20. Delorean - Spirit 19. Darkside - The Only Shrine I've Seen 18. Generationals - You Got Me 17. Daft Punk ft. Panda Bear - Doin It Right 16. Phoenix - S.O.S. in Bel Air 15. Volcano Choir - Dancepack 14. Blood Orange - Chosen 13. Mazzy Starr - Common Burn 12. Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes - All Wash Out 11. Youth Lagoon - Mute 10. The National - Graceless 9. Kurt Vile - Was All Talk 8. Daughter - Tomorrow 7. London Grammar - Strong 6. Local Natives - Heavy Feet 5. Deerhunter - Back to the Middle 4. VV Brown - Faith 3. Rhye - Three Days 2. Arcade Fire - Afterlife 1. Disclosure ft. London Grammar - Help Me Lose My Mind
10. Youth Lagoon - The Year of Hibernation 9. Givers - In Light 8. Metronomy - The English Riviera 7. WU LYF - Go Tell Fire to the Mountain 6. The Horrors - Skying 5. Beirut - The Rip Tide 4. Destroyer - Kaputt 3. Wild Beasts - Smother 2. M83 - Hurry Up We're Dreaming 1. Bon Iver - Bon Iver Honourable Mentions: Washed Out - Within and Without Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues Toro Y Moi - Underneath the Pine Junior Boys - It's All True Beat Connection - Surf Noir Cut Copy - Zonoscope
"Alright" (British saying) Similar to the previous British-ism, "alright" is a way of saying hello and asking how someone is doing packed into a single word. Although there are some folks who prefer saying the whole phrase, as in, "Are you alright?" In Canada, I'm used to saying and hearing the phrase "How's it going?" knowing that the person is just saying "hello". So it shouldn't have been too much of a surprise to hear, "Are you alright?" But something about the phrase crosses the realm of rhetorical greeting and lands in the realm of sincere, sympathetic question. I guess it's because I'm used to people asking "Are you feeling alright?" when someone looks depressed or upset. I say all this because the first few times I was asked, "Are you alright?" I had to take a look in the mirror to see if I'd gone pale. It didn't help that I had just moved to London and was feeling a bit ...
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