April/May round-up

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

How on earth is it JUNE already?

[Poll #1409769]

As usual, 'new' is open to interpretation. Feel free to put your top 10s in the comments etc.

Poll update: Nominations now CLOSED for the best song of 2000. I promise to go back and check all 13493 comments on the original post AGAIN in case I missed anything :-)

Comments

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

COMBINATION PIZZA HUT AND TACO BELL.

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

The Jazmine Sullivan album is well good too innit. Also, this is in a close FITE with Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell-

[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

OH MY GOD THIS IS SO GOOD. Did it just come out or what?

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

The Dabhi/Mosesto? I've been hearing it a lot on dance shows. It is basically very awesome.

[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

I meant the Pizza Hut/Taco Bell, though the other one is quite awesome, too.

[koganbot]

Even though the sound has goth-dance tendencies, this basically reminds me of stuff like Flipper's "Sex Bomb" and the Descendents' "Weinerschnitzel."

[koganbot]

Das Racist's MySpace page, if that sheds any light. The version here is more techno rap than the Wallpaper remix. Das Racist cite Eminem as an influence and say they sound like Asher Roth. They seem to be serious about that, in fact tend to basically be hip-hop. The remix came out in late March, I think. Kat found it in late April. Here's what claims to be the world premier of the remix, but it's not.

Here's their video for "Chicken and Meat."

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

Does ciara rly have a song called like a surgeon?

The-Dream running tings in 09

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

it is ALL ABOUT these two albums




if you haven't heard them, you 100% need to.

Re: The-Dream running tings in 09

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

Srsly need to hear 'How To Be A Lady vol. 1' DAMN YOU, SKY, CONNECT MY BROADBAND.

[koganbot]

Stuff that's new to me and relatively new to the world, as well:
The Lonely Island "I'm On A Boat" (is several months old, but I took a while to realize how good it is)
Das Racist "Combination Pizza Hut And Taco Bell (Wallpaper remix)"
Röyksopp f. Robyn "The Girl And The Robot"
Hilary Duff "Any Other Day"
Adam Lambert "Mad World"
Champion DJ "Baako" (don't know what year it's from)
Jim Jones "Na Na Nana Na Na"
Sarah Buxton "Space" (like "I'm On A Boat," "Space" is a few months old but took a while to hit me)
3OH!3 "Don't Trust Me"
Nikki Awesome "You Say (It Was Supposed To Be)"
Sean Kingston "Fire Burning"
K'naan f. Chubb Rock "ABC's"
Sarah Borges And The Broken Singles "Do It For Free"
Marie Serneholt "Disconnect Me"
Alexander Rybak "Fairytale"
Tommy Sparks "She's Got Me Dancing"
Veronica Maggio "Stopp"
Rascal Flatts "Summer Nights"
Electrik Red "Electrik City"

Stuff that's old to some of the world but new to me:
Bill Withers "Who Is He And What Is He To You?"
Michael Jackson "Ain't No Sunshine"
Lexxus "Let Those Monkeys Out"
Lexxus "Ring Me Cellie"
Lexxus "Yuh Nah"
Strings "Yeh Hai Meri Kahani"

Song Of The Year So Far (released):
Shystie f. DJ Deekline "New Style"

Song Of The Year So Far (leaked):
Cassie "Summer Charm"

[koganbot]

Oops! I forgot that Dave posted last night that "Electrik City" is three years old.

Combination Songs List And Albums List (Wallpaper Mix)

[koganbot]

OK, here are my top ten songs so far this year:
Cassie "Summer Charm" (leaked)
Jenna "Soldier 4 Your Love" (leaked)
Shystie f. DJ Deekline "New Style"
The Black Eyed Peas "Boom Boom Pow"
Love And Theft "Runaway"
MC Lars f. Brett Anderson & Gabe Saporta "Hey There Ophelia"
The Lonely Island "I'm On A Boat"
Timberlee f. Tosh "Heels"
Rich Boy "Drop"
Das Racist "Combination Pizza Hut And Taco Bell (Wallpaper remix)"

Top five albums:
Lily Allen It's Not Me, It's You
The-Dream Love Vs. Money
Ashley Monroe Satisfied
Yeah Yeah Yeahs It's Blitz!
Federation Presents TNT (Timberlee, Natalie Storm & Tifa): Three The Hard Way

So far I've only listened to about a quarter of How To Be A Lady Volume 1.

