4.52am Issue: 062 7th December 2017 - The Best Single & E.P Awards One
4.52am - This issue is dedicated to our Best Single and Best E.P of 2017 Awards, Featuring: Amber Arcades Dana Gavanski Deerful Halo Maude Wozniak Bjork Breeders El Goodo Julia Jacklin Lee Ranaldo Morrissey Royal Blood Susie Blue U2 Will Hessey
4.52am - This issue is dedicated to our Best Single and Best E.P of 2017 Awards, Featuring:
Amber Arcades
Dana Gavanski
Deerful
Halo Maude
Wozniak
Bjork
Breeders
El Goodo
Julia Jacklin
Lee Ranaldo
Morrissey
Royal Blood
Susie Blue
U2
Will Hessey
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W<br />
ell, the Xmas shopping is done here in<br />
452-land (probably) and it is that time<br />
of year where we snuggle down and<br />
think about the year that has gone before and<br />
all the wonderful music that has passed<br />
between our ears. Something like that anyway.<br />
Whatever the truth of it all, we decided to give<br />
over <strong>December</strong> to our first Music <strong>Awards</strong> and so<br />
for the next three issues we’ll be working our<br />
way through the categories before announcing<br />
the winners on the 28 th of <strong>December</strong>.<br />
This week sees us looking at the contenders for<br />
the <strong>Best</strong> <strong>Single</strong> and <strong>Best</strong> E.P <strong>Awards</strong> – see what<br />
you think,<br />
All at <strong>4.52am</strong>
Contents<br />
Learn To Play: Slade ................................................................ 9<br />
Learn To Play: Ska ................................................................. 11<br />
<strong>Best</strong> <strong>Single</strong> Award <strong>2017</strong> ......................................................... 13<br />
Bjork “Blissing Me” ............................................................. 15<br />
Breeders “Wait In <strong>The</strong> Car” ................................................... 17<br />
El Goodo “As You Said Your So Longs” ................................... 19<br />
Julia Jacklin “Cold Caller” ...................................................... 21<br />
Lee Ranaldo “Uncle Skeleton” ............................................... 23<br />
Morrissey “Spent <strong>The</strong> Day In Bed” ......................................... 25<br />
Royal Blood “Figure It Out” ................................................... 27<br />
Susie Blue “Be A Lady” .......................................................... 29<br />
U2 “American Soul” .............................................................. 31<br />
Will Hessey “On Our Way To L.A” .......................................... 33
<strong>Best</strong> E.P Award <strong>2017</strong> ............................................................. 39<br />
Amber Arcades “Cannonball”................................................ 41<br />
Dana Gavanski “Spring Demos” ............................................. 43<br />
Deerful “Staying Still” ........................................................... 45<br />
Halo Maud “Du pouvoir” ....................................................... 47<br />
Wozniak “Perihelion”............................................................ 49<br />
La Contessa Presents… .......................................................... 55<br />
1960s: Dusty Springfield ........................................................ 57<br />
1970s: Sherbet ...................................................................... 59<br />
1980s: Roxy Music ................................................................ 61<br />
1990s: Finlay Quayle ............................................................. 63<br />
2000s: Snow Patrol ............................................................... 65<br />
2010s: Stooshe ...................................................................... 67
Learn To Play: Slade<br />
W<br />
hen you get to Christmas, there is only one song we<br />
all want to hear.<br />
OK, apart from the Pogues and Kirsty.<br />
And that one that John Lewis did with the dog and the<br />
trampoline, maybe.<br />
However, we should all be able to earn our Snowballs with a<br />
quick bit of Slade, if nothing else, so here you are.
Learn To Play: Ska<br />
B<br />
Y the look on your face, I’m guessing you are still in denial<br />
as far as Xmas goes, so OK, maybe Slade was going a little<br />
far, I can see that.<br />
Instead then, why not do something different and learn to play a<br />
little bit of Ska, it isn’t as easy as it looks – be warned.
<strong>Best</strong> <strong>Single</strong> Award <strong>2017</strong><br />
A<br />
s the opening shot across the bows of our award season,<br />
we thought we would start by sharing our longlist for the<br />
‘<strong>Best</strong> <strong>Single</strong> of <strong>2017</strong>’ award. <strong>The</strong> actual result will appear<br />
in our final magazine of the year, but in the meantime – enjoy.<br />
Bjork<br />
Breeders<br />
El Goodo<br />
Julia Jacklin<br />
Lee Ranaldo<br />
Morrissey<br />
Royal Blood<br />
Susie Blue<br />
U2<br />
Will Hessey<br />
Blissing Me<br />
Wait In <strong>The</strong> Car<br />
As You Said Your So Longs<br />
Cold Caller<br />
Uncle Skeleton<br />
Spent <strong>The</strong> Day In Bed<br />
Figure It Out<br />
Be A Lady<br />
American Soul<br />
On Our Way To L.A
Bjork<br />
“Blissing Me”
Breeders<br />
“Wait In <strong>The</strong> Car”
El Goodo<br />
“As You Said Your So<br />
Longs”
Julia Jacklin<br />
“Cold Caller”
Lee Ranaldo<br />
“Uncle Skeleton”
Morrissey<br />
“Spent <strong>The</strong> Day In<br />
Bed”
Royal Blood<br />
“Figure It Out”
Susie Blue<br />
“Be A Lady”
U2<br />
“American Soul”
Will Hessey<br />
“On Our Way To L.A”
<strong>Best</strong> E.P Award <strong>2017</strong><br />
T<br />
here is a definite art in putting a really good E.P together<br />
that stretches far beyong the simple A and B sides of a<br />
single, and we wanted to recognise five quite stupendous<br />
E.Ps that have been released this year.<br />
Amber Arcades<br />
Dana Gavanski<br />
Deerful<br />
Halo Maude<br />
Wozniak<br />
Canonball<br />
Spring Demos<br />
Staying Still<br />
Du pouvoir<br />
Perihelion
Amber Arcades<br />
“Cannonball”
Dana Gavanski<br />
“Spring Demos”
Deerful<br />
“Staying Still”
Halo Maud<br />
“Du pouvoir”
Wozniak<br />
“Perihelion”
La Contessa Presents…<br />
W<br />
Ell, we are moving toward the end of the year, and<br />
I’m pleased to say that La Contessa hasn’t gone all<br />
seasonal just yet and has instead stuck to her guns<br />
and dug out some classic tracks for us all to love and enjoy, in a<br />
sober and somehow ecstatically cool way.<br />
Yes, I just make this up as I go along.<br />
Enjoy!
1960s: Dusty<br />
Springfield
1970s: Sherbet
1980s: Roxy Music
1990s: Finlay Quayle
2000s: Snow Patrol
2010s: Stooshe