Built for Speed: Nick’s best albums of 2011

These are Nick’s selection for the 20 best albums of 2011. Band Album 1 Royal Headache ROYAL HEADACHE 2 Belles will ring CRYSTAL THEATRE 3 The Vaccines WHAT DID YOU EXPECT FROM THE VACCINES? 4 Fleet Foxes HELPLESSNESS BLUES 5 Anna Calvi ANNA CALVI 6 Wilco THE WHOLE LOVE 7 Arctic Monkeys SUCK IT AND SEE 8 Eagle and the

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Built for Speed: 2011 end of year playlist

1 THE VIEW Grace 2 THE GO TEAM & BEST COAST Buy nothing day 3 THE VACCINES Wreckin Bar 4 THE DEARS Blood 5 THE STROKES Under cover of the night 6 COLDPLAY Every teardrop is a waterfall 7 KASABIAN Velociraptor 8 THE KILLS The future starts slow 9 ANNA CALVI Suzanne and I 10 BELLES WILL RING Pallisade Alley

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What’s on Built for Speed: Friday 7th October 2011

This week on Built for Speed we review The Hunter a film that features the unusual pairing of Willem Dafoe and the Tasmanian Tiger.  We also look at IMAX  doco Tornado Alley 3D.  After our retrospective on REM last week we return to more recent releases with new music by Royal Headache and many more.  There’s also our regular TV

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