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The soundtrack to the inside of my head over the last year | Alex Gillies

Maybe, just maybe, I’m not the only one in this world with these fears and desires … and that’s what makes music so special.

 Everett True

Everett True’s 20 favourite songs of 2011

Everett True’s 20 favourite songs of 2011

Not a note wasted, not a note pointlessly repeated.

 Tamsin

Mary Hampton – Folly (Teaspoon)

So you’re thinking Tinkerbell and glitterwings, floaty velvet scarves and dream catchers. Please don’t.

 Everett True

the editor of the NME reacts to the news PJ Harvey has become the first artist to win the Mercury Prize twice

And then we all wake up and wonder where the art of genuine protest has gone.

 Everett True

10 Most Read Entries on Collapse Board, 11.08.11 – 17.08.11

I don’t think anyone needs to worry about musicians losing their voices any time soon.

 Everett True

Of course, it doesn’t count when women or blacks do it. Part 2.

Just thought I’d spell this out. So sexism doesn’t exist in the music industry in 2011, huh?

 Everett True

Of course, it doesn’t count when women or blacks do it. A collection of 20 present-day political pop songs

These are all drawn from suggestions from people on Facebook, and Collapse Board writers. Just the tip of the iceberg …         P.S.

 Princess Stomper

You don’t need to shout to be heard: nine present-day political songs

I don’t think anyone needs to worry about musicians losing their voices any time soon.

 VictoriaBirch

Six Des Meilluers (demi – 2011)

I Love Lucy. Never just a review. Always a gorgeous, sensual, philosophical account of why music is so fucking important.

 Tom Randall

6 (and a bit) favourite musical encounters from the first half of 2011, around which the miscellany of life lies

Most are gigs. Music lives in open air.