It’s almost February so we’re definitely overdue numbers 101 to 150 in the painfully late 11th Music Like Dirt end of year list.
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The Top 200 of 2015 — 51-100 / 151-200

101. Will Adlard – Oh Heart That Beats

Oh heart that beats
I’m jealous of your need”

His dad’s a blues musician, and the band he formed with brother Ed overcame being described as “a posh XX” by The Telegraph to secure an Ivor Novello nomination.
Will Adlard’s debut solo EP “Poleaxe on the ice” has been a year in the making and it’s a glorious combination of bluesy soul or is that souly blues? Notorious talent spotters Poejazzi recorded him live last year and described “Somehow” as “one of the most emotionally provocative tracks we have heard in a long, long while” (watch the live session below).
“Oh heart that beats” has more of an electronic feel than the rest of the EP, with a Kraftwerk-esque synth backing Will’s forlorn voice. Check Will’s bandcamp for the pay-what-you-feel EP plus there’s a beautiful Bob Dylan cover.

102. Fews – Ill

The Fews were the 12th release on Speedy Underground, a label with a 10 point set of rules for all it’s recordings. Chief among those being that everything must be “recorded in one day, mixed within twenty-four hours and mastered immediately afterwards”.

103. Koi Child – Black Panda

104. Ebo Taylor – Ene Nyame a Mensuro (Henrik Schwarz Blend)

105. Chaos in the Cbd – No Signal Found / Midnight in Peckham

106. Chantal Acda – Up and Down

107. fLako feat. Miguel Atwood-Ferguson – Twelve O’Clock Shadow

108. Kamaiyah – How Does It Feel

109. Connie Constance – Stars

110. Sevdaliza – Men of glass / That Other Girl


111. Lafawndah – Tan

Newly signed to Warp, New York based vocalist and producer Lafawndah is back with ‘Tan’, taken from the EP of the same name, out the 5th of Feb 2016. The EP sees her working with producers Nick Weiss and Tamer Fahri, with additional guidance from ADR and L-Vis 1990.

112. Bicep – Just

113. Gaz Coombes – The English Ruse

114. Justin Bieber – What Do You Mean?

115. Dave B – Dead End

23-year-old Seattle native Dave B raps, sings, writes and produces his new LP. As Dave states, “This project is the soundtrack to me taking in what’s happening around me, what I might go through, and having an outlet for it. That’s what ‘Punch’ is, it’s not being afraid of your circumstance, not being a slave to what you can’t control… Just trusting yourself.”

116. Belle and Sebastian – Play for Today

117. Future Punx – Post-Wave

118. Girlpool – Chinatown

Thought I liked you, I was busy biting my nails”

119. Saint Sister – Versions of Hate