The Zeal Awards 2004

[Zagreus]

Favourite albums of the year for me are (in no particular order):

 

Universal Audio - The Delgados

Heros to Zeros - Beta Band

Origin Vol.1 - Soundtrack of Our Lives

Together We're Heavy - Polyphonic Spree

The Seven Autumn Flowers - Trembling Blue Stars

Committed To Lo-Fi Packaging - Picture Center

 

Best Compilation/Best of Album:

 

Society's Victims - Discharge (3 CDs of pure Punk rock!)

 

 

Best Live Act for me this year:

 

Spiritualized at the Royal Festival Hall (I'm sure I can still see the strobes!)

 

Best new Band:

 

Do Me Bad Things

(Longcut are also good)

 

Stuff I most looking forward to next year:

 

New Spectrum Album

New Tompaulin Album

Debut "Do Me Bad Things" album

seeing Conflict live again!

[EFM The Firm, The Voice]

Heard good things about Do Me Bad Things, what they like?

[Zagreus]

Do Me Bad Things? - well, it's a bit of mix of different genres. Some heavy-ish guitars, funky 70's vibe (sometimes), lots of different singers, singing in different styles, uptempo - they just flunking rock!

[JKiF]

ok for what its worth, 2004

 

 

BEST 5 TUNES.

 

Spektrum – Kinda New (Tiefschwarz dub)

Metro Area - Metro Area 5

Johnny Boy – the one about shoes

Tiga - Pleasure from the Bass

!!! - hello is thing on (Rub n Tug edit)

 

FAVOURITE DJ – greg wilson

 

BEST PARTY OF THE YEAR – secretsundaze/faith@plastic people after party

 

BEST UK CLUB – Plastic People

 

BEST INTERNATIONAL CLUB – DC10

 

BEST “THATS HOUSE “MOMENT OF 2004 – easter thurs/fri/sat (31 hrs)

 

PERSON WHO DESERVES A GOOD SHOEING... - me

[EFM The Firm, The Voice]

Thorns Awards 2004

 

Best British Group

Helen Love (really got into these this year)

Runners Up - Art Brut, Dogs Die in Hot Cars

 

Best International Group

The Killers

Runners Up - Scissor Sisters, JET

 

Best Pop Act

Girls Aloud

Runners Up - McFly, Busted

 

Best Male Solo

Jimbob

Runners Up - Har Mar Superstar, Graham Coxon

 

Best Female Solo

Charlotte Hathertey

Runners Up - Cat Power, Joss Stone (Not many female solo artists around, are there?)

 

Best New Act

Art Brut

Runners Up - Bloc Party, Kasabian

 

Best Single

Freakin' Out - Graham Coxon

Runners Up - The Rat by The Walkmen, Somebody Told Me by The Killers, Helicopter by Bloc Party and Strasburg by The Rakes

 

Best Album

ABBA are the enemy - Tom Hingley and The Lovers

Runners Up - Anglestrike - Jimbob, Faded Seaside Glamour - The Delays, Please Introduce Yourself - Dogs Die In Hot Cars, Hot Fuss - The Killers

 

Best Video

The Show - Girls Aloud

Runners Up - Love Machine - Girls Aloud, Call on me - Eric Prydz <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

 

Best Video DVD

Live at Brixton Academy - Inspiral Carpets (Only one I brought)

 

Best Live (Indoor)

Art Brut Borderline/Mean Fiddler/Barfly (can't decide)

Runners Up - Bloc Party/Art Brut/The Rakes - Amsterdam, Libertines/Buzzcocks - Astoria, They Might Be Giants - Astoria

 

Best Live (Outdoor)

Party in the Park (Oxford)

 

And a couple more:

 

Tip's for 2005

Art Brut

Bloc Party

Kiaser Cheifs

The Concretes

The Rakes

 

Club Night of the Year

Clint Boons Disco Rescue - South, Manchester

Runners Up - Get Loaded @ Turnmills, FROG @ Mean Fiddler, XFM Night @ Islington Academy, Logic @ The Fridge

 

Person who dererves a good shoeing

JillKingIsFit(efm) <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/attentat.gif" alt="" />

[JKiF]

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[gertcha EFM]

Has anyone got any info on Helen Love ? I've only ever heard their name as they are the lead singer from Art Brut's favourite band.

 

I also see that they are EFMTFTV's favourite British Group.

 

I've never heard anything by them so if anyone know's of any sites I could download a track from that would be good.

 

Cheers

[YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~]

My favourite male singer is Chuck Berry. Well, not really, but John Lennon rates him really highly, so I thought I'd namecheck him.

