JUST WISH MARK GARDNER WOULD TAKE THAT FUCKING HAT OFF IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE BALD MARK IT CAN'T LOOK WORSE THAT THAT STUPID BLOODY FEDORA IN FACT RIDE SHOULD BE NUMBER ONE LIVE THINGY AND FIDLAR ALBUM OF THE YEAR ALTHOUGH DOFF OF THE CAP TO BULLY AND CAGE THE ELEPHANT ACTUALLY IT'S BEEN A PRETTY CRAPPY YEAR FOR MUSIC GOING BY WHAT I CAN THINK OF AND LOOKING AT THOSE OTHER LISTS JESUS WEPT ONE OF THEM HAS MUMFORD AND SONS AND ANOTHER MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS WTF I MEAN I THOUGHT THE THREE I CHOSE WERE READING AND LEEDS INDIE LANDFILL BANDS BUT SHIT IN MY MOUTH WHO SAYS FESTIVAL REPUBLIC DON'T KNOW THEIR MARKET THE FACT THAT THERE ARE TWO PEOPLE OF ENOUGH INTELLIGENCE TO SUBMIT A POST ON AN ONLINE FORUM THAT BELIEVE THAT NOBODY HAS BEEN ABLE TO RELEASE A BETTER RECORD OVER THE COURSE OF 365 DAYS THAN DON BROCO IS A SORRY STATE OF AFFAIRS AND A GOD DAMN ATROSMACY HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A GOOD CHRISTMAS AND HOPE YOU ALL SHARE SOME FUN MOMENTS WITH THE ONES YOU LOVE AND CHERISH AND I CONTINUE TO HOPE THAT MOMENTS LIKE THESE WILL GIVE MOST OF YOU SOME KIND OF SPIRITUAL OR IDEOLOGICAL PUNCH IN THE BALLS ENOUGH TO REALISE THAT BIFFY CLYRO ARE NOT GOING TO CHANGE THE WORLD IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM HO HO HO GREEN GIANT

Edited December 21, 2015 by mrtourette
GRAMMAR MOTHERFUCKERS

[lightning1000]

You've lost some weight Tourette

[jump]

Tourette at the very least put it in the right format like this;

Live Act

5. I JUST WISH MARK GARDNER WOULD TAKE THAT FUCKING HAT OFF IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE BALD MARK IT CAN'T LOOK WORSE THAT THAT STUPID BLOODY FEDORA

 

 

 

 

[mrtourette]

8 minutes ago, lightning1000 said:

You've lost some weight Tourette

THANKS I'VE BEEN WORKING HARD ON IT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR SO IT'S GOOD TO GET SOME RECOGNITION

[hamishrankin]

BEST ALBUM:

• 5 for Slaves - Are You Satisfied
• 4 for Enter Shikari - Mindsweep
• 3 for BMTH - That's The Spirit
• 2 for Coldplay - A Head Full Of Dreams (what you going to do about it?!)
• 1 for Don Broco - Automatic

BEST SINGLE:

• 5 for Slaves - Cheer Up London
• 4 for Noel Gallagher - Lock All The Doors
• 3 for Libertines - Gungu Din
• 2 for Muse - Reapers
• 1 for Enter Shikari - Anaesthetist

BEST VIDEO:

Unfortunately I don't watch enough music videos to comment

BEST ALBUM ART:

• 5 for Coldplay - A Head Full Of Dreams
• 4 for EODM - Zipper Down
• 3 for EE - Get To Heaven
• 2 for Slaves- Are You Satisfied?
• 1 for Muse - Drones

BEST LIVE ACT:

• 5 for AC/DC - Hampden
• 4 for Twin Atlantic - T in the Park
• 3 for Kasabian - T in The Park
• 2 for Enter Shikari - Barrowlands
• 1 for Royal Blood - Barrowlands

BEST R+L PERFORMANCE:

• Due to my absence from Leeds I feel I cannot comment as no live performance can be fully judged from being watched on TV

[mrtourette]

1 minute ago, hamishrankin said:

