Another Year In Pop: 15

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Swedish dance-popper September and much-hyped indieists the Black Kids lead off this week's slim crop.

[Poll #1170840]

MOREGAFUN: If you rush to Freaky Trigger you might just be able to vote in Russia vs Spain - trans-pacific electropop from Oskar and the "Mexican Busted" doing battle. Also Czech Yeh-Yeh vs Portugese Sunshine Indie, and posted later today we'll have Turkey vs Switzerland.

Comments

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

September - good sample use + terrifying woman rehashing the Tron video (tho there's another no-budget version where its just her in a cloak) = I am bound to like this. And I do!

Black Kids - this could be a lot worse but his voice is k annoying. I just can't deal with that Flaming Lips-lite American-psych-rock wail these days. And I don't like the way the video is all blurry at the sides. The tune is alright though? Hmmm borderline non-tick.

Elliot Minor - this has a BRILLIANT intro, proper Bill'n'Ted WILD STALLYNS twiddle-iddle-oo, but the subsequent song disappoints on all counts. It's the best thing I've heard by them, but McFly do this sort of thing much better.

LotSP - crikey an indie supergroup. Him out of the Arctic Monkeys and some other dude have done a Shadows-esque mariachi Bond theme and I quite like it! There's a good video too (http://youtube.com/watch?v=XGV8xCkpXjE). Definite tick.

will.i.am - this is the first thing of will's that I haven't liked in AAAAAGES. Turgid reworking of 'I Will Survive', Cheryl adds little or nothing. Utterly pointless.

Cahill - uber-ghey disco-me-up. This sounds just like that last Kylie single which was kind of bobbins. Not bad, just boring.