Sunday 1 January 2017

The Bawley 100 - New Years Eve 2016/2017



Bawléymon Go listeners claim they have been moved on by police and threatened with fines, after a large crowd flocked to an otherwise quiet South Coast beach. Racecourse Beach at Bawley Point has attracted listeners in great numbers, with three Bawléystops intersecting at the location.

Areas with a concentration of Bawléystops - the game's landmark-based locations that provide songs and hipster points - are favoured by players looking to pad out their end of year lists.

But residents and campers at the quiet beach are fighting back, with one telling us that there was "complete chaos" and "massive levels of noise" climaxing at midnight on December 31st.

One resident, who did not wish to be named, said: "I think one of them was listening to Muscles. Muscles! Do they have no respect.

"This beach is supposed to be for the kids, families. Yesterday people were knocking down sand castles, dancing and listening to music, if you can even call it music."

There were also reports of residents waterbombing Bawléymon Go players.

Bawléymon fans have taken to Facebook and Reddit to organise and advise other players, with groups and subreddits dedicated to finding the best locations to catch songs for their end of year list.

It is also possible for a listener to add a lure module known as a "New Radiohead Single" to a Bawléystop, which attracts hype to the area, benefiting all other listeners nearby.

One of Racecourse Beach's new-found guests had bought a new pair of thongs to brave the hot sand - just so he could play Bawléymon Go for longer.

"We didn't know [the list] would be this big," he said. "This beach is the best place to find Bawléymon. "It's all over Facebook - the groups, the pages."

Bawléymon Go has seen a massive uptake since being released on New Years Eve, already overtaking Chill FM in daily active listeners.

The South Coast's chief bikini inspector and deputy mayor Mr Healthy Tan told the Herald that the council had rostered extra rangers, undertaken extra waste collection and is issuing free ear plugs to deal with the influx of players at Bawley Point.

"Bawléymon Go provides a wonderful opportunity for people to enjoy the sounds and sand of this beach in a fun, interactive way but we ask people to do this in a safe, considerate manner," he said.

"Our first concern is for people's safety, staying alert to their local surroundings: look where they are dancing, check for sharp shells before crossing the sand and don't swim after eating.

"When playing Bawléymon Go, we ask that people do this with consideration to where they are."

"Gotta catch em all."

100 Abbe May - Are We Flirting?

99 Nine Inch Nails - She’s Gone Away

98 Nevermen - Mr Mistake

97 Courtney Barnett - New Speedway Boogie

96 Violent Soho - How To Taste

95 The Avalanches - The Noisy Eater

94 Waax - This Everything

93 Deftones - Hearts / Wires

92 Hinds - Warts

91 Army of Bones - Batteries

90 Weyes Blood - Do You Need My Love

89 Tobacco - Human Om

88 Suede - Like Kids

87 Dinosaur Jr. - Love Is...

86 Radiohead - Decks Dark

85 PJ Harvey - The Wheel

84 The Flaming Lips - The Castle

83 Floating Points - Kuiper

82 The Dandy Warhols - Catcher In The Rye

81 At The Drive-In - Governed by Contagions

80 Neko Case, k.d. lang, Laura Veirs - Atomic Number

79 Blood Orange - Best to You

78 Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker

77 Garbage - Empty

76 Radiohead - The Numbers

75 Savages - The Answer

74 Alex Lahey - You Don’t Think You Like People Like Me

73 Japandroids - Near to the Wild Heart of Life

72 Deftones - Acid Hologram

71 The National - Peggy-O

70 Pixies - Tenement Song

69 Bon Iver - 33 “GOD”

68 Car Seat Headrest - The Ballad of the Costa Concordia

67 Swans - Finally, Peace

66 Savages - Adore

65 De La Soul (feat.Justin Hawkins) - Lord Intended

64 Car Seat Headrest - Fill in the Blank

63 EL VY - Are These My Jets

62 Moses Sumney, Jenny Lewis & Friends - Cassidy

61 The War On Drugs - Touch of Grey

60 Massive Attack (feat. Ghostpoet) - Come Near Me

59 Super Furry Animals - Bing Bong

58 DJ Shadow (feat. Run The Jewels) - Nobody Speak

57 The xx - On Hold

56 Courtney Barnett - Three Packs a Day

55 Bon Iver - 22 (OVER S∞∞N)

54 Lambchop - NIV

53 Portrayal - Solecism

52 Blood Orange - Hands Up

51 Violent Soho - No Shade

50 Massive Attack (feat. Azekel) - Ritual Spirit

49 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Jesus Alone

48 Solange - Cranes in the Sky

47 Underworld - Motorhome

46 Angel Olsen - Shut Up Kiss Me

45 Lambchop - The Hustle

44 Tkay Maidza (feat. Killer Mike) - Carry On

43 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - I Need You

42 Michael Kiwanuka - Black Man In A White World

41 Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - A Minute to Breathe

40 Tim Minchin - Come Home (Cardinal Pell)

39 Grandaddy - Clear Your History

38 Kim Gordon - Murdered Out

37 Grandaddy - Way We Won't

36 Middle Kids - Your Love

35 The Flaming Lips - Space Oddity

34 Cousin Tony's Brand New Firebird - Melbourne Bitter

33 The Avalanches - Subways

32 Dinosaur Jr. - Tiny

31 The White Stripes - City Lights

30 Malcolm Middleton - You & I

29 Deftones - Phantom Bride

28 Brendan Maclean - House of Air

27 DJ Shadow - The Mountain Will Fall

26 Radiohead - Ful Stop

25 King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Robot Stop

24 Violent Soho - Viceroy

23 Tom Adams - The Last Farewell

22 David Bowie - Dollar Days

21 Julia Jacklin - Coming of Age

20 Deftones - (L)MIRL

19 Nine Inch Nails - Burning Bright (Field on Fire)

18 Radiohead - Daydreaming

17 Tobacco - Gods in Heat

16 James Blake (feat. Bon Iver) - I Need A Forest Fire

15 De La Soul (feat. Damon Albarn) - Here in After

14 Underworld - If Rah

13 PJ Harvey - The Community Of Hope

12 Iggy Pop - Gardenia

11 Let's Eat Grandma - Rapunzel

10 Lambchop - In Care Of 8675309

9 Car Seat Headrest - Vincent

8 The Drones - To Think That I Once Loved You

7 Christine and the Queens - Tilted

6 Middle Kids - Edge of Town

5 Abbe May - Doomsday Clock

4 Malcolm Middleton - Summer Of '13

3 David Bowie - I Can't Give Everything Away

2 Dinosaur Jr. - Goin Down

1 Radiohead - Burn the Witch


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