Fontaines DC – Down At The Front https://www.downatthefront.co.uk The place to be to experience new music Wed, 14 Feb 2024 19:05:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 212659681 Albums of the Year 2019 https://www.downatthefront.co.uk/archives/4205 Wed, 08 Jan 2020 19:43:34 +0000 http://www.downatthefront.co.uk/?p=4205 Well what a year that was. Lots of great guitar bands coming through on the back of the Idles ‘post-punk’ new new wave. It seemed like each band offering something different. From the poetic, with Fontaines, to the brooding dark emotions of Murder Capital. Politics was back in fashion with bands finding they had something to say.

For the last few years, singer song writers have featured heavily but this year they have taken a back seat. This probably reflects who I’ve saw this year. It is also the first time a Jazz record has been on my list, with Jamie Branch. And for probably the only time, the list features a snooker player!

As usual, deciding on the order has been difficult. I’ve spent the last week re-listening to all my favourite albums to work out my top 20. The top three were especially difficult as they all were my favourite album at some point of the year.

  • 20. French Vanilla – How Am I Not Myself
  • Utopia Strong
    19. The Utopia Strong – The Utopia Strong
  • 18. Snapped Ankles – Stunning Luxury
  • 17. Ezra Furman – Twelve Nudes
  • 16. Signal – Automatic
  • 15. Lewsberg – Lewsberg
  • 14. Jamie Branch – FLY or DIE II: bird dogs of paradise
  • 13. RAKTA – Falha Comum
  • 12. Aldous Harding – Designer
  • 11. Girl Band – The Talkies
  • 10. Avalanche Party – 24 Carat Diamond Trephine
  • 9. Warmduscher – Tainted Lunch
  • 8. Erland Cooper – Sule Skerry
  • 7. Richard Dawson – 2020
  • 6. Drahla – Useless Coordinates
  • 5. LIFE – A Picture of Good Health
  • 4. Dry Cleaning – Sweet Princess EP
  • 3. Black Midi – Schlagenheim
  • 2. Murder Capital – When I Have Fears
  • 1. Fontaines D.C. – Dogrel

Top 20 Albums of 2019

  1. Fontaines D.C. – Dogrel
  2. The Murder Capital – When I Have Fears
  3. Black Midi – Schalagenheim
  4. Dry Cleaning – Sweet Princess EP
  5. LIFE – A Picture of Good Health
  6. Drahla – Useless Coordinates
  7. Richard Dawson – 2020
  8. Erland Cooper – Sule Skerry
  9. Warmduscher – Tainted Lunch
  10. Avalanche Party – 24 Carat Diamond Trephine
  11. Girl Band – The Talkies
  12. Aldous Harding – Designer
  13. RAKTA – Falha Comum
  14. Jamie Branch – FLY or DIE II: bird dogs of paradise
  15. Lewsberg – Lewsberg
  16. Automatic – Signal
  17. Ezra Furman – Twelve Nudes
  18. Snapped Ankles – Stunning Luxury
  19. The Utopia Strong – The Utopia Strong
  20. French Vanilla – How Am I Not Myself

]]> 4205 Fontaines DC Album of the Year show https://www.downatthefront.co.uk/archives/4135 Tue, 03 Dec 2019 12:09:00 +0000 http://www.downatthefront.co.uk/?p=4135

Following up on an amazing year for Fontaines DC, the guyS played Rough Trade East to celebrate being awarded Album of the Year. They played pretty much a full set. ‘I’m going to be big’ – indeed

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