El Guincho's strongest song since Palmitos Park is accompanied by a definite contender for video of the year: a sequence of surreal, erotic, disturbing and downright perverse images that possibly comprise a trailer for an as-yet unreleased movie directed by Nicolas Mendez, and possibly don't. I have no idea what to believe any more. Has Joaquin Phoenix lost the plot or not? Was the Roswell hoax initiated by the US Government in order to conceal attempts to turn base metal into Soviet rubles, thereby rendering the Russian currency worthless and bringing about the end of the cold war? Who can say?
Tuesday 5 October 2010
Wednesday 4 August 2010
The Big Pink Apology
It was inevitable that as soon as I start listing bands who aren't worth the hype (Feb 14th post) I would find myself relistening to their albums and having to offer a retraction for at least one.
And so it is with 'A Brief History of Love' by The Big Pink. Yes, it's yet another band obsessed by the 80s but, in this case, that means more than wearing Amstrad green/grey outfits and sporting ridiculously gelled barnets. This is the 80s of the Jesus and Mary Chain rather than the Human League and, as with BRMC, perhaps I should know better. But, for now at least, they have won me over.
So all hail The Big Pink, who must have only made my previously "over-hyped" list via a typo. From somebody else. Idiot.
And so it is with 'A Brief History of Love' by The Big Pink. Yes, it's yet another band obsessed by the 80s but, in this case, that means more than wearing Amstrad green/grey outfits and sporting ridiculously gelled barnets. This is the 80s of the Jesus and Mary Chain rather than the Human League and, as with BRMC, perhaps I should know better. But, for now at least, they have won me over.
So all hail The Big Pink, who must have only made my previously "over-hyped" list via a typo. From somebody else. Idiot.
Monday 26 July 2010
Comeback Post
2010 has been the year of the comeback for many acts from Kylie to Cornershop, Groove Armada to Gil Scott Heron.
I was going to post Ms Minogue's new single, simply because having a song sung by the SAW-spawned starlet who brought us 'I Should Be So Lucky' would upset the sensibilities of all those who stumbled upon this blog via The Archie Bronson Outfit. And because the video seems to have upset the moral sensibilities of lots of other people. (And because it's quite good). There are loads of remixes out there, but none seem to capture the original's essential catchiness. Unfortunately, I can't embed the video so you'll have to catch it here
No such problems with Cornershop though!
No new song by The Fall can be counted as a comeback since barely a year has gone by since the 70s when one hasn't been released. However, it is once again a new line-up, and features Mark doing his thing over a decidedly Glam Rock backing track. So, better late than never:
Finally, 2010 marks the return of the best pop band of the decade, with an album that also features Mark E Smith, a single that boasts Mos Def AND Bobby Womack, and an accompanying video that stars Bruce Willis. (Can't help thinking 2D is due a name change now though)
I was going to post Ms Minogue's new single, simply because having a song sung by the SAW-spawned starlet who brought us 'I Should Be So Lucky' would upset the sensibilities of all those who stumbled upon this blog via The Archie Bronson Outfit. And because the video seems to have upset the moral sensibilities of lots of other people. (And because it's quite good). There are loads of remixes out there, but none seem to capture the original's essential catchiness. Unfortunately, I can't embed the video so you'll have to catch it here
No such problems with Cornershop though!
No new song by The Fall can be counted as a comeback since barely a year has gone by since the 70s when one hasn't been released. However, it is once again a new line-up, and features Mark doing his thing over a decidedly Glam Rock backing track. So, better late than never:
Finally, 2010 marks the return of the best pop band of the decade, with an album that also features Mark E Smith, a single that boasts Mos Def AND Bobby Womack, and an accompanying video that stars Bruce Willis. (Can't help thinking 2D is due a name change now though)
Friday 2 April 2010
Saturday 20 March 2010
Wednesday 17 March 2010
dan le sac vs Scroobius Pip
I just got hold of the new album from dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip, and was a bit nervous. Although the first album had a number of great tracks, there was always the suspicion that they would be something of a novelty act.
I can't keep track of the number of second albums I hear nowadays that disappoint me. They have the same sound as before, without that spark of hearing something new, and usually without the standout tracks that lifted the original out of the ordinary.