BEST R+L PERFORMANCE:

• Due to my absence from Leeds I feel I cannot comment as no live performance can be fully judged from being watched on TV

QUITE

[Andre91]

6 hours ago, hamishrankin said:

BEST ALBUM ART:

• 5 for Bring Me The Horizon- Sempiternal

 

[benus80]

Can we get back the topic of the end of years awards

I am sorry but I have no time for all the categories but here are my best single, best album and best live act at reading festival as I did not go to many gigs

Best single               

1.  Focus by Ariana Grande
2. Lonesome street by Blur.
3. Debbie where's you car by slaves  
4. What went down by Foals 
5. Dancing in the dark by Hot chip   

Best Album

1. 1989 by Taylor Swift
2. The third three years by Frank Turner
3. The Balcony by catfish and the Bottlemen
4. My love is cool by wolf alice
5. What went down by Foals

Best reading performance

1. Alt J
2. Wolf Alice
3. Jamie T
4. Mumford & sons
5. Frank Turner

Sorry I could not do the numbers the other way around as I could not do it as a have a crappy tablet and it is late at night and sorry for any mistakes and I hope you like it.  

                                                                                        

 

[DomDom1984]

BEST ALBUM:

• 5 for Imagine Dragons - Smoke and Mirrors
• 4 for Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
• 3 for Atreyu - Long Live
• 2 for Waxahatchee - Ivy Tripp
• 1 for Marilyn Manson - The Pale Emperor

BEST SINGLE:

• 5 for Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do
• 4 for Foals - What Went Down
• 3 for Macklemore and Ryan Lewis - Downtown
• 2 for Sigma ft. Labrinth - Higher
• 1 for Demi Lovato - Cool for the Summer

BEST LIVE ACT:

• 5 for Take That at the SSE Hydro
• 4 for Editors at Glasgow O2 Academy
• 3 for AC/DC at Hampden Park
• 2 for Bring Me the Horizon at Glasgow O2 Academy
• 1 for Enter Shikari at Barrowlands

[dentalplan]

BEST ALBUM:

• 5 for Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
• 4 for Tobias Jesso Jr. - Goon
• 3 for Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear
• 2 for Joanna Newsom - Divers
• 1 for Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell

BEST SINGLE:

• 5 for Kendrick Lamar - King Kunta
• 4 for Joanna Newsom - Sapokanikan
• 3 for Circa Waves - T-Shirt Weather
• 2 for Kurt Vile - Pretty Pimpin
• 1 for God Damn - Vultures

BEST VIDEO:

• 5 for David Bowie - Blackstar
• 4 for Girl Band - Paul
• 3 for Father John Misty - The Night Josh Tillman Came to Our Apt.
• 2 for Kendrick Lamar - Alright
• 1 for Vince Staples - Senorita

BEST ALBUM ART:

• 5 for Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
• 4 for Deafheaven - New Bermuda
• 3 for Dr. Dre - Compton
• 2 for The i.l.y's - I've Always Been Good at True Love
• 1 for Eagles of Death Metal - Zipper Down

BEST LIVE ACT:

• 5 for Patti Smith
• 4 for Flaming Lips
• 3 for Run the Jewels
• 2 for Florence + the Machine
• 1 for The War on Drugs

BEST R+L PERFORMANCE:

• void

[giantwagon]

10 hours ago, benus80 said:

Best Album

1. 1989 by Taylor Swift
2. The third three years by Frank Turner
3. The Balcony by catfish and the Bottlemen

                                                                                      

All 3 of these were released in 2014.

