Tuesday 26 January 2016

(Doing the Sums 2015) Are You Joe Average?

The Triple J Hottest 100 is an Australia day tradition and while the Bawley crew listen to more Double J than Triple J these days the countdown still provides opportunity to talk about the years music and measure your taste against popular opinion in the Are you Joe Average? Hottest 100 quiz.

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: You are Kingsmill Kunta 
14-29: Answer that Hotline Bling
30-40: You've been spending time in Loud Places
41-52: Pedestrian at Best
53-65: You were Foolish to think you would score higher?
66-77: You were on trend Once.
78-89: This score should bring you Down To Earth\
90-100: True Friends don't judge.
101: Whatever the Hottest 100 has been rubbish since the ice cream CD anyway.

The Bawley 100 top 10 scored:
The Burley Griffin - Die Alone 101
Sufjan Stevens - No Shade in the Shadow of The Cross 101
Blur - Pyongyang 101
The National - Sunshine on My Back 101
Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian At Best 43
Jess Ribeiro - Kill it Yourself 101
Belle & Sebastian - Nobody's Empire 101
Radiohead - Spectre 101
Cracked Actor - Funerals 101
Courtney Barnett - Nobody Really Cares If You Don't Go To The Party 95

Bawley's score: 94.6 True Friends don't judge.

Share your results below...

Friday 1 January 2016

The Bawley 100 - New Years Eve 2015/2016



Happily ensconced in the obscure, with a barely active music blog and a taste for the alternative, the Bawley crew's past suddenly caught up with them.

In 2015 they were sentenced to spend a year in a minimum-security prison, punished for their 10 year old association with a known pan pipe player. Forced to trade headphones for handcuffs, soundcloud for shared showers, and band t-shirts for boiler-suits.

The Bawley crew made their way through the corrections system and adjusted to life behind bars, marking time with a list of the 100 best songs of 2015.

In 2015 Orange is the new Bawley.

100 Sideboob - You're The Warden

99 Ngaiire - Once

98 Father John Misty - Chateau Lobby #4 (in C for Two Virgins)

97 Battles - FF Bada

96 Gideon Benson - All New Low

95 Ash - Cocoon

94 Grimes - SCREAM

93 Custard - We Are The Parents (Our Parents Warned Us About)

92 Wilco - Magnetized

91 Kendrick Lamar - How Much A Dollar Cost

90 St Germain - Sittin' Here

89 Pond - Zond

88 Faith No More - Motherfucker

87 New Order - Singularity

86 Torres - Sprinter

85 Young Fathers - Shame

84 The Prodigy - The Day is My Enemy

83 Brendan Maclean - Tectonic

82 Natalia Lafourcade - Hasta la Raíz

81 Faith No More - Superhero

80 Elbow - Lost Worker Bee

79 HeCTA - Sympathy For The Auto Industry

78 Immigrant Union - War Is Peace

77 Jess Ribeiro - If You Were A Kelpie

76 St. Vincent - Teenage Talk

75 Idlewild - Nothing I Can Do About It

74 RAC (feat. Nate Hendricks) - Back Of The Car

73 Florence + The Machine - Ship To Wreck

72 David Bowie - Lazarus

71 Ghostface Killah / BADBADNOTGOOD - Experience

70 Best Coast - California Nights

69 FFS - Call Girl

68 Pops Staples - Somebody Was Watching

67 Bjork - Stonemilker

66 Beck - Dreams

65 Veruca Salt - Laughing In The Sugar Bowl

64 Bully - I Remember

63 French Rockets - Stuck in a Moment

62 The Chemical Brothers - Go

61 Mercury Rev - Are You Ready?

60 Savages - The Answer

59 British Sea Power - Heavenly Waters

58 Arcade Fire - Get Right

57 Felix Riebl - Lonely Truth - Lost Session Version

56 Velociraptor - Dollarmite

55 My Morning Jacket - Believe (Nobody Knows)

54 Cracked Actor - Start As You Mean To Go On

53 EL VY - Paul Is Alive

52 Portrayal - Departures

51 Kathryn Calder - Take a Little Time

50 The Belligerents - Voices

49 Young Fathers - Rain Or Shine

48 Frank Turner - Get Better

47 Sufjan Stevens - Blue Bucket of Gold - Remix

46 Nadine Shah - Fool

45 Natalie Prass - Bird Of Prey

44 The Weeknd - Can't Feel My Face

43 Courtney Barnett - Dead Fox

42 Major Lazer (feat. MØ & DJ Snake) - Lean On

41 Blur - Lonesome Street

40 Father John Misty - Bored In The USA

39 Ghostface Killah / BADBADNOTGOOD (feat. Tree) - Street Knowledge

38 Royal Headache - Another World

37 David Bowie - Blackstar

36 Wilco - You Satellite

35 CHVRCHES - Leave A Trace

34 The Dead Weather - I Feel Love (Every Million Miles)

33 Foals - What Went Down

32 LCD Soundsystem - Christmas Will Break Your Heart

31 Matthew E. White - Rock & Roll Is Cold

30 EL VY - Return To The Moon (Political Song for Didi Bloome to Sing, with Crescendo)

29 Sarah Blasko - Only One

28 Roots Manuva - Don't Breathe Out

27 The Burley Griffin - By My Side

26 Wondaland Records (feat. Janelle Monáe, Deep Cotton, St. Beauty, Jidenna, Roman GianArthur, and George 2.0.) - Hell You Talmbout

25 Jarryd James - Do You Remember

24 Wolf Alice - You're a Germ

23 Meg Mac - Never Be

22 Tkay Maidza - M.O.B.

21 Gengahr - She's A Witch

20 The Decemberists - The Singer Addresses His Audience

19 Alabama Shakes - Don't Wanna Fight

18 Courtney Barnett - Depreston

17 Hot Chip - Huarache Lights

16 Sleater-Kinney - A New Wave

15 Jess Ribeiro - Hurry Back to Love

14 Belle & Sebastian - Play For Today

13 The Smith Street Band - Wipe That Shit-Eating Grin off Your Punchable Face

12 Sufjan Stevens - Should Have Known Better

11 Jamie xx - Loud Places

10 The Burley Griffin - Die Alone

9 Sufjan Stevens - No Shade in the Shadow of The Cross

8 Blur - Pyongyang

7 The National - Sunshine on My Back

6 Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian At Best

5 Jess Ribeiro - Kill it Yourself

4 Belle & Sebastian - Nobody's Empire

3 Radiohead - Spectre

2 Cracked Actor - Funerals

1 Courtney Barnett - Nobody Really Cares If You Don't Go To The Party



Serve your time on Spotify: Bawley 100 2015