cult logic xx: james blake

I trust you all had a very Merry Christmas, filled with too much food and drink. I hope you all spoiled your loved ones and were spoilt in return!

I decided it was a priority that I select my top 10 for triple j's Hottest 100, and here I share it with you! In no particular order:

1. Always / Panama
2. New Slaves / Kanye West
3. Life Round Here / James Blake
4. R U Mine? / Arctic Monkeys
5. Is This How You Feel? / The Preatures
6. So Good At Being In Trouble / Unknown Mortal Orchestra
7. Help Me Lose My Mind / Disclosure
8. If I Could Change Your Mind / HAIM
9. Aleph / Gesaffelstein10. Milk & Black Spiders / Foals

Honorable mentions to Kavinsky & The Weeknd, Chet Faker & Kilo Kish, Daft Punk, Wavves, FKA twigs and Cults.

What were your favourite tunes of the year? I'll be heading up to Falls Festival on the 28th of December, so there are still many more tunes to be had before the end of the year! xx

I'm currently sitting in Vienna, a week since my German bender. This is what I had to say last week when I wasn't blessed with the luxury of sleep or a wi-fi signal:

I’m on the train to Milan after a ridiculous three nights in Germany, two spent at Melt! festival and Berlin in between. I have had approximately six hours sleep since 5am Friday – four hours last night and the other two spread across transit time between Berlin and Gräfenhainichen. I am in no kind of functioning condition to write about anything so hopefully a photo set of the past four days will suffice. At least I will spend the next five days on the beach recovering in Giardini Naxos x