Best Albums of 2009 The Sounds in My Head: A Music Podcast Featuring Songs and Bands You Might Have Missed Word The Cat » november mixed Posted by Chris on November 16, 2009 at 10:13 am this autumn’s mix comes with more repetition than usual. wordthecat – autumn 09 tracklist: alex leon – instant grey ben klock – ok takaaaki – kibune (break) cooly g – oh boy flsh – mexico (martin schulte cold version) zomby – firefly finale basic soul unit – things pass (original mix) joy orbison – hyph mngo vybz kartel – yuh love (prod. dre skull) roska – sheppard john daly – monsoon j axel – as deep as it gets lelethu – ndinomsindo (rocco dub mix) marcel dettmann – helix
stereomood – emotional internet radio - music for my mood and activities The Best Tracks of 2009... Or rather, my favourites, your favourites and this year-end listopocalypse! Somewhere, not far from this blog, lists are being made and totals are being totted up. They're being double-checked and ratified... It's coming to that moleskin Almanac time of year again. A time when everything has to be wrapped in a ribbon and buried in a capsule of time to ensure the world of music can take stock and move on. Who will top the lists? Oh to be able to step back and see it as the ramshackle folly that it really is - a marketing exercise. If all this sounds obvious so far, that's because it is. I wish I could believe that a year will end without the muddled but prevailing 'popular things are popular' mentality. Instead of people people telling you why one album is important, huddles of staff members pick lists and totals are totted up - no-one's personal favourite album of the year ever making the top 5 or getting the time to shine that they believe it deserves (else Panda Bear woulda topped the 2007 DiS list). Anyway, without further ado... My Songs of the Year
El Maalem Mahmoud Gania Here you can download some of the greatest gnawa music ever recorded: Soiree au Canada, by the King El Maalem Mahmoud Gania.My mom got this tape in 1978 - I was not born yet - during a trip to Morocco, where gnawa spirit and music are rooted. This may be already familiar to western audience, as Jace Clayton prophetically referred back in 2007 on his blog: Gnawa music has flourished in the Western imagination completely out-of-scale with its popularity in Morocco, partly because of the basslines which can be appreciated in a dubby/reggae context by Western ears, and partly because of its backstory — the music of African slaves in the Maghreb, colonial music in the truest sense, Afro-Arab, ritual sounds used to cure snakebites & heal & cast out ill spirits in all-night ceremonies, etc. I'd like to share this by the way and even to think about my mom while was choosing this tape at the Marrakech bazaar, completely unaware she was buying a rare piece of trance inducing music.
Hyperdub label celebrates fifth birthday The thing DJ, producer, writer and academic Steve Goodman wants you to know about his record label is that it's not really a record label: it's a virus. "That's the way I understand music culture. There's a history of music, particularly dub and reggae, being described as a virus – Hyperdub is a mutation of British electronic music, infected by Jamaican soundsystem culture: from dub and reggae, through jungle, right up to grime, dubstep and funky. It's a way of thinking about how musical change and evolution takes place." The label that brought Burial to the world is now celebrating five years of these mutations with a double-CD compilation of new and classic material, called simply Hyperdub 5 – spanning the various genres mentioned above, as well as lots of gloriously twisted electronic music so new that it has yet to take a street name. 'It's like hearing circuitry cry' 'I've always been fascinated by these little squiggly synths …that hyper-coloured sound' Ikonika: Please (2008)
Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Videos Big Boi – Shine Blockas (ft. Gucci Mane) at Pretty Much Amazing! Just as it’s big cousin “Int’l Players Anthem” did so well not but two years ago, Big Boi’s Hail Mary, fourth-quarter whopper “Shine Blockas” has arrived not a moment too soon, hell-bent on royally fucking up your 2009 best-of list. – Pitchfork And royally fucked up my 2009 best-of list, it did. I believe there isn’t much to say about “Shine Blockas,” except maybe, “thank you Big Boi for giving me everything I ever wanted in a rap song.” Big Boi has proven to be one of the most prolific MCs I’ve ever come across. Taking a break from his partner in crime, Andre 3000, Big Boi plans on releasing his debut album, Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty… eventually. But for now, listen “Shine,” it’s a killer. Big Boi – Shine Blockas (ft.
Luke Haines on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Videos 3 News > Entertainment > Story > Lawrence Arabia wins Silver Scroll for 2009 By Tova O'Brien and Dan Satherley Lawrence Arabia, aka James Milne, tonight won the coveted Silver Scroll award, for the best NZ-penned song of the year. He won it for his song 'Apple Pie Bed', which was co-written by the Phoenix Foundation's Luke Buda. The Apra Silver Scrolls have been honouring the country's most talented songwriters for 44 years now, and the night is one of the most important on the New Zealand music industry calendar. Four hundred songs were entered for this year's awards. That number was whittled down to 20 by a secret panel of five songwriters. This year's top five were Shane Carter's 'Degrees of Existence', Jess Chambers' 'Island', James Milne aka Lawrence Arabia for 'Apple Pie Bed', Phil Madsen for Dancing on the Moon' and pop quintet Midnight Youth for their song 'The Letter'. 3 News Watch the clip from Nightline until the end for the music video to 'Apple Pie Bed'.
songs:illinois » Music Blog, MP3 Downloads, Reviews The Chills NZ On Screen - Heavenly Pop Hits - The Flying Nun Story Skip to content Register Registering with NZ On Screen means you can: save favourites comment on and discuss titles receive updates via email about what's happening in the site – if you want to Register now We won't share your data with anyone (see our Privacy Policy) and we won't spam you. Close Main navigation You are here: Home › Watch › Television › Heavenly Pop Hits - The Flying Nun Story Heavenly Pop Hits - The Flying Nun Story Television, 2002 (Documentary, Music) In this section <div class='widget_title_videoplayer'><div class='form_messages'><div><div><h2 class='h2'> Video Player </h2><p class='error'> Please enable javascript </p><p> NZ On Screen makes use of JavaScript to present video. Share this by email High Low Clips (7) Heavenly Pop Hits (clip 1) Part one of six from this full length documentary. Synopsis This documentary tells the story of the legendary Flying Nun music label up to its 21st birthday. Credits (14) Mitchell Hawkes Director Jill Graham Producer Sam Blackley Producer