We started this process by promising you Ke$ha. We end this process by giving you Ke$ha. Happy New Year, folks… [Video][Website] [5.20] David Moore: I’m trying my odds at stacking the controversy deck again this year, though I couldn’t find anything quite as galvanizing as “Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell,” which was the most […]
I’d like to pretend that it is in some way appropriate that our penultimate post for 2K10 is a song by the former keyboard player from Kid Creole and the Coconuts…
And yes, we realise this technically isn’t a week anymore…
Not as hairy as they used to be, are they?… [Video][Website] [7.60] Alfred Soto: AKA “Suite: Juanita Brown Eyes.” [4] David Moore: Didn’t know what to expect with this one, but a CSNY-sampling singalong wasn’t it — I’m drawn in by the Marc Anthony hook and inventive use of the sample, but the rapping seems […]
This lot are so under the radar that they’ve apparently split already… [Video][Website] [5.00] Michaelangelo Matos: James Taylor meets rockers uptown. [3] Iain Mew: Soundwise this was largely pre-empted by Faultline ft. Chris Martin 8 years ago, but it’s sooo well done that it stands out as my favourite song by a new act in […]
Usually, when Spanish bands have interesting names, they end up sounding like Wet Wet Wet. Not this lot…
And now – BEARDS!…
And we’re BACK! With GOSPEL!…
We don’t review much Irish pop. I blame Pat Shortt…
And it’s another one for the stick… [Video][Website] [4.58] Anthony Easton: Newsom continues with her whole quirky for the sake of being quirky femme chick vibe, this time attached to a ladies of the canyon kind of low key vibe, but the lyrics are new age twaddle, her voice is the helium bunny gone weird, […]