Thankfully, The Logic of Chance is better than that. Musically, it is possibly an improvement on Angles, and lyrically it is another mix of clever wordplay, tender lovesongs and social comment. After first listen, the best tracks seem to be the ones where the messages that are being conveyed take precedence over the speed at which they are delivered, but I'll need to hear the whole thing a few times before I judge each song fairly. Standouts so far seem to be 'Stake A Claim', an angry warning to the government and a call to arms to the disgruntled voters, and this one:
Or as Paul Morley might say:
It sounds like the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band dancing up a smartass dumbass storm with OutKast, the Fall and Harry Nilsson on a bed of nails in a club called Bed of Roses.
(Not a piss-take by the way, but an actual quote from his review of LCD Soundystem's first LP. It's only a matter of time before I go that way. The more I write about music, the more I will disappear irretrievably up my own backside).
Here's a rundown of the top 5 Scroobius moments so far, for those who are new to the hairy hip hop duo:
1) The original (and best?)
2) Covering the Sugababes
3) The X-Factor "Audition"
4) The Christmas single!
5)Having relationship problems (what somebody referred to as their 'Dry Your Eyes' moment)
I can't keep track of the number of second albums I hear nowadays that disappoint me. They have the same sound as before, without that spark of hearing something new, and usually without the standout tracks that lifted the original out of the ordinary.
Thankfully, The Logic of Chance is better than that. Musically, it is possibly an improvement on Angles, and lyrically it is another mix of clever wordplay, tender lovesongs and social comment. After first listen, the best tracks seem to be the ones where the messages that are being conveyed take precedence over the speed at which they are delivered, but I'll need to hear the whole thing a few times before I judge each song fairly. Standouts so far seem to be 'Stake A Claim', an angry warning to the government and a call to arms to the disgruntled voters, and this one:
Or as Paul Morley might say:
It sounds like the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band dancing up a smartass dumbass storm with OutKast, the Fall and Harry Nilsson on a bed of nails in a club called Bed of Roses.
(Not a piss-take by the way, but an actual quote from his review of LCD Soundystem's first LP. It's only a matter of time before I go that way. The more I write about music, the more I will disappear irretrievably up my own backside).
Here's a rundown of the top 5 Scroobius moments so far, for those who are new to the hairy hip hop duo:
1) The original (and best?)
2) Covering the Sugababes
3) The X-Factor "Audition"
4) The Christmas single!
5)Having relationship problems (what somebody referred to as their 'Dry Your Eyes' moment)
Friday 26 February 2010
Save 6Music!!!!
The BBC is too big. It has become too bloated, unwieldy, too powerful and needs to be trimmed.
We know this because the government says so, because the opposition says so, because this is what we read in the newspapers. We know this because of an impassioned speech given at the Edinburgh International Television festival last year; because of reports published by the Commons media select committee and the Centre for Policy Studies.
The latter report called for the corporation to be "trimmed back", while the former also proposed a smaller BBC. And to quote from the Edinburgh speech:
"The corporation is incapable of distinguishing between what is good for it, and what is good for the country.... Funded by a hypothecated tax, the BBC feels empowered to offer something for everyone, even in areas well served by the market. The scope of its activities and ambitions is chilling....
Dumping free, state-sponsored news on the market makes it incredibly difficult for journalism to flourish on the internet. Yet it is essential for the future of independent journalism that a fair price can be charged for news to people who value it...We seem to have decided to let independence and plurality wither. To let the BBC throttle the news market, and get bigger to compensate." (1)
The accusation that the BBC is state-sponsored is meant to suggest a news bias, like the propaganda machine of a dictatorship. The suggestion that it has expansionist ambitions that are "chilling" suggests a sinister media monopoly, a Ministry of Truth, a Leviathan.
But...
The name of the person who gave this speech was James Murdoch, son of Rupert Murdoch, and chairman of News Corporation Europe and Asia. News Corp is the world's second largest media conglomerate. It owns News International, a British newspaper publisher, which publishes the Times, Sunday Times, The Sun and The News of the World. Its list of holdings also includes: the publisher HarperCollins, the TLS, Dow Jones and Company, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Post, 20th Century Fox, Fox News, BSkyB, National Geographic (TV), MySpace, and PhotoBucket. (2)
As well as owning Sky TV, Rupert Murdoch is also a near 18% shareholder of rival ITV.
