One of the best games is re-listening to artists you completely forgot about because you liked one single and then they didn’t release anything else for four years or something. I give you Keren Ann Zeidel, who perferms simply as Keren Ann: Franco-Israeli singer-songwriter of sultry pop bent. Her “Lay Your Head Down” was a [Read Full Post...]
Our Top 100 Tracks of the Decade lists (see sidebar on the right to peruse them) were epic undertakings. No small amount of poring, sorting, listening, re-listening, second-guessing and indiscriminate ranking went into it, and what came out was wonderful. Was it perfect? Definitely not. First off, Amanda and I didn’t have identical lists, so [Read Full Post...]
More than a day late, I know, but hopefully not too many dollars short. My physical life has been kicking the ass of my internet life recently and Remix Roundup has suffered. So please accept the following gifts as a token of my contrition. Let’s kick things off with a Goldfrapp remix, shall we? “Believer” is the new [Read Full Post...]
#1 Number 1 – Goldfrapp Album: Supernature Year: 2005 It might seem to good to be true, children, that my favorite song of the Aughts could be entitled “Number 1.” But let me put your fears to rest straight off the bat: no, I did not organize the list this way just to be cute. [Read Full Post...]
#40 Schrapnell – Isolée Album: We Are Monster Year: 2005 Elements of glitch, house and surf pop combine delightfully to make this modish tune from German producer Rajko Müller. Gentle waves of strings mimic hula-esque twang while twitchy guitars, artful layers and sleek hi-hat beats paint a clubbier picture. Somewhere between waves washing [Read Full Post...]
Oh, what to do with this one? During their 10-year career together, Goldfrapp‘s inclination and – I would have heretofore argued – knack for reinvention has long been one of the act’s strong suits. Their new album, Head First’s foray into the eighties has me questioning, however, if their many gear changes were the result [Read Full Post...]
Often referred to as “the worst-received idea since Kool-Aid’s 1989 discontinuation of ‘The Grapist,’ a huge purple monster who sodomizes thirsty children,” it’s New Music Monday! (ripped off from The Onion, which apparently is fair game?). The Brooklyn phenoms just dropped their second album, Fang Island, and they did not forget to bring the fun. The joyous [Read Full Post...]
I bequeath to you the newest and the shiniest music floating around the blogosphere. Take these jams for a test drive and let the whole neighborhood feel the bass. Local Natives – Airplanes Local Natives – Sun Hands L.A. newcomers Local Natives grab at elements from a lot of my favorite groups – “Airplanes” exudes a [Read Full Post...]
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