A Year In Pop: 27

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

A slightly belated run-down of this week's new entries, polled more out of duty than excitement this week I have to admit (tho I haven't heard most of these). Shower them with your ticks (or just tick one of the last two boxen and be done with it).

[Poll #1019347]

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Doves don't wear shoes

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

On listening thru via YouTube Timbaland and Bobby is the only one getting an extra tick (Puffy got one anyway) - it always threatens to turn into something amazing but doesn't really do it. Still good tho.

The others - in order of closeness to tickage.

New Young Pony Club - I quite fancy the keyboard player on the video BUT this is just a bit too blank and cynical to get a tick despite its discoishness. Enjoy yrselves more!!

Interpol - I don't actually HATE them but I can't imagine what anyone gets out of them. "Soulless and stylised" sounds like a put-on, Lex, sorry. As usual they run out of song well before they run out of time.

Tashbed - Really not getting the love for this - she's a rotten singer and this is a dreary whinge.

Alibi vs Rockefeller - even I'm not going to hand a tick to this tripe.

Mesh 29 - the only clip I can find is an awful open air live performance which seems to be attended by nobody. Very poor indeed, I assume there's a local fanbase been mobilised somewhere, or it's Prince Harry's indie side project or something.

Re: Doves don't wear shoes

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Natasha B sings as though she's only just got back from a good bracing run - her breathlessness really grates by the end of the album but on a song-by-song basis tends to emphasise her words-just-spilling-out-of-my-mouth quality

Re: Doves don't wear shoes

[barrysarll.livejournal.com]

Interesting take on NYPC - I like them precisely because, unlike all the other 'sexy' synth acts who come across as impossibly detached, NYPC seem to actually be having fun.