Bawley (Hearts) 2015: Top 5 Covers of 2015

5. Mark Ronson - I Sat By The Ocean (Queens Of The Stone Age)

 This cover has all the swagger of the original (here).

4. GWAR - She Bop (Cyndi Lauper) / Blitzkrieg Bop (The Ramones)

This is ridiculous (here).

3. Tame Impala - Confide In Me (Kylie Minogue)

 Ever wondered how Kylie would sound with vintage synths and an unnecessary space rock guitar solo? Wonder no more (here).

2. Courtney Barnett - Shivers (The Boys Next Door)

Courtney Barnett gets dark, covers early Nick Cave. Shivers (here).

1. Hot Chip - Dancing In The Dark (Bruce Springsteen) / All My Friends (LCD Soundsystem)

Hot Chip invite The Boss back onto the dance floor, leave with all their friends.

(Doing the Sums 2014) Are You Joe Average?

The triplej Hottest 100 is an Australian institution. The Bawley crew don't always agree with the results but we do enjoy the ritual. Increasingly part of this ritual is our Are You Joe Average Hottest 100 quiz. (Previous results).

Here is how it works:

1. Write out a list of the songs you voted for in the triplej Hottest 100.
2. Write down the position each of these came in the triplej Hottest 100.
3. If a song did not make the list put down 101.
4. Add up the scores, and divide by the number of songs you voted for.
5. Post your results as a comment to this blog entry.

How to interpret your score:

 1-13: I can believe I scored this High.

 14-29: You like to keep your Left Hand Free and your Sleeves Rolled Up.

 30-40: Solid score Won't Let You Down.

 41-52:  I'm a Happy Idiot.

 53-65: You have your own musical tastes but I Can Feel That You Don't Love Me.

 66-77: Close Your Eyes (And Count To Fuck)  

 78-89: Don't Quit Your Job.

90-100: You might need to Switch Lanes.  

 101: #Tay4Hottest100

 The Bawley 100 top 10 scored:

TV On The Radio - Happy Idiot - 49

Beck - Waking Light - 101

Röyksopp - Monument - 59

Damon Albarn - You & Me - 101

Future Islands - Seasons (Waiting On You) - 23

St. Vincent - Digital Witness - 101

Courtney Barnett - Pickles from the Jar - 51

The War On Drugs - Red Eyes - 63

Swans - A Little God In My Hands - 101

Lorde - Yellow Flicker Beat  - 18

Bawley's score: 66.7 Close Your Eyes (And Count To Fuck)

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The Bawley 100 - New Years Eve 2014/2015

In a dystopian future, the totalitarian nation of Bawley is divided between the districts and the Capitol. Each year three young representatives are selected to participate in The Bawley Games. Part list, part brutal retribution for a past rebellion, the list is published throughout Bawley on New Year's Eve. The participants are forced to select and rank the 100 best tracks of the year while the citizens of Bawley are required to listen.

 Let the 2014 Bawley games begin! And may the odds be ever in your favour.

