The More You Live, The More You Love

The fifth month of 2012 already on it’s way and I haven’t presented a top ten sofar. So here it is:   01. Galahad - Battle Scars 02. DeeExpus – King Of Number 33 03. Ultravox – Brilliant 04. It Bites – Map Of The Past 05. Unheilig - Lichter der Stadt 06. Keane – Strangeland 07. Mothlite – Dark Age 08. Clock Opera – Ways To Forget 09. Gazpacho – March Of Ghosts 10. IQ – IQ30 Live De Boerderij

01. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - History Of Modern 02. Propaganda - A Secret Wish: Deluxe Edition 03. Customs - Enter The Character 04. Marina & The Diamond - The Family Jewels 05. Hurts - Happiness 06. Lostboy! A.K.A. Jim Kerr - Lostboy! 07. Peter Gabriel - Scratch My Back 08. The Scipt - Science And Faith 09. Villa Nah - Origin 10. Ultravox - Return To Eden 11. Brandon Flowers - Flamingo 12. A-Ha - 25 13. Everything Everything - Man Alive 14. Run The Red Light - Run The Red Light 15. Keane - Night Train

The last day of the year brings me to the final list of the best albums for me over the year 2009. I have to say it was a good year. I discovered some nice new bands which turned out to become live favourites soon afterwards. Also this final list contains a nice mixture of new releases and re-releases. Because 2009 turned out to be a great year of re-releases. 01. (01) Editors - In This Light And On This Evening (2009) 02. (02) White Lies - To Lose My Life... (2009) 03. (--) No-Man - Mixtaped (2009) 04. (09) Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age Of Wireless (collector's edition) (2009) 05. (03) Muse - The Resistance (2009) 06. (--) Keane - Hopes And Fears (deluxe edition) (2009) 07. (10) Florence And The Machine - Lungs (2009) 08. (05) H2O - Faith (remastered) (2009) 09. (11) Ultravox - Lament (remastered definitive edition)(2009) 10. (--) A-Ha - Foot Of The Mountain (2009) 11. (04) Depeche Mode - Tour Of The Universe (Werchter) (2009) 12. (07) Porcupine Tree - The Incident (2009) 13. (--)...

TW Classic, Werchter 20 June 2009 Recently I visited the latest edition on TW Classic in Werchter. It wasn't really a classic line-up but it turned out to be unforgettable. The first artist I saw that afternoon was Tom Helsen. He's a Belgium singer, who I got to know through his collaborations with Milow. His music is a cross between Milow and a Dutch band called City To City, which had their moment of fame in 1999 when they scored a number one hit in the Netherlands with The Road Ahead. So not a very special sound a bit like middle of the road music but a nice opener. I missed Motor so I can't tell how they were. Setlist Tom Helsen: Sun In Her Eyes Bring It Home Change Yourself Longface Numbers & Figures Shades Night And Day Easy Slowly Home Out Of Something Every Little Thing When Marvin Calls Next in the program was Duffy. She became known to the public through her singles Stepping Stone and Mercy. Her first album Rockferry refers to the sixies, a period Amy Whinehou...

At the moment i'm enjoying my holiday and listen to a lot of (mostly) new music. In my present top 15 there are some great new bands, to me, with very good releases. 01. White Lies - To Lose My Life... (2009) 02. Keane - Perfect Symmetry (2008) 03. The Script - The Script (2008) 04. Simple Minds - Graffiti Souls (2009) 05. 10CC - Windows In The Jungle (japanese re-release + bonustracks) (2006) 06. Coldplay - Left Right Left Right Left (2009) 07. Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid (live at Abbey Road) (2009) 08. H2O - Faith (remastered) (2009) 09. It Bites - The Tall Ships (2008) 10. Echo And The Bunnymen - Ocean Rain Live 2008 (2009) 11. IQ - Frequency (2009) 12. Ultravox - The Very Best Of (2009) 13. Steven Wilson - Insurgentes (2009) 14. Depeche Mode - Sounds Of The Universe (2009) 15. No-Man - Schoolyard Ghosts (2008) Other albums that need to be mentioned and get a recent re-play, but are not in my top 15 at the moment, are: Propaganda - A Secret Wish (special edition) (1984) Marillio...