Have I already mentioned that I also write for the nice Buttoned Down Disco blog? First write up is about a Hidden Cameras show. 🙂
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time for the traditional last year’s best lists that always make me feel like i’ve forgotten the most important most impressing ones… :-/
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::::: breathtakingly lovely live shows ::::::::::::::
Lightning Bolt
Xiu Xiu
Daughters
Donna Summer aka Jason Forrest
Old Time Relijun
Kid Commando
Turbostaat
Nomeansno
Dat Politics
Hidden Cameras
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::::: non-revolutionary but brisk punk ::::::::::::::
Futureheads: Futureheads
Hot Snakes: Audit in Progress
C.Aarmé: C.Aarmé
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::::: sad folky indie with weird sounds :::::::::::::
Xiu Xiu: Fabulous Muscles
Patrick Wolf: Lycanthropy
Coco Rosie: La maison de mon rêve
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::::: maximum sexual disco thingies :::::::::::::::::
Scissor Sisters: Scissor Sisters
Riton: Homies & Homos
Moving Units: Dangerous Dreams
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::::: fun with experimental depressivas :::::::::::::
Wolf Eyes: Burned Mind
Thavius Beck: Decomposition
Black Eyes: Cough
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::::: retro indie pack ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
TV On The Radio: Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
Death From Above 1979: You’re A Woman, I’m A Machine
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::::: contagious dancefloortronica ::::::::::::::::::
Ada: Blondie
Mylo: Destroy Rock’n’Roll
Alter Ego: Transphormer
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::::: awesomely fucked up electronica :::::::::::::::
Girl Talk: Unstoppable
Kid 606: Still Kill Sound
Sickboy: Shake Hands With A Clenched Fist
Knifehandchop: How I Left You
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:::::: lovely attention deficit punk ::::::::::::::::
The Blood Brothers: Crimes
Rapider Than Horsepower: This Is My Big Night
The WPP: he has the technology
Daughters: canada songs
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::::: not many enjoyable hiphop albums ::::::::::::::
Wiley: Treddin On Thin Ice
Beans: Shock City Maverick
Eyedea & Abilities: E&A
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::::: also etched into my heart :::::::::::::::::::::
Hidden Cameras: Mississauga Goddamn
Clor: Welcome Music Lovers
M.I.A. & Diplo: Piracy Funds Terrorism
Soft Pink Truth: Do You Want New Wave Or Do You Want
The Soft Pink Truth
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::::: some s-s-ssssingle hitsss :::::::::::::::::::::
Trend: Echte Russen
Placebo: I do
Jega: Shaft
M.I.A.: Galang
Bierbeben: Schizophrene
Feist: Mushaboom
Phoenix: Everything Is Everything
The Streets: Fit But You Know It
Kaiser Chiefs: I Predict A Riot
Blonde Redhead: Anticipation
Pixeltan: That’s The Way I Like It
Deerhoof: Milkman
Justice vs Simian: Never Be Alone
Vitamin C: Last Nite
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::::: cutest remixes ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Erol Alkan: Mylo’s “drop the pressure”
Erol Alkan: DFA 1979’s “romantic rights”
Erol Alkan: Alter Ego’s “rocker”
and the “Erol Alkan presents one louder” cd
also nice:
Mocky – Feist’s “Mushaboom”
Joakim – Air’s “Surfing on a Rocket”
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::::: mash up talents :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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