Another Year In Pop: 20

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Madge is knocked off the top again - this time not by German hyperbosh but by some shouty indie-pop! Meanwhile, Ashlee and Santogold are still climbing, Chanelle Off Big Brother's debut single goes in at no.63 and Snap's 'Rhythm Is A Dancer' pops up at 71 due to this...

[Poll #1190243]

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[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Ting Tings - not convinced with this yet. She's not... snarly enough? I dunno. It might grow on me I guess.

Rihanna - I like her hairdo, v Whitney! She actually has some facial expressions going on there as well! Not sure about the lipstick though. Oh right, the song - sadly this isn't a Madge cover (I think she'd do that quite well) and is way down the Swedes-do-Ne-Yo ballad pecking order after eg Irreplaceable.

Taio Cruz - Is he actually sampling 'Pure Shores' here? Nothing on the credits, blimey that's really quite blatant. I like his voice but no tick here.

Royworld - Keane without the tunes. Potential here but they need get some better production in here to spice it up a bit.

Lil' Wayne - Not sure about this one either, it's a bit too sleazy.

FOB/Mayer - This song is so good that it would be worth a tick even if Sandi Thom was doing it. As it is, Fall Out Boy make a good fist of it (guitar solo excepted).

[infov0re.livejournal.com]

Yes, but the guitar solo is John Mayer's fault, so FOB emerge relatively unscathed. Also, Patrick wears a hat in the video.

[koganbot]

I like the solo. Worth noting that guitar soloist is bass player's wife's sister's ex.