I first got the promo for the Ashley Monroe album in early 2006; it was finally officially released last week, though digital only.

I hope that at least seven albums I've yet to hear are in my top ten by the end of the year.

Re: Combination Songs List And Albums List (Wallpaper Mix)

[edgeofwhatever.livejournal.com]

Whoa, I've been waiting for that Ashley Monroe album for years. On iTunes?

Re: Combination Songs List And Albums List (Wallpaper Mix)

[koganbot]

Xhuxk posted the press release on Rolling Country. It says "all major digital outlets":

Nashville, TN (May 18th) – SONY has announced that it will release the original Columbia Records version of Ashley Monroe's Satisfied album on May 19th at all major digital outlets. The project, produced by Mark Wright, was sidelined during the original Sony BMG merger. "I was resigned to the idea that this record would never be released," explained singer/songwriter Ashley Monroe. "I'm very proud of the album we made."

Monroe continues to make impressive strides as both a singer and songwriter. She joined forces with Ronnie Dunn of Brooks & Dunn on the self-penned "I Don't Want To," which garnered an Academy of Country Music nomination for Vocal Event and also scored a #1 CMT Video. In November 2008 she was invited by Jack White to join the Raconteurs on a re-make of their song "Old Enough," which was documented in a short film and video by acclaimed photographer and filmmaker Autumn De Wilde. The project was widely praised and led to other Monroe collaborations with members of the group.

Ashley Monroe has established herself as a talented songwriter with recent cuts by Nora Jones, Carrie Underwood, Jason Aldean and Kelly Pickler. She writes for Wrensong music publishing and is currently writing for her next recording project. Look for Ashley this summer as she joins Jewel on her July west coast tour dates.

Satisfied can be heard at:

http://www.ilike.com/artist/Ashley+Monroe+Music

[chuckeddy.livejournal.com]

My top 20 singles as right this very second (including several that actually existed in some version or other prior to January 1, 2009, but what the heck):

1. Jamey Johnson – “High Cost Of Living”
2. Love and Theft – “Runaway”
3. Nicki Minaj – “Beam Me Up Scotty”
4. Das Racist – “Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell (Wallpaper Remix)”
5. Rascal Flatts – “Summer Nights”
6. Timberlee feat. Tosh – “Heels”
7. Chuck Brown feat. DJ Kool – “Block Party”
8. John Rich – “Shuttin’ Detroit Down”
9. Taylor Swift – “You Belong With Me”
10. Floyd Taylor --- “Southern Soul Party”
11. Florence and the Machine – “Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)”
12. The Lonely Island feat. T-Pain – “I’m On A Boat”
13. Cauldron – “Chained Up In Chains”
14. Charlie Wilson – “There Goes My Baby”
15. The Flatlanders – “Homeland Refugee”
16. Kenny Chesney – “Out Last Night”
17. Caitlin & Will – “Even Now”
18. Clipse feat. Kanye West – “Kinda Like A Big Deal”
19. Shystie feat. DJ Deekline – “New Style”
20. Lady Gaga – “Pokerface”

My Top 20 albums as of right now (including lots of music that existed long before January 1 in some form or other):