100 Chet Faker - Talk Is Cheap

99 Courtney Barnett - Anonymous Club

98 Megan Washington - Limitless

97 Blue King Brown - All Nations

96 The Presets - Goodbye Future

95 Ben Ottewell - Patience & Rosaries

94 Happyness - You Come to Kill Me?!

93 Vaudeville Smash - Zinedine Zidane

92 The New Pornographers - Brill Bruisers

91 Mark Ronson - Uptown Funk

90 Antemasque - In The Lurch

89 SAFIA - Paranoia, Ghosts & Other Sounds

88 Manchester Orchestra - Top Notch

87 Bombay Bicycle Club - Luna

86 CHVRCHES - Dead Air

85 Lana Del Rey - West Coast

84 Cold War Kids - All This Could Be Yours

83 Cold War Kids - First

82 Eels - Lockdown Hurricane

81 Ásgeir - King and Cross

80 Kingswood - ICFTYDLM

79 Bertie Blackman - Run For Your Life

78 The Antlers - Intruders

77 Elbow - Fly Boy Blue / Lunette

76 Broken Bells - After the Disco

75 Gary Numan - I Am Dust

74 The Horrors - So Now You Know

73 Apes - Pull The Trigger

72 alt-J - Every Other Freckle

71 Beck - Blue Moon

70 Alison Wonderland - I Want U

69 The Preatures - Ordinary

68 Damon Albarn - Everyday Robots

67 Interpol - All The Rage Back Home

66 The New Pornographers - War on the East Coast

65 The Babe Rainbow - Secret Enchanted Broccoli Forest

64 Swans - Oxygen

63 The Tea Party - The Black Sea

62 Thom Yorke - Interference

61 Mia Dyson - Idyllwild

60 Amaya Laucirica - Prettier Than The Sound

59 Ben Ottewell - Rattlebag

58 The Antlers - Palace

57 alt-J - Left Hand Free

56 St. Vincent - Rattlesnake

55 The Decemberists - Make You Better

54 Thumpers - Unkinder (A Tougher Love)

53 Kishi Bashi - Q&A

52 Belle & Sebastian - The Party Line

51 The Amazing Snakeheads - Flatlining

50 TV On The Radio - Careful You

49 David Bowie - Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)

48 Kishi Bashi - Carry On Phenomenon

47 Augie March - After The Crack Up

46 Damon Albarn - Lonely Press Play

45 Thom Yorke - A Brain In A Bottle

44 Thom Yorke - Guess Again!

43 First Aid Kit - My Silver Lining

42 Röyksopp - Do It Again

41 Kele - Doubt

40 Johnny Cash - She Used to Love Me a Lot - JC/EC Version

39 Aphex Twin - minipops 67 [120.2][source field mix]

38 Sun Kil Moon - Carissa

37 alt-J - Hunger Of The Pine

36 The Antlers - Hotel

35 Phantogram - Fall In Love

34 St. Vincent - Birth In Reverse

33 Mia Dyson - When We're Older

32 Walter Martin feat. Karen O - Sing to Me

31 The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream

30 Briggs and Gurrumul - Took The Children Away

29 Kimbra - 90s Music

28 Afternoons - Say Yes

27 Augie March - A Dog Starved

26 TV On The Radio - Quartz

25 Happyness - Montreal Rock Band Somewhere

24 Kishi Bashi - The Ballad of Mr. Steak

23 Weezer - Back To The Shack

22 The Horrors - I See You

21 Kelis - Jerk Ribs

20 The War On Drugs - Under The Pressure

19 Brody Dalle - Meet The Foetus / Oh The Joy

18 Cracked Actor - Hollywood

17 Elbow - My Sad Captains

16 The New Pornographers - Champions Of Red Wine

15 Kishi Bashi - Philosophize In It! Chemicalize With It!

14 Elbow - New York Morning

13 The Amazing Snakeheads - Every Guy Wants To Be Her Baby

12 The Preatures - Somebody's Talking

11 Mia Dyson - She Can't Take The World

10 TV On The Radio - Happy Idiot

9 Beck - Waking Light

8 Röyksopp - Monument

7 Damon Albarn - You & Me

6 Future Islands - Seasons (Waiting On You)

5 St. Vincent - Digital Witness

4 Courtney Barnett - Pickles from the Jar

3 The War On Drugs - Red Eyes

2 Swans - A Little God In My Hands

1 Lorde - Yellow Flicker Beat



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Bawley (Hearts) 2014: Top 5 Covers of 2014

5. Scott Bradlee & Postmodern Jukebox - No Diggity (Blackstreet)

Scott Bradlee spent 2014 creating viral videos. With Postmodern Jukebox he creates jazz club versions of pop songs. Some are good, many terrible. No Diggity is always good (here). See them all. 

4. Flaming lips feat Miley Cyrus & Moby - Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds (The Beatles)

This is the highlight from Flaming Lips guest filled version of Sgt Peppers (here).

3. Dinosaur Jr - Fade Into You (Mazzy Star)

The Mazzy Star original is just about the cruisiest song ever. The Dinosaur Jr version is faithful to the original and I love it (here). 

2. The Smith Street Band - History Eraser (Courtney Barnett)

The Smith Street Band are great and Courtney Barnett songs are brilliant. This cover done for triple j like version (here).

1. Courtney Barnett - Cannonball (The Breeders)

Today's 'slacker hero' takes on a 90's classic. Pretty much perfect.

Check, check, one two, one two

Bawley Contributors Gig Attendance Venn Diagram

(Doing the Sums 2013) Are You Joe Average?

The triplej Hottest 100 is an Australian institution. The Bawley crew don't always agree with the results but we do enjoy the ritual. Increasingly part of this ritual is the Are You Joe Average Hottest 100 quiz.o (Previous results).

Here is how it works:

1. Write out a list of the songs you voted for in the triplej Hottest 100.
2. Write down the position each of these came in the triplej Hottest 100.
3. If a song did not make the list put down 101.
4. Add up the scores, and divide by the number of songs you voted for.
5. Post your results as a comment to this blog entry.

How to interpret your score:

 1-13: It takes skill to Get Lucky.

 14-29: You may not have My Number but you probably have Pharrell Williams on speed dial.

 30-40: You had a good score, Ratchet up a bit next year.

 41-52:  Eat, Sleep, Rave, Repeat.

 53-65: You have your own musical tastes but If I Could Change Your Mind it might be an Instant Crush.

 66-77: Kinda quirky in a cute way.  

 78-89: Kinda quirky in a "slowly back away..." way.    90-100: You're a f***ing freak, man  

 101: Did you vote for songs, or flavours of ice cream???? 

 The Bawley 100 top 10 scored:

Typhoon - Young Fathers 101 

The National - I Should Live In Salt 101

David Bowie - Where Are We Now? 101
Frightened Rabbit - Backyard Skulls 101
Phoenix - Entertainment 101

Cloud Control - Scar 52 

The Drones - I See Seaweed 101

The National - Don't Swallow the Cap 101
Nine Inch Nails - Copy Of A 101
Arcade Fire - Reflektor 16

Bawley's score: 87.6 Kinda quirky in a "slowly back away..." way.

