Alphabeat! *muted applause*

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Unexpectedly my Pitchfork review of Alphabeat has gone up!

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/144636-alphabeat-this-is-alphabeat

Feel free to castigate me if this has been up on Poptimists before, but this is the Pete Hammond remix of "Boyfriend", pointed out to me by koganbot (who reps for the superb longer - oh, what the hell, call it by its name, TWELVE INCH - version). It's my favourite Alphabeat thing.

now 69

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

I have a horrible cold, which I am going to blame for my somehow completely breaking the original poll posted for this. Now 69, released last year at a guess, is a place of amazing heights and terrifying pits below them. H"two"O and Platnum do dance routines in school uniform and Katie Melua duets with the dead, Rihanna samples Michael Jackson and Scouting For Girls reference Elvis, Taio Cruz and Luciana break into the charts and Nickelback make a comeback. Swings and roundabouts.

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