1. Benny – Amigo Charly Brown: Die Hits Von Gestern Und Auch Heut (Alaska reissue)
2. (Various Artists) – The Chiswick Story, Part 1 (Ace reissue)
3. (Various Artists) – Ze Records 1979 – 2009 (Strut reissue)
4. (Various Artists) – Fly Girls!: B-Boys Beware: Revenge Of The Super Female Rappers! (Soul Jazz reissue)
5. Richard Thompson – Walking On A Wire Discs One And Two (Shout! Factory promo reissue)
6. The Scene Is Now – Tonight We Ride (Lexicon Devil reissue)
7. Collin Raye – Never Going Back (Time Life)
8. Uz Jsme Doma – Cod-Liver Oil (Skoda)
9. Sigh – Imaginary Soundscape (The End reissue)
10. Mighty Kong – All I Wanna Do Is Rock (Aztec Music reissue)
11. K’Naan – Troubador (A&M)
12. Lady GaGa – The Fame (Streamline/Interscope/Kohnlive/Cherrytree)
13. The Last Vegas – Whatever Gets You Off (Eleven Seven)
14. Jono El Grande – Neo Dada (Rune Grammofon)
15. Death – …For The Whole World To See (Drag City reissue)
16. Zero Boys – Vicious Circle (Secretly Canadian reissue)
17. Faust – C’est Com…Com…Complique (Bureau)
18. Buraka Som Sistema – Black Diamond (Fabric)
19. Pat Green – What I’m For (BNA)
20. Dirty Little Rabbits – Simon (The End EP)

Which is to say that my #1 album of the year (if I were to do a top 10 right now) might actually be #7 on the list above. Unless I decided to do something weird, which I might this year. Confusing!

[mindtaker-cro.livejournal.com]

april/may discoveries top 15:

1. Tynisha Keli - Hype Me
2. Ms Alysha & Peter Ram - Coming Down
3. Erphaan Alves - You're the One
4. Markus Homm, Mihai Popoviciu & Jay Bliss - Bis Co
5. Black Eyed Peas feat. 50 Cent - Boom Boom Pow (Boys Noize Remix)
6. Audio Werner - Easygoing
7. Moulinex - Lover in Me
8. Pixie Lott - Mama Do (Linus Loves Remix)
9. Sean Kingston - Fire Burning
10. Beyonce - Ego
11. Keri Hilson feat. Timbaland - Return the Favor (A4 Latin House Mix)
12. Jamie Jones - You!
13. Teairra Mari feat. Kanye West - Diamonds
14. Kelly Rowland - Love Me Better
15. Katy Perry - Waking Up in Vegas (Manhattan Clique Edit)

[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

Hm, haven't done this yet, so Singles of the Year So Far (still need to think about these a bunch):

1. T.I. - Shit Popped Off
2. Lonely Island f. T-Pain - I'm on a Boat
3. Jamie Foxx f. T-Pain - Blame It
4. Das Racist - Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell (Wallpaper remix)
5. Demi Lovato - Behind Enemy Lines
6. KIG - Head Shoulders Kneez and Toez
7. Robin Thicke - Dreamworld
8. Priscilla Renea f. Akorn - Emergency Room
9. Medina - Kun for Mig
10. Maia Hirasawa - South Again

depressing quantities of la roux

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

10. Mista Bishi- Printer Jam (Barbarix Remix)
9. La Roux- In For The Kill (Skream's Let's Get Ravey Remix) <-- would be three places higher if 12" version ever emerges
8. La Roux- Bulletproof (Foamo Remix)
7. Isis- 20 minutes/40 years
6. Jamie T- Sticks & Stones
5. Florence & The Machine- Rabbit Heart (Lionheart Remix)
4. Silversun Pickups- Catch And Release
3. Mastodon- The Czar
2. Jay Dabhi & Moises Modesto- Cry For Freedom
1. Das Racist- Combination Pizza Hut & Taco Bell (Wallpaper RMX)

I would, I have concluded, actually pay quite a lot of money (which on my salary means 'about three quid') on a La Roux remixes album. Ellie's vocals are annoying in the context of stupid blippy crapness but when Skream or Zinc or Foamo get their hands on things, they turn into those Euphoric Trance vocals like eg: 'It's My Turn' by whoever that was by. Raven Maize? Probably not.

Someone has sampled 'Saturday Night' by Whigfield. It is all over Starz, which is sort of like a low-rent version of a low-rent music channel. It makes me die a little inside.

Of course I haven't actually heard any new albums for nearly two months now so the competition is still pretty open and, as you can probably tell, entirely dominated by things Nerm & D-Code and the lovely Bailey play on their lovely late-night BOSH shows wot I can stream off the iPlayer at werk.