VP writers' best of 2004: Skif

Singles
Snap Ant – You Make Me Basic
Chuck – No, Not Ah!
Art Brut – Formed A Band
Javelin – Pale Average Crooks EP
Hyper Kinako – Don’t Delete My Frog/2 Tadgers
Fiery Furnaces – Tropical Iceland
Johnny Boy – You Are The Generation That Bought More Shoes And You Get What You Deserve
Termites – Bolt Gun
Bearsuit - Chargr
Wevie Stonder - Kenyan Harry EP
Taz – Can’t Contain Me

Albums
Destroyer – Your Blues
Ella Guru – The First Album
Misty’s Big Adventure – The Solar Hi-Fi System
Blanche – If We Can’t Trust The Doctors…
Electrelane – The Power Out
TV On The Radio – Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
Half Cousin – The Function Room
L Pierre - Touchpool
Patrick Wolf – Wind In The Wires
The Hidden Cameras – Mississauga Goddam

Gigs
Charlie Parr. Leeds Packhorse. 06apr04.
Soweto Gospel Choir. Edinburgh St George’s West. 31aug04.
The Magic Band. Highbury Garage. 28jul04.
Nina Nastasia & rare guests. Leeds City Varieties. 14jun04.
Kid Carpet. Liverpool Barfly. 09sep04.
Mount Sims, Snap Ant. Liverpool Carling Academy. 03dec04.
Misty’s Big Adventure, Manchester Academy Cellar. 02oct04.
Bobby Conn. Leeds Joseph’s Well. 26mar04.
Dawn Of The Replicants. York Fibbers. 20jul04.
The Research. TRUCK festival. 25jul04.