So, his son's attack on the BBC's 'chilling' expansionism seem a little disingenuous.
As does the insinuation of bias in its news coverage - Fox News remember has Sarah Palin on its payroll.
The Murdochs have a vested interest in the BBC being shrunk down to size. They have reasons for wanting regulation to prevent its news being freely accessible on the internet, because they want people to buy their newspapers, and they want to charge for their papers' online content.
And what about the two above-mentioned reports who each backed up several of Murdoch's concerns?
The Commons media select committee is chaired by Tory MP John Whittingdale, who appointed himself two specialist advisors called Ray Gallagher (ex director of public affairs at...BSkyB) and Martin Le Jeune (ex head of public affairs at BSkyB and current head of consultancy firm whose clients include Sky). It was Le Jeune who published the report for the Centre for Policy Studies and who acted as "specialist advisor" on the media select committe's report. (Private Eye, 1251)
So when The Sun attacks the BBC for scheduling Strictly Come Dancing to coincide with X Factor, there are reasons for this.(Private Eye, 1246) Just as there are reasons for it failing to report on ex-Conservative party chief executive being appointed chairman of ITV. (PE 1250)
Equally, there are reasons why the Times
reports that "At least 37 BBC execs earn more than the PM...The revelations put pressure on the Tories to spell out how they would restrain pay in the corporation", whilst failing to mention that Sky's chief exec can take home almost treble what the BBC director general gets paid, and more than 10 times the PM's salary. (PE, 1250)
Murdoch has instructed all of his newspapers to back David Cameron's campaign in the forthcoming election and, should the Tories be successful, he is going to want the favour returned.
Mark Thompson knows the Tories are coming and seems to be trying to preempt any attack from the new government (4). To do this he is suggesting the BBC "put quality first" presumably over quantity. One would have thought, therefore, that the TV and radio stations who are safest would be those who put their emphasis on the quality of their output, rather than pandering to the highest audience figures.
6 Music's motto was "playing the music that matters". Its emphasis is not on new music, MOR music, or music that necessarily panders to a particular age range or ethnic group. It plays good music of all genres from the past five decades and, as such, is a refreshing antidote to the endless tsunami of overproduced, auto-tuned hip-slop and reality TV sewage that floods the TV music channels, the commercial radio stations and Radio 1.
And don't talk to me about Radio 2. I never want to have my dial tuned to a station where I might accidentally catch Steve Wright dedicating a Sting dirge to somebody's 40th wedding anniversary. Ever. (3)
There are cuts the BBC could, and perhaps should, make to help control the quality of its output and defend itself from a future Tory attack. But 6Music is not a news channel, does not expose dodgy dossiers, and is not in direct competition with any Murdoch-backed TV or radio station I can think of. Its emphasis is on playing quality modern music but, as a new digital-only station that does not pander to the highest possible audience, it can be used as a political sacrifice. The BBC does NOT put quality first, which is why Chris Moyles gets the breakfast show and Peel was forced further and further into the middle of the night.
So - take up arms and advance to the BBC online fora, join the Facebook groups, sign the petitions, tune in to 6 music, write to the BBC Trust. Because, since the untimely demise of the late, great John Peel, where else am I going to be able to listen to a song like this on a national radio station?
(And if you think this is badly written toss, relying too heavily on other journalists, with sources not even paraphrased on occasion, then welcome to the de-regulated world of media pluralism)
PS One final article I have just come across.
PPS Finally, I find an excuse to post The Fall!!!
We know this because the government says so, because the opposition says so, because this is what we read in the newspapers. We know this because of an impassioned speech given at the Edinburgh International Television festival last year; because of reports published by the Commons media select committee and the Centre for Policy Studies.
The latter report called for the corporation to be "trimmed back", while the former also proposed a smaller BBC. And to quote from the Edinburgh speech:
"The corporation is incapable of distinguishing between what is good for it, and what is good for the country.... Funded by a hypothecated tax, the BBC feels empowered to offer something for everyone, even in areas well served by the market. The scope of its activities and ambitions is chilling....
