Albums Of The Year: 2012

I would start off with 'well it's that time of year again', when in fact that time was about 3 weeks ago. But here's my 2012 list nevertheless, better late than never and all that. Yes, it's in some sort of order, and yes there are 2 mixtapes and a best of in there, so deal with it. Saying that I will probably have forgotten something and disagree with this as soon as I've pressed post. Oh well. Enjoy and disagree...

21. Polica - Give You The Ghost

Favourite track: Dark Star


20. Grizzly Bear - Shields

Favourite track: Sleeping Ute


19. Plan B - Ill Manors

Favourite track - Ill Manors


18. Nas - Life Is Good

Favourite track: Nasty


17. Purity Ring - Shrines

Favourite track: Lofticries


16. Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun

Favourite track: Petur


15. Django Django - Django Django

Favourite track: Hail Bop


14. Yeasayer - Fragrant World

Favourite track: Reagan's Skeleton


13. Bat For Lashes - The Haunted Man

Favourite track: Laura


12. Hot Chip - In Our Heads

Favourite track: Flutes


11. Passion Pit - Gossamer

Favourite track: Talk A Walk


10. Alt - J - An Awesome Wave

Favourite track: Something Good


9. Grimes - Visions

Favourite track: Oblivion


8. Hodgy Beats - Untitled (Mixtape)

Favourite track: In A Dream


7. Japandroids - Celebration Rock

Favourite track: The House That Heaven Built


6. DJ Shadow - Reconstructed (Best of)

Favourite track: Midnight In A Perfect World


5. The XX - Coexist

Favourite track: Fiction


4. Kendrick Lamar - good kid m.a.a.d city

Favourite track: Sing About Me, I'm Dying Of Thirst


3. Two Door Cinema Club - Beacon

Favourite track: Beacon


2. Joey Bada$$ - 1999 (Mixtape)

Favourite track: Waves


1. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange

Favourite track: Lost

2012 by Google

Just a quick reminder from Google that 2012 and the internet is pretty awesome.



Here's to 2013.

The Playlist: Lushlife / Foals / Haim / Earl Sweatshirt / Rudimental (ft Angel Haze) / Soley

Lushlife - Magnolia

LUSHLIFE "MAGNOLIA" [DIR. LAMAR+NIK] from LAMAR+NIK on Vimeo.

Foals - My Number



Haim - Don't Save Me



Earl Sweatshirt - Chum



Rudimental - Hell Could Freeze Feat. Angel Haze



Sóley - I'll Drown Moritz Guhling's Tränen Remix

A little wander around Columbia Road.

So I had a little wander around Columbia Road, East London, this morning and took a couple of snaps.

Maldives 2012 [Photos]

As I mentioned, a few weeks ago I took a cheeky vacation to the Maldives. My brother made this video of the trip, and I took a few photos. Have a lookie.

Los Angeles By R.E.M & James Franco

The world's greatest multi-tasker James Franco has recently popped up directing R.E.M's latest music video for their song Blue. Full of LA and Hollywood's glam trash, the inclusion of Terry Richardson's photoshoot of Linsay Lohan feels perfect. Vintage shots of neon lights, nighttime streets and photoshoots feel as if they mirror everything LA is about, or at least to be perceived to be about. Even if it is not the most flattering, it's a great tribute to the city.

The Playlist: Jay-Z / Toro Y Moi / Disclosure / Kanye West

Jay-Z - December 4th (Sourface Remix)



Toro Y Moi - So Many Details (Remix Feat. Hodgy Beats)



Disclosure - Latch



Kanye West - White Dress

Maldives 2012 [Video]

A couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to go to the Maldives with my family. A stupidly beautiful part of the world, tiny islands filled with white sand and surrounded by crystal blue waters. My younger brother Gavin go his GoPro and put together a video, mainly filled with the stunning array of fish hidden in the coral around the islands.

Maldives 2012 from Gavin Watson on Vimeo.

Obama 2012: Four More Years

Sometimes words just aren't enough.

Jake Davis X Adrianne Ho X FiveStory.

Oh to be Jake Davis. He seems to spend most of his time taking photos of a videos of the gorgeous Adrianne Ho, you know, that Adrianne Ho. Tough life.



So for their latest venture, Davis took Ho down to NYC shop FiveStory. It looks like a shop full of beautiful shiny things that I will never be about to afford. Somewhat like Adrianne herself. Hmph.

Croyde 2012

Last weekend I went to a very wet and a very windy Croyde in Devon to go surfing. Was a lovely time with almost all of my family. Here's a few of my favourite snaps from the weekend:

Behind The Scenes: Barack Obama.

Being the Official White House photography must be one of the most interesting jobs in the world. You get to see almost every aspect of perhaps the most powerful person on Earth on a daily basis, everything from taking down the world's most wanted, to clearing up oil spills to, of course, playing with the new family dog. This duty is taken on by Pete Souza. Souza's photos give you a sneaky look of what it actually takes to be Mr President.