The Bawley 100 - New Years Eve 2013/2014

A pair of everyday radio listeners are diagnosed with inoperable, advanced end of year list monotony. On a summer road trip they hear a Hottest 100 promo and devise a scheme to become partners, combine their skills and manufacture their own end of year list. Recruiting a lost but likable foreigner the group start work on a list to act as the antidote to all other lists and provide musical riches for their friends and family. During their time making the finest end of year list the group have a series of run ins with the law and rival list makers. Despite these setbacks, they become addicted to power and continue their list making under the guise 'Bawley'.


The 2013 Bawley 100:

100 Hannah Beasley (feat. Fun Machine) - Ode To Skywhale

99  Peace - Follow Baby

98 Foxygen - San Francisco

97 Toy - Dead & Gone

96 Phoenix - Trying To Be Cool

95 Disclosure - F For You

94 Lily Allen - Hard Out Here

93 The Burley Griffin - Die Alone (live)

92 Neko Case - Night Still Comes

91 Daft Punk - Lose Yourself To Dance

90 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Wide Lovely Eyes

89 Savages - Shut Up

88 Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know?

87 The National - Humiliation

86 Vampire Weekend - Unbelievers

85 David Bowie - Valentine's Day

84 The Bronx - Youth Wasted

83 Neko Case - Ragtime

82 Pyramid - Wolf

81 Pixies - Bagboy

80 Nine Inch Nails - While I'm Still Here

79 A Perfect Circle - By And Down

78 Gesaffelstein - Pursuit

77 Arcade Fire - Here Comes The Night Time

76 Villagers - The Waves

75 TV Colours - Beverley

74 Daft Punk - Instant Crush

73 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away

72 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Despair

71 TV On The Radio - Million Miles

70 Ms Mr - Dance Yrself Clean

69 Fatboy Slim (feat. Riva Starr, Beardyman) - Eat, Sleep, Rave, Repeat

68 Jagwar Ma - Man I Need

67 Eels - New Alphabet

66 Janelle Monáe - Dance Apocalyptic

65 Lorde - 400 Lux

64 Chet Faker (feat. Kilo Kish) - Melt

63 Foals - Bad Habit

62 The National - Graceless

61 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Sacrilege

60 Typhoon - Hunger And Thirst

59 Sky Ferreira - You're Not The One

58 Laura Mvula - Green Garden

57 British Sea Power - Monsters of Sunderland

56 Cut Copy - Free Your Mind

55 Amaya Laucirica - Found Some Secret

54 Courtney Barnett - Avant Gardener

53 Clubfeet - Everything You Wanted

52 Major Lazer (feat. Ezra Koenig) - Jessica

51 Frightened Rabbit - The Woodpile

50 The Flaming Lips (feat. Tobacco) - Peace Sword (Open Your Heart)

49 Hot Chip - Dark and Stormy

48 Typhoon - Dreams Of Cannibalism

47 The National - Demons

46 Pulp - After You

45 Brendan Maclean - Winner

44 Arctic Monkeys - R U Mine?

43 Frightened Rabbit - Late March, Death March

42 Nine Inch Nails - Came Back Haunted

41 Foals - My Number

40 Vampire Weekend - Step

39 James Blake - Retrograde

38 Flume (feat. Chet Faker) - Drop the Game

37 The Flaming Lips - Look...The Sun Is Rising

36 Cloud Control - Dojo Rising

35 Frightened Rabbit - Acts Of Man

34 Chvrches - The Mother We Share

33 David Bowie - Love Is Lost

32 Arcade Fire - It’s Never Over (Hey Orpheus)

31 Mazzy Star - California

30 British Sea Power - Machineries of Joy

29 Brendan Maclean - Stupid

28 Haim - The Wire

27 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Jubilee Street

26 TV On The Radio - Mercy

25 The Knife - Full of Fire

24 Disclosure - White Nose

23 Queens Of The Stone Age - I Appear Missing

22 The Drones - How To See Through Fog

21 Arcade Fire - Afterlife

20 Neko Case - Man

19 Janelle Monáe (feat. Erykah Badu) - Q.U.E.E.N.

18 Chvrches - Recover

17 My Bloody Valentine - Only Tomorrow

16 Okkervil River - Down Down The Deep River

15 Vampire Weekend - Diane Young

14 Lorde - Royals

13 Pluto Jonze - Eject

12 Daft Punk - Get Lucky

11 Bloc Party - Ratchet

10 Typhoon - Young Fathers

9 The National - I Should Live In Salt

8 David Bowie - Where Are We Now?

7 Frightened Rabbit - Backyard Skulls

6 Phoenix - Entertainment

5 Cloud Control - Scar

4 The Drones - I See Seaweed

3 The National - Don't Swallow the Cap

2 Nine Inch Nails - Copy Of A

1 Arcade Fire - Reflektor

Sample for yourself on Spotify: Bawley 100 2013