Dumping free, state-sponsored news on the market makes it incredibly difficult for journalism to flourish on the internet. Yet it is essential for the future of independent journalism that a fair price can be charged for news to people who value it...We seem to have decided to let independence and plurality wither. To let the BBC throttle the news market, and get bigger to compensate." (1)
The accusation that the BBC is state-sponsored is meant to suggest a news bias, like the propaganda machine of a dictatorship. The suggestion that it has expansionist ambitions that are "chilling" suggests a sinister media monopoly, a Ministry of Truth, a Leviathan.
But...
The name of the person who gave this speech was James Murdoch, son of Rupert Murdoch, and chairman of News Corporation Europe and Asia. News Corp is the world's second largest media conglomerate. It owns News International, a British newspaper publisher, which publishes the Times, Sunday Times, The Sun and The News of the World. Its list of holdings also includes: the publisher HarperCollins, the TLS, Dow Jones and Company, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Post, 20th Century Fox, Fox News, BSkyB, National Geographic (TV), MySpace, and PhotoBucket. (2)
As well as owning Sky TV, Rupert Murdoch is also a near 18% shareholder of rival ITV.
So, his son's attack on the BBC's 'chilling' expansionism seem a little disingenuous.
As does the insinuation of bias in its news coverage - Fox News remember has Sarah Palin on its payroll.
The Murdochs have a vested interest in the BBC being shrunk down to size. They have reasons for wanting regulation to prevent its news being freely accessible on the internet, because they want people to buy their newspapers, and they want to charge for their papers' online content.
And what about the two above-mentioned reports who each backed up several of Murdoch's concerns?
The Commons media select committee is chaired by Tory MP John Whittingdale, who appointed himself two specialist advisors called Ray Gallagher (ex director of public affairs at...BSkyB) and Martin Le Jeune (ex head of public affairs at BSkyB and current head of consultancy firm whose clients include Sky). It was Le Jeune who published the report for the Centre for Policy Studies and who acted as "specialist advisor" on the media select committe's report. (Private Eye, 1251)
So when The Sun attacks the BBC for scheduling Strictly Come Dancing to coincide with X Factor, there are reasons for this.(Private Eye, 1246) Just as there are reasons for it failing to report on ex-Conservative party chief executive being appointed chairman of ITV. (PE 1250)
Equally, there are reasons why the Times
reports that "At least 37 BBC execs earn more than the PM...The revelations put pressure on the Tories to spell out how they would restrain pay in the corporation", whilst failing to mention that Sky's chief exec can take home almost treble what the BBC director general gets paid, and more than 10 times the PM's salary. (PE, 1250)
Murdoch has instructed all of his newspapers to back David Cameron's campaign in the forthcoming election and, should the Tories be successful, he is going to want the favour returned.
Mark Thompson knows the Tories are coming and seems to be trying to preempt any attack from the new government (4). To do this he is suggesting the BBC "put quality first" presumably over quantity. One would have thought, therefore, that the TV and radio stations who are safest would be those who put their emphasis on the quality of their output, rather than pandering to the highest audience figures.
6 Music's motto was "playing the music that matters". Its emphasis is not on new music, MOR music, or music that necessarily panders to a particular age range or ethnic group. It plays good music of all genres from the past five decades and, as such, is a refreshing antidote to the endless tsunami of overproduced, auto-tuned hip-slop and reality TV sewage that floods the TV music channels, the commercial radio stations and Radio 1.
And don't talk to me about Radio 2. I never want to have my dial tuned to a station where I might accidentally catch Steve Wright dedicating a Sting dirge to somebody's 40th wedding anniversary. Ever. (3)
There are cuts the BBC could, and perhaps should, make to help control the quality of its output and defend itself from a future Tory attack. But 6Music is not a news channel, does not expose dodgy dossiers, and is not in direct competition with any Murdoch-backed TV or radio station I can think of. Its emphasis is on playing quality modern music but, as a new digital-only station that does not pander to the highest possible audience, it can be used as a political sacrifice. The BBC does NOT put quality first, which is why Chris Moyles gets the breakfast show and Peel was forced further and further into the middle of the night.
