Track of the year is ... New Ivory - A Knight

New Ivory have smashed their way to the top spot on our 'Track of the year' for 2011. They first caught our eyes way back in early June, here is the original post.



They won with 345 votes out of the 1045 cast. A close second place is the best performing international act for the second year running, and third was a close battle between two bands that are very close to each others hearts, Safari and VOWS.

Here is a run down of the top 5:
2nd - In Golden Tears - Urban Emotions
3rd - Safari - So I See
4th - VOWS - Colours
5th - Films Of Colour - Actions

The rest (in no particular order)
The Spires - Fireworks
Is Tropical - South Pacific
Peace - Bblood
Rapids! - Littleblood
Waylayers - Hear No Lies
I Heart Sharks - Neuzeit
Hey Sholay - Wishbone

This has been a fantastic year for me and all of my contributors.

We all wish you a very happy new year and have a great 2012, I know I will.

Fred Bambridge (Editor, Founder, Admin, Promoter and all round good-guy)

New Ivory - A Knight With A Sword Killed His Own Son by DimMakRecords

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New Ivory - A Knight (Audionite Remix)

Track of the week... Coasts - Pacific

If you haven't heard of Coasts yet, where have you been for the past month! If you don't know they just yet, don't worry here is a brief bio of the band. Hailing from the depths of Bristol, Coasts are Ben Street (Drums), James Gamage (Bass), Liam Willford (Guitar), David Goulbourne (Keys) and Chris Caines (Vocals). Hiding away in the studio for months developing their sound the guys have now hit the circuit running and their first show was in London's Bull & Gate in September of this year.



They only released this song yesterday as a stream on their facebook page, but we've been very lucky enough to have heard the demo. It's a really good improvement on the initial recording, the vocals are slick, the guitar and bass riffs are crunchy and bold, and the organ and drums in the foreground just add to the sexy sound they've created for themselves. You can stream the song just by liking them on facebook and clicking here.

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Coasts - Breathe
Coasts - Drum Song

It's All Indie Awards - 2011 - Last Round

All of the tracks below are the winning songs from their individual groups. Every track has been a track of the week that we have featured on this blog in the past year, the winning tracks so far are as follows...

January:
The Spires - Fireworks
(won with 55% of the votes)


February:
Is Tropical - South Pacific
(won with 63% of the votes)


March:
In Golden Tears - Urban Emotions
(won with 56% of the votes)


April:
Films Of Colour - Actions
(won with 70% of the votes)


May:
Peace - Bblood
(won with 32% of the votes)


June:
New Ivory - A Knight
(won with 45% of the votes)


July:
Safari - So I See
(won with 40% of the votes)


August:
Rapids! - Littleblood
(won with 33% of the votes)


September:
Waylayers - Hear No Lies
(won with 38% of the votes)


October:
I Heart Sharks - Neuzeit
(won with 43% of the votes)


November:
Hey Sholay - Wishbone
(won with 41% of the votes)


December:
VOWS - Colours
(won with 85% of the votes)



Click HERE for the other polls, voting closes this month for most of the groups, so be quick!