What’s that sound? Fanfare? Trumpets? Hysterical screaming? No, it’s actually tumbleweed. Festive tumbleweed, perhaps. Everyone’s pretty much in a holiday mood now, I’m assuming, so now is clearly the best time to sneak out the much-anticipated (HA!) conclusion to my annual rundown of tunes of the good variety. Behind the click below are my top [...]
Archive for December, 2009
Top 50 Singles 2009 (20-11)
Posted: 17th December 2009 by MV in ReleasesTags: crazy cousinz, fever ray, girls aloud, jamie t, kyla, little dragon, peaches, pictureplane, rex the dog, robyn, royksopp, the bird and the bee, the juan maclean
And so, after some delay, we hit the top 20. In it, there’s pop, and there’s stuff that sounds pop in my head but might not be. There are lots of excellent songs though, which I guess is the point of this thing, right? Clicky below. And click back a few entries for parts 1-3. [...]
The Hot Chipsters are back! Always good news. One Life Stand sees them on relatively subdued form, and for my money taking a step away from the pop and towards the weird. It’s still gorgeous, though. And lends itself nicely to slightly more boshed up remixes. I’ll dig one out at some point. Yes. Anyway, [...]
Top 50 Singles 2009 (50-41)
Posted: 4th December 2009 by MV in ReleasesTags: air france, crystal stilts, manic street preachers, miike snow, modernaire, slow club, tahiti boy, the hundred in the hands, tiga, tinchy stryder
Ah, it’s that time of year again. Love it or hate it (and seemingly this year, mostly, it’s “hate it”) it is LIST TIME. I’m not going to even think about a 2000s list until the start of next year, as I have my usual top 50 of the year to get through first. This [...]