So - take up arms and advance to the BBC online fora, join the Facebook groups, sign the petitions, tune in to 6 music, write to the BBC Trust. Because, since the untimely demise of the late, great John Peel, where else am I going to be able to listen to a song like this on a national radio station?
(And if you think this is badly written toss, relying too heavily on other journalists, with sources not even paraphrased on occasion, then welcome to the de-regulated world of media pluralism)
PS One final article I have just come across.
PPS Finally, I find an excuse to post The Fall!!!
Sunday 14 February 2010
January II
There are many musical discoveries that made January a great month for me, from the slick & soulful to the overblown and ridiculous. Here are some highlights in an easy-to-digest list format:
1) With the country in a meteorologically enforced lockdown, I found the best way to avoid the constant sound of bones shattering on pavement was to turn up Waajeed's remix of Mayer Hawthorne's Green Eyed Love. Within seconds, the only ice on my mind was bobbing around in a glass of gin and tonic next to my keyboard. Which is how it should be, sled freaks!
2) So many of the bands championed on music blogs leave me feeling slightly underwhelmed, in no small part due to the hype which accompanies their every parp and mewl. It's not that the bands in question aren't any good, it's just that having been told that a record is objectively the best of the year, I automatically start imagining some weird post-dubstep hybrid of Sgt Pepper's and Dark Side of the Moon (with a touch of Neutral Milk Hotel). Consequently, I have not yet been able to summon up the same level of excitement as the best part of the online music cogniscenti for The Hold Steady, Phoenix, Gaslight Anthem, Battles, The xx, Grizzly Bear, The Big Pink, Tapes 'n' Tapes...and many more.
That said, I have developed a soft spot for The Drums, in particular the following track, despite this being the taste consensus:
This is, in so small part, due to my current weakness for anything with an overt Beach Boys influence. See also:
...a weakness which, by and large, doesn't extend to the Beach Boys themselves.
3) Anyway, enough of this obsession with taste. I was going to post a video of The Muppets covering Queen, but apparently that's not an option in this instance. So you'll have to make do with a link. The original was of course, equally ludicrous but this version has the advantage of being knowingly and humorously so.
1) With the country in a meteorologically enforced lockdown, I found the best way to avoid the constant sound of bones shattering on pavement was to turn up Waajeed's remix of Mayer Hawthorne's Green Eyed Love. Within seconds, the only ice on my mind was bobbing around in a glass of gin and tonic next to my keyboard. Which is how it should be, sled freaks!
2) So many of the bands championed on music blogs leave me feeling slightly underwhelmed, in no small part due to the hype which accompanies their every parp and mewl. It's not that the bands in question aren't any good, it's just that having been told that a record is objectively the best of the year, I automatically start imagining some weird post-dubstep hybrid of Sgt Pepper's and Dark Side of the Moon (with a touch of Neutral Milk Hotel). Consequently, I have not yet been able to summon up the same level of excitement as the best part of the online music cogniscenti for The Hold Steady, Phoenix, Gaslight Anthem, Battles, The xx, Grizzly Bear, The Big Pink, Tapes 'n' Tapes...and many more.
That said, I have developed a soft spot for The Drums, in particular the following track, despite this being the taste consensus:
This is, in so small part, due to my current weakness for anything with an overt Beach Boys influence. See also:
...a weakness which, by and large, doesn't extend to the Beach Boys themselves.
3) Anyway, enough of this obsession with taste. I was going to post a video of The Muppets covering Queen, but apparently that's not an option in this instance. So you'll have to make do with a link. The original was of course, equally ludicrous but this version has the advantage of being knowingly and humorously so.
Thursday 4 February 2010
January Discoveries I
It took so long to get my Best Of 09 post up that I am already a month behind for 2010. So see below for a quick round-up of the music that flew onto my radar in January like a flock of geese into an aeroplane's engines:
1. The majestic return of Gil Scott-Heron with a fantastic new song that brings to mind The Wire, and a video that is equal parts La Haine and The Warriors.
