Two Thousand And Eleven – top year

Ah  2011. What a year. It probably won’t go down in musical history like 1977 (Sex Pistols), or 1995 (Britpop), 1963 (The Beatles) or dammit, even 2004 (X Factor), but we’ve still had a bloody good time listening to music, getting all fired up on the thrill of a good melody and a banging riff.

Never Trust A Happy Song – Grouplove's happy new tour

It’s a while off yet but the gloriously chaotic and chipper Grouplove have announced details of a UK headline tour for February 2012, and at the same time will release Colours on 20 February 2012, the next single to be taken from their brilliantly named debut album Never Trust A Happy Song. Long fans of the band we