It's All Indie: Top 20 - #1

Foals - Spanish Sahara

I would of thought 3 years ago when I past down the opportunity to see Foals live in HMV on the release date of Antidotes that three years later they would bring out a track that has made my year!



This song wasn’t anything like what I were expecting from Foals, it was a very pleasant surprise actually. It was really laid back and started off like The xx in a way that was quite mellow and soft, before moving into something similar. To be honest with you, it’s more of a slow-dance number, something that would come on at the school dance and you’d all partner off with the girl you fancied or something, it’s not something you’d expect to be played in a club unless there was a great remix, but then again, it probably wasn’t written with a club in mind.

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Foals - Cassius (Live At Glastonbury 2008)
Foals - Out Of 2
Foals - Spanish Sahara (Sonar)

It's All Indie: Top 20 - #2

Kele - Tenderoni

From the start this is a club hit. His first single has had much mixed reviews from Bloc Party fans on the forum. Sounds like a instrumental mash up of Bodyrox and Wiley, with Keles vocals over the top. Still, ever since I heard it on Zane Lowe on Radio 1 I have gone from hate, to love. Now? I just love it! Building into a throbbing climax, halting momentarily before kicking back into a massive moment of club euphoria, this will be a vital summer hit, NO WAIT IT IS.



Bands going on hiatus often means one of three things: the group have fallen out, the band have run out of ideas, or the lead singer wants to go it alone. In the case of Bloc Party, it appears to be the latter, as Kele Okereke prepares to release his electro-tinged solo début.

Tenderoni by Kele Okereke

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Kele - Everything You Wanted (Lamacq Live, 07.06.10)
Kele - Live At Glastonbury 25.06.10
Kele - On The Lam (Lamacq Live, 07.06.10)
Kele - Tenderoni (Lamacq Live, 07.06.10)
Kele - Tenderoni (Zdar Mix)

It's All Indie: Top 20 - #3

Morning Parade - Under The Stars

I have already written about this little band from Essex... and for good reasons too. I had them in the top 5 tips for 2011, and judging by this song they are top.The track starts off with a lovely guitar rhythm, then Steve's vocals kick in and your ears are treated to brilliant singing. The synths played in the background just give this such a atmospheric sound, and it is an excellent addition to what is a brilliant intro. Bass kicks in for a bit then it all faded away to more majestic synths.

"I'm gonna set my sight, I'm gonna set you soul alight"

The chorus in this song has so much momentum behind it and you can't help to think... don't end. but all good things come to an end, and it just such a breathtaking song from such a fresh new bamnd. The single was out on the 29th November 2010 on 7" Vinyl, along with two more limited 7"s, 300 each I belive, also released was 'Your Majesty' and 'In The Name'. You can hear all three tracks below.

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Morning Parade - Your Majesty - Expired
Morning Parade - Youth - Expired

It's All Indie: Top 20 - #4

Delphic - Doubt

A lot can be said about this track, and god darn it, I am going the beans on this one! Doubt has scatter-shot electronic squelches, hushed vocals and robotic drum loops are actually more akin to recent Bloc Party. However, Delphic have a lighter touch and greater pop leanings than Kele Okereke's band...



Delphic are one of those bands who can’t really decide what genre of music they want to be, trying to cover at least three (indie, electro and amazing) throughout the course of their single ‘Doubt.’ 'Doubt' opens with lots of vocals layered on top of each other. The chorus is very anthem-esque and they’re obviously gearing up for the rest of the year gigging with this song and getting a headline spot at a summer festival.

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Delphic - Counterpoint
Delphic - Doubt
Delphic - Doubt (Dubstep Remix by Jamie Law)

It's All Indie: Top 20 - #5

Two Door Cinema Club - I Can Talk

The trio wisely decide to use their youthful exuberances for the rest of the record. Listening to the likes of the thrillingly optimistic 'I Can Talk'.Another release from the prolific Kitsuné label... Two Door Cinema Club return with their second single, taking NME dance floors by storm with their guitar based dance pop and it’s insanely catchy.



This was the second single from Two Door Cinema Club it came with a wave of 2010 hype and BBC Sound of 2010 commendations, such is its melding of what is popular both in mainstream circles and the indie ‘underground’. The opening salvo is reminiscent of Delphics' 'Doubt' before a crisp riff announces the start of the song itself. The chorus’ instrumentation is owed to a shimmering tremolo and mechanical drumming interloping with Alex Trimble’s delicate-yet-somehow-powerful vocal; he sounds like a particularly impassioned 15 year old whose voice is only just settling into its male state, still able to reach pre voice breaking highs.

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Two Door Cinema Club - Come Back Home (Myd Remix)
Two Door Cinema Club - I Can Talk (Radio Edit)

It's All Indie: Top 20 - #6

We Are Tokyo - Bullets

We Are Tokyo, a band from Bristol who have played gigs along side some big indie bands such as Passion Pit and Grammatics. They have become over the past months a good find for me, ever since I stumbled upon them while on my daily MySpace music hunt for good music. I highly rate them and can't wait for the new Ep come out. Its been a while but I should hear it soon.



