The first time I saw Empire of the Sun on the BBC’s Sound of 2009 list, I got really excited. After a while, and a few glasses of wine, though, I started thinking. It’s excellent that Luke Steele is finally getting his dues, but I honestly don’t really know why. OK, the Pnau connection here [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Empire of the Sun: new video, and a brief history of Luke Steele
Posted: 30th January 2009 by MV in ReleasesTags: bbc sound of 2009, empire of the sun, luke steele, musings, pnau, singular history, the sleepy jackson
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The Bird, the Bee, the (Rex the) Dog, and Other Animals
Posted: 16th January 2009 by MV in ReleasesTags: brakes, eve, greg kurstin, iggy pop, max tundra, rex the dog, sean paul, the bird and the bee, the bpa
SO. Back again. Some good new videos this week, as you’ll see if you click below. Fun stuff from Rex the Dog, Brakes, and Sean Paul (yes.) Also some nonvid type links to things by Max Tundra and the BPA. Excellent. I’ve yet to get excited enough by the new Franz Ferdinand to write about [...]
New Year, New Format, BBC Sound of 2009, Passion Pit, and the like
Posted: 12th January 2009 by MV in ReleasesTags: bbc sound of 2009, empire of the sun, i monster, lady gaga, passion pit, the rakes, tilly and the wall, upcoming singles
A new year, a new format. A new bandwagon to jump on. While my (ahem) comprehensive single review style was a fun experiment for a year (and I even saw it through!), it’s time to move on. I was too tied to outdated physical single release schedules, and ended up reviewing songs after they’d been [...]
So here, in fact, we are. Number five, number four, number three, number two, and number one. And then I move on, belatedly, to 2009, with a (kind of) new format. Enjoy!
Top 50 Singles of 2008 (10-6)
Posted: 9th January 2009 by MV in ReleasesTags: goldfrapp, ladyhawke, little boots, the killers, those dancing days
Fact of the day: 90% of my top ten singles of 2008 had female singers. Only 60% of the top 50 though. I’m not totally against male vocals, y’know.. Here’s Numbers 10 to 6 in my countdown. The rest in a couple of hours…
So, in a way, this is why I’ve been bothering listening to lots of singles this year. Has it been worth it? I’m not sure. I don’t think the list produced is dramatically different to what it would have been had I not been blogging all year. Still, I’ve discovered some good things and I’m [...]