The Joyous Sounds

I just recently finished my countdown of my finest 100 albums of the last 10 years (2000 - 2009). Feel free to check them out as they are a little insight in my musical delights!


100 Team Sleep Team Sleep

99 Fightstar Grand Unification

98 The Boxer Rebellion Union

97 The Ghost Of A Thousand This Is Where The Fight Begins

96 Avenged Sevenfold City Of Evil

95 Mylo Destroy Rock & Roll

94 Seabird 'Til We See the Shore

93 Thrice Vheissu

92 The Last Shadow Puppets The Age Of The Understatement

91 White Lies To Lose My Life

90 Zero 7 The Garden

89 Still Remains The Serpent

88 Bayside The Walking Wounded

87 The Secret Machines Now Here Is Nowhere

86 Yeah Yeah Yeahs Fever To Tell

85 Lostprophets Start Something

84 Red Hot Chili Peppers By The Way

83 The Sleeping What It Takes

82 Atreyu The Curse

81 Every Time I Die New Junk Aesthetic

80 Queens Of The Stone Age Songs For The Deaf

79 The Hold Steady Stay Positive

78 The Vines Highly Evolved

77 Editors The Back Room

76 The Receiving End of Sirens Between The Heart And The Synapse

75 Mew No More Stories Are Told Today, I'm Sorry, They Washed Away

74 Elbow The Seldom Seen Kid

73 Motion City Soundtrack Commit this to Memory

72 Killswitch Engage The End Of Heartache

71 M83 saturdays = youth

70 Idiot Pilot Wolves

69 Coldplay A Rush Of Blood To The Head

68 Radiohead Kid A

67 The Used The Used

66 Editors An End Has A Start

65 Dashboard Confessional The Places You Have Come To Fear..

64 Bloc Party Silent Alarm

63 The Dears No Cities Left

62 LCD Soundsystem Sound Of Silver

61 Dashboard Confessional Dusk And Summer

60 Kasabian Empire

59 Manic Street Preachers Send Away The Tigers

58 Atreyu A Deathgrip On Yesterday

57 Arcade Fire Funeral

56 U2 All That You Can't Leave Behind

55 Angels & Airwaves We Don't Need To Whisper

54 Funeral For A Friend Casually Dressed & Deep In Conversation

53 The Walkmen You & Me

52 Incubus A Crow Left Of The Murder...

51 Alexisonfire Crisis

50 Every Time I Die Gutter Phenomenon

49 Doves Kingdom Of Rust

48 Avenged Sevenfold Waking The Fallen

47 Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend

46 The Strokes Is This It?

45 The Sleeping Questions And Answers

44 The Bronx The Bronx-(III)

43 Taking Back Sunday Where You Want To Be

42 Röyksopp Melody A.M.

41 Story Of The Year In The Wake Of Determination

40 We Are Scientists With Love And Squalor

39 M83 Before The Dawn Heals Us

38 Interpol Interpol

37 Muse Origin Of Symmetry

36 Dashboard Confessional A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar

35 Kings Of Leon Because Of The Times

34 From Autumn To Ashes Holding A Wolf By The Ears

33 Doves Lost Souls

32 The Secret Machines Ten Silver Drops

31 Zero 7 Simple Things

30 Death Cab For Cutie Plans

29 The Receiving End Of Sirens The Earth Sings Mi Fa Mi

28 Mew Frengers

27 The Stills Logic Will Break Your Heart

26 Alexisonfire Watch Out!

25 Cave In Antenna

24 The Postal Service Give Up

23 Rob Dougan Furious Angels

22 Elbow Cast Of Thousands

21 Jimmy Eat World Futures

20 Daft Punk Discovery

19 Thrice The Alchemy Index Vol 1 + 2: Fire + Water

18 Tom McRae Just Like Blood

17 Incubus Morning View

16 Rival Schools United By Fate

15 The Walkmen Bows + Arrows

14 Anberlin Cities

13 Brand New Deja Entendu

12 36 Crazyfists A Snow Capped Romance

11 Senses Fail Still Searching

10 Elbow Leaders Of The Free World

9 Finch What It Is To Burn

8 Doves The Last Broadcast

7 Muse Black Holes And Revelations

6 City and Colour Sometimes

5 Circa Survive On Letting Go

4 Brand New The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me

3 MEW AND THE GLASS HANDED KITES

2 Muse Absolution

1 Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights

My First Time in jeopardy

So August is nearly with us and with that brings the genuine excitement of my first ever festival, namely Leeds Festival. Now this being my first time means that I leave myself in the arms of mystery i.e. not a clue how the festival works bar getting a tent, a sleeping bag, turning up and watching music. Anything else is like I said a mystery so I’ve been quietly doing as much research as possible so that my weekend is not spoiled. I even napped myself a locker to store my reserves encase I lose my shoes and don’t fancy walking in the grass barefoot for three days. I had a plan if admit ally a free easy going plan, I’ll explain...... The grand plan was to catch the earliest train from where I live to Leeds on Friday morning on my own. Once in Leeds I would catch a train/bus/walk depending on distance to arrive at my home for three days. I would get my wristband, put my bag in my locker and then somehow locate my friends tent (he's going on Thursday). All this before catching The Walkmen on the mainstage! Sounds easy right? well I’m not so dumb to believe that this grand would play out without a hitch but today's events have meant that this plan may never even be attempted!

Why you may ask (you properly didn’t, but hey it helps the post). Well back in March when the last batch of tickets went on sale I purchased 3 day tickets because they ran out of weekend tickets. To my sheer horror today I found that if I don’t have a weekend ticket I basically cant camp.....panic on the streets of Anfield!!!.

The plan is now different: Sell my ticket on eBay and purchase a weekend ticket which allows me to camp. I'll have to take a loss on my ticket which will suck but as long as I’m there on Friday to see The Walkmen on the main stage then you're never hear me say another bad word. Thou I have a few minor problems to solve before I get there. a) I not a member of eBay, I used to put one day my password never worked and nor eBay or PayPal wanted me back in since. b) I haven’t received my originally purchased tickets yet and I’ve lost my reference number so that could be a fun phonecall.

To be fair to the situation I’m overreacting and I’m sure everything will turn out for the better, but since I’ve been told this a hour ago I still have the 'Your not going to Leeds now' thoughts running through my head, oh joy!

Apologies to start my blogging life with a tale of woe. My next post will try to bring a more positive flavour to balance the books.

Kirk Out.