Features

This page of the blog will contain special, one-off pieces that Harry and Zach feel should be included within Spazzy McGee. These could include Gig Reviews, Song Reviews, Essays, Articles or Wider Discussions.


Harry & Zach delve into a 3-hour-megapod discussing the musical highlights of 2019 and the past decade. Expect great albums, mediocre chat and a 3 hours you’ll never get back. Strap in.

2019 End Of Year Awards

Top 10 Albums Of The Year:

Harry:
1. GREY Area – Little Simz
2. Charli – Charli XCX
3. Nothing Great About Britain – slowthai
4. Assume Form – James Blake
5. Ventura – Anderson .Paak
6. WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? – Billie Eilish
7. ANIMA – Thom Yorke
8. Eve – Rapsody
9. All My Heroes Are Cornballs – JPEGMAFIA
10. IGOR – Tyler, the Creator

Zach:
1. Ventura – Anderson .Paak
2. thank u, next – Ariana Grande
3. The Lost Boy – YBN Cordae
4. Shea Butter Baby – Ari Lennox
5. Nothing Great About Britain – slowthai
6. Little Ghost – Moonchild
7. Juicebox – Mac Ayres
8. Not Waving, But Drowning – Loyle Carner
9. GREY Area – Little Simz
10. LOVE AND COMPROMISE – Mahalia

Top 10 Songs Of The Year:

Harry:
1. Loose Ends – Loyle Carner (ft. Jorja Smith)
2. RNP – YBN Cordae (ft. Anderson .Paak)
3. Gone – Charli XCX
4. EARFQUAKE – Tyler, the Creator
5. People – The 1975
6. Wiley Flow – Stormzy
7. Winners Circle – Anderson .Paak
8. Jesus Forgive Me, I Am A Thot – JPEGMAFIA
9. Dawn Chorus – Thom Yorke
10. Nothing Great About Britain – slowthai

Zach:
1. Reachin’ 2 Much – Anderson .Paak (ft. Lalah Hathaway)
2. Moon River – Jacob Collier
3. RNP – YBN Cordae (ft. Anderson .Paak)
4. break up with your girlfriend, i’m bored – Ariana Grande
5. Wiley Flow – Stormzy
6. Winners Circle – Anderson .Paak
7. It Don’t Matter – Jacob Collier
8. Please Me – Cardi B (ft. Bruno Mars)
9. Angel – Loyle Carner (ft. Tom Misch)
10. fake smile – Ariana Grande

Catchiest Song Of The Year:

Harry:
I Don’t Care – Ed Sheeran (ft. Justin Bieber)

Zach:
break up with your girlfriend, i’m bored – Ariana Grande

Guiltiest Pleasure Song Of The Year:

Harry:
I Don’t Care – Ed Sheeran (ft. Justin Bieber)

Zach:
Please Me – Cardi B (ft. Bruno Mars)

Song Of The Summer:

Harry:
EARFQUAKE – Tyler, the Creator

Zach:
Reachin’ 2 Much – Anderson .Paak (ft. Lalah Hathaway)

Disgusting, Filthy Banger Of The Year:

Harry:
Wiley Flow – Stormzy

Zach:
Wiley Flow – Stormzy

Tiny Desk Of The Year:

Harry:
Lizzo

Zach:
Jacob Collier

Best Live Performance:

Harry:
Stormzy @ Glastonbury

Zach:
Stormzy @ Glastonbury

Best Live Gig:

Harry:
Noname – O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire

Zach:
Hot 8 Brass Band – Riverside Newcastle

Hidden Gem:

Harry:
After The Gold Rush – Neil Young

Zach:
Postcards From Everywhere – KINFOLK

Debut Album Of The Year:

Harry:
WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? – Billie Eilish

Zach:
The Lost Boy – YBN Cordae

Most Disappointing Album Of The Year:

Harry:
The Big Day – Chance The Rapper

Zach:
The Big Day – Chance The Rapper

Breakthrough Artist:

Harry:
YBN Cordae

Zach:
Joy Crookes

Artist Of The Year:

Harry:
Billie Eilish

Zach:
Billie Eilish


End Of Decade Awards

Albums Of The Decade:

Harry:
1. Blonde – Frank Ocean
2. To Pimp A Butterfly – Kendrick Lamar
3. Lemonade – Beyoncé
4. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy – Kanye West
5. Black Star – David Bowie
6. The Money Store – Death Grips
7. Modern Vampires Of The City – Vampire Weekend
8. good kid, m.a.a.d city – Kendrick Lamar
9. 21 – Adele
10. Helplessness Blues – Fleet Foxes

Zach:
1. To Pimp A Butterfly – Kendrick Lamar
2. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy – Kanye West
3. good kid, m.a.a.d city – Kendrick Lamar
4. 24k Magic – Bruno Mars
5. Lemonade – Beyoncé
6. 2014 Forrest Hills Drive – J. Cole
7. Colouring Book – Chance The Rapper
8. 21 – Adele
9. DAMN. – Kendrick Lamar
10. Watch The Throne – Jay Z & Kanye West

Best Live Performance Of The Decade:

Harry:
Full Performance: Radiohead @ Glastonbury 2017
One Song: All Day – Kanye West @ Brits 2015

Zach:
Full Performance: Bruno Mars Live @ The Apollo 2017
One Song: Just The Way You Are – Bruno Mars @ Brits 2012

Song Of The Decade:

Harry:
The Blacker The Berry – Kendrick Lamar

Zach:
POWER – Kanye West

Artist Of The Decade:

Harry:
Kendrick Lamar

Zach:
Kendrick Lamar


2018 End Of Year Awards

Top 5 Albums Of The Year:

Harry:
1. Room 25 – Noname
2. Kids See Ghosts – Kids See Ghosts
3. Veteran – JPEGMAFIA
4. El Mal Quera – Rosalia
5. The Year Of The Snitch – Death Grips

Zach:
1. Room 25 – Noname
2. Unfolding – Gabriel
3. Geography – Tom Misch
4. Covers 1 – Youngblood Brass Band
5. Bobby Tarantino 2 – Logic

Top 5 Songs Of The Year:

Harry:
1. Nice For What – Drake
2. Moon River – Frank Ocean
3. Bubblin’ – Anderson .Paak
4. noname – Noname
5. This Is America – Childish Gambino

Zach:
1. Bubblin – Anderson .Paak
2. Lost in Paris – Tom Misch
3. Nice For What – Drake
4. Masterpiece – Tori Kelly
5. God Is A Woman – Ariana Grande

Artist Of The Year:

Harry:
Kanye West

Zach:
Ariana Grande

Breakthrough Artist/One To Watch:

Harry:
Kali Uchis

Zach:
Mahalia

Catchiest Song Of The Year:

Harry:
Better Now – Post Malone

Zach:
thank u, next – Ariana Grande

Guiltiest Pleasure Song Of The Year:

Harry:
Give Yourself A Try – The 1975

Zach:
Umbrella – Youngblood Brass Band

Song Of The Summer:

Harry:
Nice For What – Drake

Zach:
In My Feelings – Drake

Most Disappointing Album Of The Year:

Harry:
Scorpion – Drake

Zach:
Man Of The Woods – Justin Timberlake

Best Live Gig:

Harry:
Death Grips – O2 Academy Brixton

Zach:
Noname – KOKO Camden




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