The month in pop: JANUARY

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Haven't had one of these for a while!

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As ever, the definition of 'new' is fully open to interpretation. If it's new to you, that counts! Expanding your answer in the comments is warmly encouraged.

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[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Here's the Shystie track btw:

[koganbot]

Here's the Jenna track, btw, misattributed to Cassie, for whom Jenna supposedly wrote it; unless it's not Jenna but instead is Aubrey O'Day formerly of Danity Kane, as some people claim (though this doesn't seem to be Aubrey's voice)

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

amnesia is, as i have said elsewhere, the best song on 'circus' by roughly four million miles. it sounds like 'hey mickey' remixed by tv on the radio with perky snow-synths and awesome literal-interpretation of a stuttering reference, which is always good.

and yes, i did only hear in january because i am the slowest person ever.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

catsgomiaow - they played a track off the Booka Shade album in last night's CSI:Original! It was a pleasant surprise :)

Doper Than Amy

[koganbot]

Relatively new to the world as well as to me (released or leaked within the last six months or so):
Jenna "Soldier 4 Your Love"
Cassie "Summer Charm"
Rich Boy "Drop"
Federation & TNT (Timberlee) "Heels"
Nicki Minaj "Beam Me Up Scotty"
Pink "Could've Had Everything"
Federation & TNT (Timberlee & Tifa) "Kuff"

New to me (older stuff):
CSS "Fuckoff Is Not The Only Thing You Have To Show"
David Guetta f. Cozi "Baby When The Light"
Raf "Self Control"

Inspirational verse from Nicki Minaj:
"I just found out that I was doper than Amy
Winehouse, maybe"

Every Obama needs a Michelle

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I posted (http://community.livejournal.com/poptimists/664672.html) the Nicki Minaj and Crazy Cousinz tracks which are leading my singles of the year. Re: long players - Fever Ray, the Timberlee/Tifa/Natalie Storm mixtape, Anthony Hamilton and Scarface held over from Dec. Other notables:

Jim Jones ft. Ryan Leslie - Precious [that bluesy guitar line running through it is so addictive]



Electrik Red - We Fuck You [attn whorepop fans! This is The-Dream's new R&B girl group; 'Drink In My Cup' and 'Freaky Freaky' are great too]



Busta Rhymes ft. Young Jeezy & Jadakiss - Conglomerate



Jay Rock ft. Lil' Wayne - All My Life [good-times hip-hop which I mentally file alongside Estelle's '1980']



Ciara - Rattla ["I know you ride the beat when you recline that seat..."]

[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

I'll go to bat for pretty much the whole Ryan Leslie album, which is like the first half of the Cassie album half defrosted, replaced with a standard pre-Ne-Yo Gentleman wooing in the traditional manner. Flies low and steady, might sorta betray Ryan as a huge dork, which isn't so much endearing as a non-issue. He's kinda boring anyway.

"that african dude"

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

being Esau Mwamwaya (http://www.myspace.com/theverybestmyspace), and apparently it came out in october, but still i only heard it a few weeks ago. Sorry Esau.


Sesau.

End of '08

[koganbot]

Since we haven't done this for a while, here's my list for the last couple of months of '08:

Britney Spears "Kill The Lights"
Britney Spears "Unusual You"
Taylor Swift "You're Not Sorry"
Buraka Som Sistema f. Deize Tigrona "Aqui Para Voces"
Paris Hilton "My BFF"
Nappy Roots "Intro"
Jessica Mauboy f. Flo Rida "Running Back"
James McMurtry "Bayou Tortous"
Demi Lovato "The Middle"
Cassie "Activate"
Will Young "Grace"
Randy Houser "Something Real"

Do not click if you hate glitchcore

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Also I know no-one else likes Dutch fart'n'bass with extra schaffel but this is pretty good: Noisia - Machine Gun (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejOm1V0Qpvk) (alas not a Portishead cover).

[jel-bugle.livejournal.com]

Enslaved - The Watcher - I love this song because it's brutal but with a sheen of gentleness...kinda like watching a rough sea from a warm window.

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[koganbot]

Kat, you might want to also tag this "round-up," since that's what most similar threads get tagged, though a few others get tagged "month in pop," and for all I know there's yet a third designation.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

January tends to be just a catch-up only month for me so this month is about:

Arms - pretty much every remix (t)he(y) did last year
Weezy - only just getting into the LP (not unusual for me to get into LPs 6-9 months after many others e.g. same thing happened with Studio)
Royksopp - Happy Up Here (sounds like they're back with no real surprises - fine by me :)
Fever Ray
Danity Kane
Lone - Orange Tree (a happier, funkier BOC - or at least a happier, funkier Prefuse...)
Friendly Fires - Jump In The Pool, Paris (FF Remix)
Ultramix 08 natch
golden oldies on Spotify
the credits theme to s1 of The Wire (lovely and reminds me of Sabres Of Paradise!)

haven't had home internet for a few weeks so harder than usual to check new stuff (of which there is TOO MUCH ;_;)