Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Best of 2016- Singles and Tracks

Ladies and Gents, here comes the Singles and Tracks list. There was no question about the top chart position as Preoccupations' song proved to be the best in it's genre and beyond. M83 went mellow and we loved their progressive electronic take. What else.. check in the list and on the link below


01. Preoccupations - Memory
02. M83 - Solitude 
03. PJ Harvey - The Community Of Hope (Video version)
04. Geneva Jacuzzi - Cannibal Babies
05. Lower Dens - Real Thing
06. Sugar For Sugar- Bizarre Love Triangle
07. Get Well Soon - It's A Catalogue
08. Shura - Nothing's Real
09. Temples - Certainty
10. Pet Shop Boys - The Pop Kids
11. Primal Scream, Sky Ferreira - Where The Light Gets In
12. The Last Shadow Puppets - Miracle Aligner 
13. Radiohead - Daydreaming
14. Transfigure - Fields
15. La Femme - Sphynx
16. Villa Nah - Stranger
17. BETSY - Fair
18. Happy Meals - If You Want Me Now
19. Cat's Eyes - Chameleon Queen
20. Yeasayer - I Am Chemistry

Tuesday, December 27, 2016

Best of 2016- EPs

The EPs always come with  big diversity of sound. Perfect format to break through, but as well very appropriate for a come back record. This year we have some classy Trip hop, shoegaze Brit pop and some neoclassical soul on top. Other than that, the sound that you are already used to read and listen on our blog. :)


Monday, December 26, 2016

Best of 2016- The Album List

Time to sum up everything from 2016, as this is usual in this time of the year. It has been our 10th  anniversary year and therefore a very important year for us. In general, it has been a crazy year and a very sad one, as the music world lost some of their top artists and pop icons who helped shape the sound and vision of the previous four decades. 
In terms of quality and what 2016 offered, and based on what is in our charts, we could say that pop went retro, post punk turned groovy and we found some new formulas of R'n'B and Soul. As you can see our top company were Preoccupations (formerly Viet Cong) Shura and Blood Orange. What else was hot, see below..


01. Preoccupations- Preoccupations [Jagjaguwar]
02. Shura- Nothing's Real [Polydor]
03. Blood Orange- Freetown Sound [Domino]
04. Villa Nah- Ultima [Solina]
05. Michelle Gurevich- New Decadence [self released]
06. Radiohead- A Moon Shaped Pool [XL]
07. Bat for Lashes- The Bride [Parlophone]
08. PJ Harvey- The Hope Six Demolition Project [Island]
09. Geneva Jacuzzi- Technophelia [Medical Records LLC]
10. David Bowie- Blackstar [ISO]
11. Cat's Eyes- Treasure House [Raf Records]
12. Suede- Night Thoughts [Warner]
13. Get Well Soon- Love [Caroline]
14. Angel Olsen- MY WOMAN [Jagjaguwar]
15. Michael Kiwanuka- Love & Hate [Polydor]
16. Xeno & Oaklander- Topiary [Ghostly]
17. The Last Shadow Puppets- Everything You've Come to Expect[Domino]
18. The Radio Dept.- Running Out of Love [Labrador]
19. Still Corners- Dead Blue [Wrecking Light]
20. Yeasayer- Amen & Goodbye [Mute]
21. Wrangler- White Glue [Meme Tune]
22. Lust for Youth- Compassion [Sacred Bones]
23. Hante.- This Fog That Never Ends [Synth Religion]
24. Cult Club- Play with Lies [Domestica]
25. Black Arcade- Transhuman [digital file]
26. Perfect Human- Erste [Perfect Aesthetics]
27. Liste Noire- Brace [No Emb Blanc]
28. DIIV- Is the Is Are [Captured Tracks]
29. Boy Harsher- Yr Body is Nothing [digital file]
30. School of Seven Bells-SVIIB [Vargant]


George Michael 1963-2016

The sad series does not seem to stop and 2016 takes another music artist life!
It seems that the death of George Michael had dressed this years Christmas celebration in black. It came as a quite shocking news as it always is in most cases, especially considering the fact that we remember him every Christmas season when "Last Christmas" is everywhere to be heard. And, this year in fact, it seems to be his last one. :(
Like David Bowie and Prince, we all had a piece of George in all of us. It could have been a song or any other loving memory.
We shall never forget you, the Wham boys, "Wake me up Before You Go Go" dance, "Careless Whisper", "Freedom" performance at the Berlin Wall and all the brilliant pop moments and funky beats. Forever in our hearts. RIP






Friday, December 23, 2016

Best of 1986- Top 50 Singles

In early 1985, the Pet Shop Boys stormed the UK charts with "West End Girls" which would also remain their signature tune and biggest hit. Together with Erasure, they were transforming the synth pop into electro dance giving it a new face. The Communards certainly contributed to this trend as their cover of the disco classic “Don’t Leave Me This Way” was the best selling single of the year. Madonna and George Michael were still among the best selling artists further developing the pop genre and Madonna’s third studio album True Blue was the best selling in the UK.

 The following Top 50 represents the result of the 'Best of 1986 - The Singles list' from 2016 together with our in-house votes


01. The Smiths- There is a Light that Never goes out
02. New Order- Bizarre Love Triangle
03. Desireless- Voyage Voyage
04. Depeche Mode - Stripped
05. The Smiths- Bigmouth Strikes Again
06. The Stranglers- Always The Sun
07. Big Audio Dynmaite- E=MC2
08. a-ha- Hunting High and Low
09. Cyndi Lauper- True Colours
10. David Bowie - Absolute Beginners
11. Madonna - Live to Tell
12. Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush - Don't Give Up
13. Black- Wonderful Life
14. Iggy Pop - Real Wild Child
15. The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian
16. Genesis - Land of Confusion
17. R.E.M. - Fall on Me
18. Kim Wilde- You Keep Me Hangin' On
19. The Pretenders- Don't Get Me Wrong
20. Talk Talk - Living in Another World

Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Next Wave: Raw Moans

Time for our last Next Wave for this year! We go East with the sound this time and would like to introduce Raw Moans, the project of Joseph Vorachack which also features Michael Thibodeaux (instrumentals, production). 
Before starting his own musical creation, he was member in several music groups including Wavves and his own living room has inspired him to start his own DiY thing. That is how the idea of Raw Moans was born. After he has teamed up with Michael, soon after they released their debut EP 'Safe Sex'. This is a tribute to musicians and who lived and died from complications due to HIV/AIDS. This is reflected through lyric collages, allusions, and re-workings of songs by musicians, such as Arthur Russell, Klaus Nomi, and Eazy-E, over original instrumentals and melodies. 
Please follow the link to explore the sound of Raw Moans.

https://soundcloud.com/raw_moans/sets/safe-sex


Saturday, December 10, 2016

WAW: Betsy- Wanted More

Time for the last WAW this year. It comes as a random discovery on Youtube and turned also to be one of the most surprising artists to discover this year. Her name is simply Betsy and I'm sure we will write more about her in 2017. For now as a warm up, here comes here brilliant video for the song "Wanted More". This song has also been released as a single and she also released an EP. We hope for the album next year. More to come!



Friday, December 9, 2016

The Jesus and Mary Chain Announce New Album 'Damage and Joy'

The Jesus and Mary Chain have announced the release of a brand new studio album next year. The album will be entitled 'Damage and Joy' and this will be their first album since 1998. The band is also planning live tour dates around the globe. The first single from the album 'Amputation' has already been revealed and is available on Youtube.

http://thejesusandmarychain.uk.com



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