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X-Posure Big Ones: 2011

added 22 December 2011 at 13.04

Look back at all the acts who have been deemed worthy enough to be a 'Big One' in 2011...

X-Posure Big Ones 2011

Wk. Beg.
3/1: Elephant 'Ants' (Memphis Industries)
10/1: Sleigh Bells 'Riot Rhythm' (Mom+Pop/Columbia)
17/1: Beth Ditto 'I Wrote The Book' (Deconstruction)
24/1: James Blake 'The Wilhelm Scream' (Atlas)
31/1: David's Lyre 'In Arms' ()

7/2: Anna Calvi 'Blackout' (Domino)
14/2: JOINT - Jessie Ware & Sampha 'Valentine' (4AD) / Fleet Foxes 'Helplessness Blues' (Bella Union)
21/2: Mazes 'Most Days' (Fat Cat)
28/2: Paris Suit Yourself 'Sometimes' (Big Dada)

7/3: JOINT - Girls Names 'When You Cry' (Tough Love) / Owiny Sigoma Band 'Wires' (Brownswood)
14/3: Battles 'Ice Cream (feat. Matias Aguayo)' (Warp)
21/3: Antlered Man 'Surrounded By White Men' (Something Nothing)
28/3: ANR 'Big Problem' (Something In Construction)

4/4: Clock Opera 'Belongings' (Moshi Moshi)
11/4: Bullion 'Magic Was Ruler' (Young Turks)
18/4: Sebastian 'Embody' - Eddy Temple-Morris choice, JK on holiday
25/4: Lewis Floyd Henry 'Went To A Party' ()

2/5: Nguuni Lovers Lovers 'Cheza Ngoma' (Dream Beach)
9/5: Michael Kiwanuka 'Tell Me A Tale' (Communion)
16/5: DJ Shadow 'I Gotta Rokk' (Island)
23/5: Fucked Up 'The Other Shoe' (Matador)
30/5: Dels 'Capsize (feat. Joe Goddard & Roots Manuva)' (Big Dada)

6/6: Anna Calvi 'Desire' (Domino)
13/6: JOINT - Givers 'Up Up Up' (Glassnote) / Disclosure 'Carnival' (Transparent)
20/6: Evans The Death 'Threads' (Fortuna Pop!)
27/6: Cosmo Jarvis 'My Day' (25th Frame)

4/7: The Neon Lights 'Bedroom Party' (white)
11/7: Raffertie 'Visual Acuity' (Ninja Tune)
18/7: Escapists 'Post Gospel Blues' (white)
25/7: Janice Graham Band 'Murder' (Acid Jazz)

1/8: Desert Noises - Clint Boon choice, JK on holiday
8/8: Janice Graham Band 'Murder' (Acid Jazz) - Clint Boon choice, JK on holiday
15/8: Lucas Santtana 'Super Violao Mashup' (Mais Um Discos)
22/8: Clock Opera 'Lesson No.7' (Moshi Moshi)
29/8: JNT - Scroobius Pip 'Let 'Em Come' (Speech Development) / Rednek 'London Riots (Teefing Shoe)'

5/9: Antlered Man 'Buddhist Soup' (Goo Grrrl)
12/9: Jens Lekman 'An Argument With Myself' (Secretly Canadian)
19/9: Alt-J 'Tessellate' ()
26/9: Breton 'Edward The Confessor' (Fat Cat)

3/10: JOINT - Ayshay 'Warn U' (Tri-Angle) / Jodie Marie 'On The Road' (Verve)
10/10: Francois & The Atlas Mountains 'Piscine' (Domino)
17/10: Milagres 'Glowing Mouth' (Memphis Industries)
24/10: Blue On Blue 'We Never Sleep' (Tip Top)
31/10: Professor Penguin 'Pilot' (Gentoo)

7/11: Rednek 'They Call Me' (Rogue Industries/Champion)
14/11: Factory Floor 'Two Different Ways' (DFA)
21/11: emanative & Ahmed Abdullah 'Lions Of Judah' (Brownswood)
28/11: Ital 'Doesn't Matter (If You Love Him)' (Planet Mu)

5/12: JOINT - Buffalo Ink 'We Are Your Bones' (Livid) / The Shining 'Hey You!' (Young Turks)
12/12: Whales In Cubicles 'We Never Win' (Young And Lost Club)
19/12: Wiley 'Cheer Up It's Christmas' (Big Dada)

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