It’s finally here! And it’s pretty much as messed up and brilliant as expected. Fittingly, the Minaj section is incredible, and sort of puts the controversy-courting remainder of the video in the shade. You can only take so much of Kanye and his mates hanging around dead models like bored creeps, after all. The song [...]
Archive for December, 2010
New Video: Kanye West ft. Nicki Minaj et al – Monster
Posted: 30th December 2010 by MV in VideosTags: bon iver, jay-z, kanye west, nicki minaj, rick ross, videos
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After the amount of effort and thought that went into my Top 75 Tracks for this year, I thought I’d post a laughably half-arsed list of albums I liked, too. Anyway, these are all pretty OK… Robyn – Body Talk Sleigh Bells – Treats Magnetic Man – Magnetic Man Sia – We Are Born Crystal [...]
Top 75 Tracks 2010: THE TOP TEN
Posted: 22nd December 2010 by MV in Future HitsTags: delorean, hope sandoval, james blake, kanye west, katy b, massive attack, nicki minaj, niki & the dove, robyn, sky larkin, sleigh bells, underworld
Yes, it’s here, the actual top ten. I felt like expanding my annual top 50 to 75 was a clever move. I now feel like I’ve been writing about songs pretty much FOREVER. It’s a good job doing so is such fun. Anyway, as this is the top ten, you will not be surprised to [...]
Top 75 Tracks 2010 – Top 20 Time!
Posted: 21st December 2010 by MV in Future HitsTags: crystal castles, diplo, janelle monae, kelis, kid sister, louis la roche, magnetic man, ocelot, parenthetical girls, sunday girl, TEETH, the chemical brothers, top singles 2010, top tracks 2010
All of these songs are guaranteed wonderful. Previous installments: 75-51 | 50-41 | 40-31 | 30-21 | Spotify playlist so far. And now into the top twenty we go…
Top 75 Tracks 2010, part 3
Posted: 17th December 2010 by MV in Future HitsTags: avicii, caribou, clock opera, hot chip, hurts, kisses, miami horror, netsky, nicki minaj, ratatat, sean garrett, the golden filter, tim berg, top 75, top singles 2010, top tracks 2010
I’m loving the fact that each and every batch of tracks I run through this year is making me thing “um, shouldn’t this be further up the list?” What a great year for tunes. If you’re enjoying this as much as I am, here’s a Spotify playlist containing the tracks so far (from 75-31) – [...]
Top 75 Tracks 2010, part 2
Posted: 15th December 2010 by MV in Future HitsTags: bright light bright light, hooray for earth, karl x johan, mark ronson, nika + rory, tensnake, the hundred in the hands, tim kasher, top 75, top singles, top tracks, tracks, wolf gang, yeasayer
And so it continues… Click here for part one, or click below to read on with part 2…
Top 75 tracks, 2010, part 1
Posted: 7th December 2010 by MV in Future HitsTags: aeroplane, allo darlin', big moi, ceo, fake blood, goldfrapp, janelle monae, kano, lucky soul, magic kids, marina and the diamonds, mia, mystery jets, of montreal, penguin prison, school of seven bells, singles of 2010, sophie ellis-bextor, spark, the magic theatre, the pains of being pure at heart, the ruby suns, top 75, tracks of 2010, twin shadow, twin sister, violens, wild nothing
So… even by sticking to the usual rules (no tracks by the same artist – apart from guest appearances), and by being fairly ruthless with some overplayed pop hits that I liked a lot but didn’t feel like writing about again, I still couldn’t fit my tracks of the year into a top 50. For [...]