[EFM The Firm, The Voice]

Actually I heard Helen Love for the first time on a Rough Trade album in August so popped over to www.helenlove.com and on the message board was one Eddie Argos, I brought a Helen Love album off e-bay and mentioned it to Eddie when we had one of our regular chats.

At no point, as far as I'm aware, has he ever called them his favorite band, just that he loves them.

Hope that clears this up, you couple of pisstaking bastards <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

[gertcha EFM]

Thanks for your help mate. I'll check out the site. The album must have made a real impression if they are now your Best British Band 2004.

[EFM The Firm, The Voice]

It did, hence the title of best british band.

 

That was actually the hardest award to pick as most of this years fav bands have been new bands and were covered in the new bands bit.

I mean I could of put Inspiral Carpets or Carter

[YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~]

I'm impressed too.

 

For eleven months this year, all you've mentioned is Art Brut and Jim, and now suddenly Helen Love have sprung out from nowhere! They must be awesome!

 

Gertch - can I have a lend of their album if you ever manage to take it out of your CD player??

[EFM The Firm, The Voice]

You obviously don't listen much, I only heard Art Brut for the first time in August and Helen Love's album was brought in September and gertcha has heard it because I played him it on the tube on the way home from Clapham.

 

Jim is a solo artist.

 

Didn't realise you had to of spent the entire year liking a band for it to be Number 1, god help you if a better band than The Charlatans come to your attention between now and 31/12

[Zagreus]

Is that Helen Love who did "Did your heart go Boom?" at the end of the 90s?. If so I've got one of their albums. They're a bit of a pop punk band. Sound abit like Shampoo sometimes. I bought it because I love Happy Hardore and they did a couple of tracks in that style. All a bit cheesy though.

[YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~]

Mate, I respect your opinion, goddammit! If you say Helen Love are better than Art Brut, then who am I to argue. I am no expert on either!

 

I found the Best British Band category very hard. I haven't bought many albums this year, and the only one I could think of by a Brit band was the Charlatans one - and very good it is too. That's what won them the coveted Zeal!

 

Let's face it, neither of us were about to pick Snow Patrol, Franz Ferdinand or Keane!!

[gertcha EFM]

Carter and Inspirals haven't done anything this year, so would be hard to justify them as being Best Band 2004.

 

To be honest the only time you've mentioned Helen Love to me is when you were talking about Eddie Argos being 44th coolest in an NME poll and his response was I can't be cool because I like Helen Love.

I thought you might have at least mentioned them to me or played me a track or two.

 

Still, everyone has their own opinions on music, and I do value yours, as if it wasn't for you I wouldn't have gone to watch JSSW. (and then seen the other related bands over the years.)

 

YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~, you can have a lend of it, but as you say I have a feeling it'll be in my cd player for quite some time.

 

edited to add I was pissed on the way back from Clapham. Can't remember it.

[EFM The Firm, The Voice]

You know where I'm getting at now then Zeal, I haven't got the Charlatans album tho'.

 

Zag - It is that Helen Love and that's the album I have. "Does your heart go boooom" and "Happy Hardcore" are on there.

I wouldn't say they were cheesy but I can see where your coming from, I compare them to the likes of Bis and Dweeb

[Zagreus]

I love a bit of cheese!! The Happy Hardcore version of Rush Hour is one of my fav choons!

[EFM The Firm, The Voice]

Quote:

Carter and Inspirals haven't done anything this year, so would be hard to justify them as being Best Band 2004.

To be honest the only time you've mentioned Helen Love to me is when you were talking about Eddie Argos being 44th coolest in an NME poll and his response was I can't be cool because I like Helen Love.
I thought you might have at least mentioned them to me or played me a track or two.

Still, everyone has their own opinions on music, and I do value yours, as if it wasn't for you I wouldn't have gone to watch JSSW. (and then seen the other related bands over the years.)

YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~, you can have a lend of it, but as you say I have a feeling it'll be in my cd player for quite some time.

edited to add I was pissed on the way back from Clapham. Can't remember it.

Your pissed most the time I see you so you probably don't rememeber half the stuff/bands I mention. I mean you listened to about 6 tracks and said they sounded a bit like Bis and they were well good. Maybe they'll be your top band of 2005.
I also mentioned that Argos said he liked David Deviant in that article but he hasn't sprung up to number 2.
That article was 2 weeks ago and I was raving about them to you a couple of months ago.

Anyway, I'm waiting for the gertcha awards

[YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~]

Funnily enough, for some bizarre reason I have a copy of NME in the desk at work, and it's got the cool list from 2002 in it!

 

Jimbob is at number seven!