With some pretty awesome free single downloads these guys have been apparently getting the eye of a few labels. And why not! the Bright Lights EP was awesome, The Best In Me single even better then came Bullets, with what it was following it was hard for the (then 4 piece band) to give the fans something better... they did it. Bullets with its catchy hooks and electronic guitar filled chorus just makes it one of those awesome indie tracks! Download it below along with a couple of equally brilliant tracks, Tangram is a real fave of mine!

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We Are Tokyo - Best In Me
We Are Tokyo - Bullets
We Are Tokyo - Tangram

It's All Indie: Top 20 - #7

Darwin Deez - Radar Detector

We've been following the freakily follicled Mr Deez for a while now. Radar Detector, with its sweet lyrics, "It's only been a week, but I know that you are mine to keep". Self-described as "happy music for sad people, white music for black people," Darwin gives a surprisingly accurate rundown. His music sounds like he's trying to convince listeners to be happy, and it works.



The events in his lyrics sound tempting, but don't "ding-dong-ditch a Televangelist" until you finish dancing. I will give more credit to the music than other reviewers did though, for it is incredibly pleasant to listen to.

Darwin Deez - Radar Detector

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Darwin Deez - Radar Detector - Via Youtube
Darwin Deez - Radar Detector

It's All Indie: Top 20 - #8

Chapel Club - All The Eastern Girls

Five piece Chapel Club emerge from the hype machine and have blended their retro feel with 21st century lyrics. They are recent signing to the Loog label, Chapel Club are set to release ‘All The Eastern Girls’ on October 11th. An early favourite on live excursions since the band’s inception, ‘All The Eastern Girls’ creeps up all brooding and heartfelt, exploding into life under the lyrics of singer Lewis Bowman.



Swooping heart filled guitars , emotional and passionate. Produced by Paul Epworth , the single is a taste of what’s to come early next year when Chapel Club are set to release their debut album. Released on October 11th , ‘All The Eastern Girls’ is available on limited 7” and digitally through Loog Records. we’re pretty hyped on this track, especially its killer chorus. seriously, check it.


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Chapel Club - All The Eastern Girls - Via YouTube
Chapel Club - All The Eastern Girls (RAC Remix)
Chapel Club - All The Eastern Girls

It's All Indie: Top 20 - #9

Everything Everything - Suffragette Suffragette

So good they named it twice! Whether they’re talking a load of gibber jabba , creating poetic choruses or playing auditory jokes (the criminally catchy chorus of Suffragette Suffragette demands a double take) it doesn’t really matter! It merely adds to their quirky brilliance. And it is brilliance. Everything Everything are definitely eccentric and sometimes odd.



The intriguinng chorus with lyrics that at first sounds a little worryingly like “Who’s gonna sit on your face when I’m gone?”. I hope to God I am right in thinking it is actually “fence”, and not “face”, although musically Everything Everything are far from fence-sitters. You can download this fantastic 9th best track of 2010 below in the sound cloud link. Plus more goodies!

Everything Everything - Suffragette Suffragette

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Everything Everything - MY KZ, UR BF
Everything Everything - Riot On The Ward

It's All Indie: Top 20 - #10

Things I Never Told You - Happiness

With being on tour with Kele (from Bloc Party) in July this year this 3 piece band has created quite a stir, their catchy songs have transformed them from 'some support act' into something bigger! Loads of people now love what they heard and want more.



Easily my favourite track by these guys. On the mp3 it is like the bass is terrific, you can feel it when you whack your speakers up rippling through your bones, and vibrating through your cheecks, the vocals are sung from the heart as you can tell he cares about his music. Now live, imagine you intensify this, it is just brilliant to see a act who is able to create such a wonderful track and still be unsigned... so far!

Things I Never Told You - Happiness (Demo)
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It's All Indie: Top 20 - 20 to 11

As announced in the facebook page, the voting has been scrapped as 3 different IP addresses were voting on a certain track every 0.5 seconds. This I feel is a better approach, this is compiled of...

- Last.fm group scrobbles
- User feedback on the page
- Hits on the page
- Hits on the blog posts
- My opinions
- Most talked about on the facebook page





20: Islington Boys Club - Pristine
19: Repeater - Patterns
18: Bombay Bicycle Club - Flaws
17: Sketches - Bleed Victoria
16: Ideals - Forever Leisure
15: Fenech-Soler - Demons
14: I Dream In Colour - If You
13: Them:Youth - Toothache
12: Kilto Take - Retrogress
11: Francesqa - Ghosts

Top 10 going to be up daily, 10th tomorrow, 9th the day after and so on.

Not in the top 20? Maybe the top 10 then ;)