4.52am Issue: 064 The Best Artist and Band Issue 21st December 2017

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his week we reach the real deal and look
at the shortlists for both the Best Artist
and Best Band Awards and there are some
serious makers d’music on display this time
around.
Other than the awards we have The Cure and
Jazz Guitar as the focus of our two lessons and
of course La Contessa does what she does best.
Enjoy!
All at 4.52am

Contents
Learn To Play: The Cure ........................................................... 9
Learn To Play: Jazz Guitar ..................................................... 11
Best Artist Award 2017 ......................................................... 13
Aldous Harding ..................................................................... 15
Bob Dylan ............................................................................. 17
Julia Jacklin ........................................................................... 19
Katie Von Schleicher ............................................................. 21
Lee Ranaldo .......................................................................... 23
Mick Harvey .......................................................................... 25
Morrissey ............................................................................. 27
Nancy Kells ........................................................................... 29
Pixx ...................................................................................... 31
Shawn James ........................................................................ 33

Best Band Award 2017 .......................................................... 39
Kamikaze Girls ...................................................................... 41
Liars ...................................................................................... 43
Peaness ................................................................................ 45
Sleaford Mods ...................................................................... 49
The Courtneys ....................................................................... 51
The National ......................................................................... 53
The Waterboys ..................................................................... 55
U2 ........................................................................................ 57
Wozniak ............................................................................... 59
La Contessa Presents… .......................................................... 61
1960s: Simon and Garfunkel .................................................. 63
1970s: The Sweet .................................................................. 65
1980s: U2 .............................................................................. 67
1990s: Counting Crows .......................................................... 69
2000s: Muse ......................................................................... 71
2010s: Ed Sheeran & Rudimental ........................................... 73

Learn To Play:
The Cure
W
e couldn’t think of anything more Christmassy to
learn to play this week than something cool by the
Cure, so here we have Robert and the chaps doing
what they do best. Yes, I know that means we don’t know it is
Christmas at all.

Learn To Play:
Jazz Guitar
E
verybody needs to be able to fake something chilled by
the time the third bottle of wine comes along, and we
thought it was about time that we spread our wings a
little further than the usual Classic Rock and Indie
guitarmeisters.

Best Artist Award 2017
F
Or our final week of shortlists, this week we are getting in
and amongst it and for our first list we have the Best Artist
Award, complete with some of the finest music makers
around.
Aldous Harding
Bob Dylan
Julia Jacklin
Katie Von Schleicher
Lee Ranaldo
Mick Harvey
Morrissey
Nancy Kells
Pixx
Shawn James

Aldous Harding

Bob Dylan

Julia Jacklin

Katie Von Schleicher

Lee Ranaldo

Mick Harvey

Morrissey

Nancy Kells

Pixx

Shawn James

Best Band Award 2017
O
ur final award of the week, in Indie terms is perhaps the
most prestigious of all, being The Best Band of 2017.
Kamikaze Girls
Liars
Peaness
Royal Blood
Sleaford Mods
The Courtneys
The National
The Waterboys
U2
Wozniak

Kamikaze Girls

Liars

Peaness

Royal Blood

Sleaford Mods

The Courtneys

The National

The Waterboys

U2

Wozniak

La Contessa Presents…
T
here is always a place in what is in effect the Christmas
issue of this magazine for a Christmas song or lots.
Generally, we didn’t fancy it this time with the one
exception being La Contessa’s fave, U2’s version of an old
classic.
From there it is the usual collection of unexpected gems and
delights, that we hope you continue to love.
Heres hoping you have a fine holidays, one and all.
Enjoy!

1960s: Simon and
Garfunkel

1970s: The Sweet

1980s: U2

1990s: Counting Crows

2000s: Muse

2010s: Ed Sheeran &
Rudimental