£3 of free mp3s from amazon

Just a quick heads up. On xmas day and boxing day Amazon will be giving away £3 of mp3s to every customer. At current prices this will buy you albums from Elbow, Santogold, Fleet Foxes and others. Simply enter FREEMP3S at the checkout.

Details here

the carbon atlas

interesting work from the guardian detailing the amount of carbon emitted per country

my five favourite albums of the year

Here is, in my humble opinion the best albums of the last year in not particular order. (Films to follow)

Anathallo - Canopy Glow

Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs

Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid

Foals - Antidotes

Kings of Leon - Only By The Night

Mogwai - The Hawk Is Howling

Portishead - Third

The Raconteurs - Consolers Of The Lonely

Sigur Ros - með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust

Frank Turner - Love Ire & Song

this is where we live

This Is Where We Live from 4th Estate on Vimeo.