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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘goldfrapp’
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
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It seems like upcoming fifth album Rocket will be a return to the chart-friendly electro-pop that Goldfrapp had settled into before the minor pastoral sidestep that was Seventh Tree. No bad thing, really, especially as they’ve taken the sense of fun that characterised much of their last album and stuck it on top of some [...]
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…
Catch-up Time! Part 2 – June 2008
Posted: 11th July 2008 by MV in ReleasesTags: black kids, catch up, estelle, frankmusik, glasvegas, goldfrapp, ladyhawke, laura marling, lykke li, mgmt, mystery jets, rem, sebastien tellier, sonny j, the clik clik, the cure, the duke spirit, the kills, the long blondes, the school, tricky, we are scientists, weezer
So, so, so. Sunny, sunny June. A long, hazy, pleasant month with lots of good memories. And lots of singles to catch up on. Here’s the pick of them, including Single of the Week cuts from Mystery Jets (again), Frankmusik, The School, Weezer and Ladyhawke (again). Enjoy… 2nd June 2008 Single of the Week: Mystery [...]
New Releases 14th April 2008
Posted: 14th April 2008 by MV in ReleasesTags: bjork, black ghosts, britney, goldfrapp, infadels, jamie lidell, kanye west, ladyhawke, malcolm middleton, portishead
Single of the Week: Ladyhawke – Back Of The Van This is not the most innovative single released this week, nor is it the most outright beautiful. It is, however, the one that made me sit up, almost spit out my coffee, and go ‘YES!’ It’s derivative in oh so many ways.. the video is [...]