Saturday 1 January 2011

The Bawley 100 – New Years Eve 2010/2011

The world of end-of-year lists has been thrown into disarray by the release of several private files stolen from deep within the usually secretive Bawley community, available to view on the notorious website BawleyLeaks. One Bawley contributor condemned the leaks as “an attack on his freedom to judge the artistic merits of others”. Another Bawley representative has dismissed the release as imperialist propaganda.

The stolen data, which has subsequently appeared on ipod and spotify playlists, contains a number of not so shocking revelations.

It is thought that the Bawley crew now faces a personal and professional crisis following the publication of the information in the public domain. So damaging are the leaks that the original Bawley team has returned to their Bawley Point base to plan their next move of music snobbery.

Friday, 31 December 2010, 23:59

C L A S S I F I E D LIST 100049

EO 12958 DECL: 3/24/2019

TAGS OVIP">>OVIP (BAWLEY, 100), PREL, JAZZ, ROCK, MINIMAL, INDIE, ELECTRO, WORLD

SUBJECT: (B) Bawley 100 – New Years Eve 2010/2011


The 2010 Bawley 100:

100 Kanye West - Runaway
99 Stonefield - Drowning
98 M.I.A. - XXXO
97 Tame Impala - Solitude Is Bliss
96 Flight Facilities - Crave You
95 Boy And Bear - Fall At Your Feet
94 Grizzly Bear - Boy From School
93 Eels - Looking Up
92 Laura Marling - Devil's Spoke
91 Sia - Bring Night
90 Groove Armada - Paper Romance
89 Kort - Incredibly Lonely
88 Mgmt - Congratulations
87 The Chemical Brothers - Swoon
86 Warpaint - Undertow
85 Amaya Laucirica - This World Can Make You Happy
84 Gotye - Eyes Wide Open
83 Band Of Horses - Laredo
82 Mark Ronson (feat. Boy George) - Somebody To Love Me
81 Vampire Weekend - Giving Up The Gun
80 Blur - Fool's Day
79 Jackie Q - Ring Round
78 The Gaslight Anthem - American Slang
77 Chiddy Bang - Truth
76 The National - Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks
75 The Hold Steady - Barely Breathing
74 How To Destroy Angels - The Space In Between
73 Deftones - You've Seen The Butcher
72 Gorillaz - Stylo
71 Wire - Two Minutes
70 Mogwai - Rano Pano
69 Pendulum - ABC News Theme (remix)
68 Beach House - Zebra
67 Old Man River - Norway
66 PVT - The Quick Mile
65 Broken Bells - The High Road
64 The Drums - Forever and Ever Amen
63 The New Pornographers - Sweet Talk, Sweet Talk
62 Laura Marling - Goodbye England (Covered In Snow)
61 Pantha du Prince - Stick To My Side
60 Little Dragon - My Step
59 PJ Harvey - Written On The Forehead
58 Eddy Current Suppression Ring - Tuning Out
57 The New Pornographers - Your Hands (Together)
56 Cloud Control - Meditation Song #2
55 Yeasayer - O.N.E.
54 Beach House - Silver Soul
53 Grinderman - Mickey Mouse And The Goodbye Man
52 Crystal Castles - Baptism
51 Belle & Sebastian - Write About Love
50 The Dead Weather - Blue Blood Blues
49 Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly - Morning Light
48 Sufjan Stevens - Now That I'm Older
47 Yeasayer - Madder Red
46 The Bench Warmers - Football (In The Goal)
45 Deerhunter - Helicopter
44 Deftones - This Place Is Death
43 Cee-Lo Green - Fuck You
42 Adrian Lux - Teenage Crime
41 Kele - Tenderoni
40 British Sea Power - Living Is So Easy
39 The Naked And Famous - Punching In A Dream
38 Gayngs - The Gaudy Side Of Town
37 Kele - Everything You Wanted
36 Delphic - Doubt
35 Gogol Bordello - To Rise Above
34 Grinderman - When My Baby Comes
33 Massive Attack - Girl I Love You
32 Gypsy And The Cat - The Piper's Song
31 Tame Impala - Lucidity
30 Robyn - Dancing On My Own
29 Arcade Fire - Modern Man
28 Klaxons - Echoes
27 Cut Copy - Where I'm Going
26 Janelle Monae - Tightrope
25 Massive Attack - Paradise Circus
24 Cut Copy - Take Me Over
23 Bag Raiders - Way Back Home
22 DJ Shadow - I've Been Trying
21 Crystal Castles (feat Robert Smith) - Not In Love
20 The New Pornographers - Crash Years
19 Little Red - Slow Motion
18 Whitley - Killer
17 Sufjan Stevens - I Walked
16 Deftones - Sextape
15 Hot Chip - Hand Me Down Your Love
14 LCD Soundsystem - Dance Yrself Clean
13 Arcade Fire - Ready To Start
12 British Sea Power - Zeus
11 Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - Hand Covers Bruise
10 Hot Chip - I Feel Better
9 Crystal Castles - Celestica
8 The Jezabels - Mace Spray
7 Grinderman - Worm Tamer
6 Jónsi - Go Do
5 LCD Soundsystem - Home
4 Arcade Fire - Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
3 Hot Chip - One Life Stand
2 The National - Bloodbuzz Ohio
1 Gorillaz - On Melancholy Hill

Can you keep a secret?

5 comments:

Jen said...

Great list, glad to see the Jezabels rated so highly! Mace Spray is one of my favourite songs of '10.

Nick said...

How did this get out? Heads will roll! Good list though, thanks Hummer!

bewilderment said...

Brilliant list - good to see War Paint on there; certainly one of my favourites of this year!

Mokdaddy said...

Well done on another successful year of the Bawley and you even revisited the original site this time around.

I thought Yeasayer would have rated more highly. Correct me if I am wrong but did I introduce Mr Hummer to the ABC theme remix by Pendulum. Francis here in the Mong cranks that one out at a few parties to get the Australians going.

Being in Mongolia has made it difficult to stay on top of the new stuff so thanks for the education even if it is a little snobby.

The Mongolian version would have had Rhianna and M&M's track at number 1. Hell forget the rules here! They would have thrown in 2009 track David Guetta's (AKA Douche) Sexy Bitch feat Akon and Wham's Last Christmas.

Hummer said...

True, Madder Red is probably better than its 47th ranking.

I hear there are a few Ulaanbaatar based cover bands that might be contenders for the 2011 list.

Last Christmas I gave you my heart
The very next day you gave it away

This will be my earworm for the next few days thanks for that.