[giantwagon]

BEST ALBUM:

• 5 for Public Service Broadcasting - The Race For Space
• 4 for Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit And Think, Sometimes I Just Sit
• 3 for Action Bronson - Mr Wonderful
• 2 for The Cribs - For All My Sisters
• 1 for Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind

BEST SINGLE:

• 5 for Skepta - Shutdown
• 4 for Kendrick Lamar - King Kunta
• 3 for Foals - What Went Down
• 2 for Justin Bieber - Love Yourself
• 1 for The 1975 - Love Me

BEST ALBUM ART:

• 5 for JME - Integrity>
• 4 for The Prodigy - The Day Is My Enemy
• 3 for Slaves - Are You Satisfied?
• 2 for Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind
• 1 for Blur - The Magic Whip

BEST LIVE ACT:

• 5 for Frank Turner and The Sleeping Souls
• 4 for Foals
• 3 for Royal Blood
• 2 for Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
• 1 for The 1975

[charley]

Totally agree with the statement about Mark's stupid hat. Good gigs though.

[hamishrankin]

13 hours ago, Andre91 said:

 

Meant the umbrella one.

At least I'm not as deluded as NME who made Suck It and See the best artwork of the year it came out.

[Andre91]

2 minutes ago, hamishrankin said:

Meant the umbrella one.

At least I'm not as deluded as NME who made Suck It and See the best artwork of the year it came out.

I was pointing out that Coldplay's new album art is very similar to BMTH's Sempiternal cover

[rawaudioinput]

BEST ALBUM:

• 5 for Susanne Sundfør - Ten Love Songs
• 4 for HEALTH - Death Magic
• 3 for Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
• 2 for Drenge - Undertow
• 1 for Björk - Vulnicura

BEST ALBUM ART:

• 5 for Arca - Mutant
• 4 for Drenge - Undertow
• 3 for Employed to Serve - Greyer Than You Remember
• 2 for HEALTH - Death Magic
• 1 for Refused - Freedom

BEST LIVE ACT:

• 5 for Refused @ Electric Ballroom (02/12)
• 4 for Shitwife @ Billabong Club, Rochester (25/07)
• 3 for The Prodigy @ Alexandra Palace (15/05)
• 2 for System of a Down @ Wembley Arena (10/04)
• 1 for HEALTH @ Heaven (28/10)

[justanothername]

BEST ALBUM:

• 5 for The Wonder Years - No Closer To Heaven
• 4 for Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
• 3 for Deafheaven - New Bermuda
• 2 for Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes - Blossom
• 1 for Neck Deep - Life's Not Out To Get You

BEST SINGLE:

• 5 for The Wonder Years - Cigarettes & Saints
• 4 for Deafheaven - Come Back
• 3 for Modern Baseball - The Thrash Particle
• 2 for The World Is A Beautiful Place and I'm No Longer Afraid to Die - January 10th, 2014
• 1 for Foals - What Went Down

BEST VIDEO:

• 5 for The Wonder Years - Cigarettes & Saints
• 4 for The World Is A Beautiful Place and I'm No Longer Afraid to Die - January 10th, 2014
• 3 for Slaves - Cheer Up London
• 2 for FIDLAR - 40oz on Repeat
• 1 for Pup - Dark Days

BEST ALBUM ART:

• 5 for The Wonder Years - No Closer To Heaven
• 4 for Neck Deep - Life's Not Out To Get You
• 3 for mewithoutYou - Pale Horses
• 2 for Deafheaven - New Bermuda
• 1 for Four Year Strong - Four Year Strong

BEST LIVE ACT:

• 5 for American Football - Leeds Festival
• 4 for Refused - Leeds Festival
• 3 for And So I Watch You From Afar- 2000trees Festival
• 2 for Bring Me The Horizon - Leeds Festival
• 1 for Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes - Star & Garter, Manchester

BEST R+L PERFORMANCE:

• 5 for American Football
• 4 for Refused
• 3 for Bring Me The Horizon
• 2 for Metallica
• 1 for Foals

Edited December 29, 2015 by justanothername

[Gucci Piggy]

1 hour ago, justanothername said:

 

• 5 for The Wonder Years

• 5 for The Wonder Years

• 5 for The Wonder Years

• 5 for The Wonder Years

[justanothername]

8 minutes ago, Will-2609 said:

1 hour ago, justanothername said:

 

• 5 for The Wonder Years

• 5 for The Wonder Years

• 5 for The Wonder Years

• 5 for The Wonder Years