2008-02-22

skool me on these ppl and their choons

this is the klaxons (apols lex) bugged out mix.

01 Luke Vibert: "Breakbeat Metal Music" **
02 The L Bit: "Tasty" *
03 Pedro Campos: "Butterfly"
04 Markus Lange & Daniel Dexter: "Shooting Tigers (Play Paul remix)" ***
05 Johannes Hell: "Artology" **
06 Overnoise: "Dry" ***
07 Blende: "Breaking Bones" **
08 Friendly: "Ride Baby Ride (Strip mix)"
09 Da Boogie Boys: "Audiotonique" ***
10 The Chemical Brothers: "It Doesn't Matter"
11 Justice: "Stress"
12 Mogg & Naudascher: "Moon Unit Part 1"
13 Klaxons: "It's Not Over Yet (Brondski remix, with Aleister Crowley's 666)

i bought it last year and some time last week i realised i was starting to play it over and over. I have marked * tracks i am mad keen on that i have never heard of before.

obv i am fmailiar with chems, justice and a bit of Luke V. But tell me about the rest.

John Peel (Slight Return)

Remember all that John Peel talk on Poptimists last week?

Here's my latest Pitchfork column which is what it was all in aid of really.

Entry tags:

pop trumps

POP TRUMPS: Week 6

The rules are here but it couldn't be simpler. 10 is the highest, 0 is the lowest, if you really don't know then go for 5. Giving reasons for your scores in the comments is encouraged!

These girls were the very first

poptimists canon victims just over two years ago. Since then they've acquired a new member, scored another number one, and secured themselves a firm place in the poptimst bosom. Hurhurhur I said bosom. But how good are they at being popstars? Only you can decide!

( Train comes and I know its destination )
Backstreet Boys ratings:
- Singing voice/musical ability: 7
- Consistency: 6
- H0TTness: 4
- Dancing Skillz/Visual: 7
- Chart success: 8
- Extra-curricular activity: 3
- Party Animal Rating: 4
- Eccentricity: 3
- Legacy: 6
- Best track: Everybody (Backstreet's Back)
- Botherdness rating: 23

Is Bassline Going Down The Toilet?

The grubby truth