...which is as good a reason as any to post this menacing video from a couple of years ago
2. Goth supergroup anyone?
If the idea of a collaboration between ex-members of All About Eve, Fields of the Nephilim, New Model Army and Inkubbus Sukkubus gets you hot under the black velvet collar, then head over to The Eden House's website here
3. Only 6 months late discovering this chilled out excellence from Scotland's Bob Hillary:
His myspace site is here
1. The majestic return of Gil Scott-Heron with a fantastic new song that brings to mind The Wire, and a video that is equal parts La Haine and The Warriors.
...which is as good a reason as any to post this menacing video from a couple of years ago
2. Goth supergroup anyone?
If the idea of a collaboration between ex-members of All About Eve, Fields of the Nephilim, New Model Army and Inkubbus Sukkubus gets you hot under the black velvet collar, then head over to The Eden House's website here
3. Only 6 months late discovering this chilled out excellence from Scotland's Bob Hillary:
His myspace site is here
Tuesday 2 February 2010
Dandelion Festive 50
The good people at Dandelion Radio have now posted their official unofficial Festive 50 for 2009 (as voted by their listeners - the way it should be!)
You can check the results here, along with a Youtube playlist. Yet to listen to all of the tracks but am definitely taken by the following:
which I find highly amusing (in a good way).
You can check the results here, along with a Youtube playlist. Yet to listen to all of the tracks but am definitely taken by the following:
which I find highly amusing (in a good way).
Sunday 31 January 2010
Best of 2009 (AKA The Festive 50)
For the first post of 2010, here is a round-up of my favourite tracks from the last year. These are the tunes that I first heard in 2009, either by listening to the radio, downloading from emusic or by trawling the blogosphere. Whether these were first released in that year is irrelevant and some are undoubtedly older.
Each time I look at this list I want to completely change the order, but as of 31st January 2010, I wouldn't remove a single one. And if all this sounds a little too reasonable and lacking the Kermode-like arrogance of "if you don't like this, you are wrong", then bear with me ~ it's my first post!..
50. CHAIN & THE GANG - I See Progress
49. THE DEAD WEATHER - 60 Feet Tall
48. CAMERA OBSCURA - French Navy
47. SEB ROBERTS - A Pretty Good Game
46. ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS - Crazy In Love
45. SMITH & MUDD - New Sofa
44. WHITE DENIM - Mirrored and Reverse
43. MAYER HAWTHORNE - Maybe So Maybe No
42. THE DUCKWORTH LEWIS METHOD - Jiggery Pokery
41. VOLUNTARY BUTLER SCHEME - Tabasco Sole
40. CASIOKIDS - Fot i Hose
39. MUSIC GO MUSIC - Warm In The Shadows
38. COOKIN' ON 3 BURNERS - This Girl (feat. Kylie Auldist) [audio only]
37. GREG WILSON - I Was A Teenage DJ [audio only]
36. MEANDERTHALS - Kunst or Ars [audio only]
35. FRIENDLY FIRES - Paris (Aeroplane Remix)
34. FANFARLO - I'm A Pilot
33. LA FINE EQUIPE - Makrout (feat. Oogo)
32. ME & YOU - Brown Paper Bag [audio only]
31. HIGHLIFE - F Kenya RIP
30. THE SLEW - It's All Over
29. JAH WOBBLE - Get Carter (Cliff Brumby Mix)
28. SAINT ETIENNE - Spring (Air France Remix) [audio only]
27. THE BEWITCHED HANDS ON THE TOP OF OUR HEADS - Work
26. PATRICK PLEAU - Dispute entre âmes soeurs et frères
25. THOM YORKE - All For The Best
24. BIBIO - Flesh Rots, Pips Sown
23. PETE YORN & SCARLETT JOHANSSON - Relator
22. MEMORY TAPES - Swimming Field [audio only]
21. F*ck Buttons - Surf Solar
20. AFROZEN ORCHESTRA - Tongana
19. ENDLESS BOOGIE - Gimme The Awesome
18. YU - Fine [audio only]
17. WASHED OUT - New Theory
16. ATLAS SOUND - Walkabout (feat. Noah Lennox)
15. HEALTH - Die Slow **Cert 18 Video**
(Also check out the Pink Stallone remix here)
14. 6IX TOYS - Sisters of Soul, Brothers of Funk
13. SMITH WESTERNS - Be My Girl [audio only]
12. LA FINE EQUIPE - Girl Scout Cookies (feat. Mr Modo)
11. WAVVES - I'm So Bored
10. THE DUCKWORTH LEWIS METHOD - Age of Revolution [audio only]
9. WOODEN SHJIPS - Contact
8. THE GENERATIONALS - When They Fight, They Fight
7. THE DURUTTI COLUMN - In Memory of Anthony
6. MAGIC KIDS - Hey Boy [audio only]
5. FERGUS & GERONIMO - Powerful Lovin' [audio only]
4. DAN DEACON - Woof Woof
3. THE VERY BEST - Warm Heart of Africa (feat. Ezra Koenig) [audio only]
2. TEENGIRL FANTASY - Portofino
1. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE - Summertime Clothes
Each time I look at this list I want to completely change the order, but as of 31st January 2010, I wouldn't remove a single one. And if all this sounds a little too reasonable and lacking the Kermode-like arrogance of "if you don't like this, you are wrong", then bear with me ~ it's my first post!..
50. CHAIN & THE GANG - I See Progress
49. THE DEAD WEATHER - 60 Feet Tall
48. CAMERA OBSCURA - French Navy
47. SEB ROBERTS - A Pretty Good Game
46. ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS - Crazy In Love
45. SMITH & MUDD - New Sofa
44. WHITE DENIM - Mirrored and Reverse
43. MAYER HAWTHORNE - Maybe So Maybe No
42. THE DUCKWORTH LEWIS METHOD - Jiggery Pokery
41. VOLUNTARY BUTLER SCHEME - Tabasco Sole
40. CASIOKIDS - Fot i Hose
39. MUSIC GO MUSIC - Warm In The Shadows
38. COOKIN' ON 3 BURNERS - This Girl (feat. Kylie Auldist) [audio only]
37. GREG WILSON - I Was A Teenage DJ [audio only]
36. MEANDERTHALS - Kunst or Ars [audio only]
35. FRIENDLY FIRES - Paris (Aeroplane Remix)
34. FANFARLO - I'm A Pilot
33. LA FINE EQUIPE - Makrout (feat. Oogo)
32. ME & YOU - Brown Paper Bag [audio only]
31. HIGHLIFE - F Kenya RIP
30. THE SLEW - It's All Over
29. JAH WOBBLE - Get Carter (Cliff Brumby Mix)
28. SAINT ETIENNE - Spring (Air France Remix) [audio only]
27. THE BEWITCHED HANDS ON THE TOP OF OUR HEADS - Work
26. PATRICK PLEAU - Dispute entre âmes soeurs et frères
25. THOM YORKE - All For The Best
24. BIBIO - Flesh Rots, Pips Sown
23. PETE YORN & SCARLETT JOHANSSON - Relator
22. MEMORY TAPES - Swimming Field [audio only]
21. F*ck Buttons - Surf Solar
20. AFROZEN ORCHESTRA - Tongana
19. ENDLESS BOOGIE - Gimme The Awesome
18. YU - Fine [audio only]
17. WASHED OUT - New Theory
16. ATLAS SOUND - Walkabout (feat. Noah Lennox)
15. HEALTH - Die Slow **Cert 18 Video**
(Also check out the Pink Stallone remix here)
14. 6IX TOYS - Sisters of Soul, Brothers of Funk
13. SMITH WESTERNS - Be My Girl [audio only]
12. LA FINE EQUIPE - Girl Scout Cookies (feat. Mr Modo)
11. WAVVES - I'm So Bored
10. THE DUCKWORTH LEWIS METHOD - Age of Revolution [audio only]
9. WOODEN SHJIPS - Contact
8. THE GENERATIONALS - When They Fight, They Fight
7. THE DURUTTI COLUMN - In Memory of Anthony
6. MAGIC KIDS - Hey Boy [audio only]
5. FERGUS & GERONIMO - Powerful Lovin' [audio only]
4. DAN DEACON - Woof Woof
3. THE VERY BEST - Warm Heart of Africa (feat. Ezra Koenig) [audio only]
2. TEENGIRL FANTASY - Portofino
1. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE - Summertime Clothes
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