We’ve got playlists for today – the most rap-heavy day of the current poll! – but also another crowdsourcing opportunity. I’m still looking for big name 21st century covers of 20th century hits but today I’m after tracks for the second extra group – songs about the Internet! They have to be from the year 2000 or after, though (sorry “E-Mail My Heart”). Suggest some in the comments!
Now those playlists:
Cut Copy Me is a great shout but also pretty much a lock for Late Work (I'd assume!)
+1 for Bo Burnham and The Chats suggestions above . Alex Cameron has a few songs about seedy internet types, maybe True Lies is the most directly about the internet. Slightly more abstract but […]
The following songs aren't necessarily all good, but they did force their way into my head when I saw this post, so it'd be rude of me not to mention them: 'Boten Anna' by Basshunter, 'Too Many […]
Friendly Fires - Offline (delightful but may not count as it's really about disconnecting from the cyberdome maaan)
ARIANA GRANDE - "Into You" (YouTube)
VV BROWN - "Shark In The Water" (YouTube)
WILL YOUNG - "Jealousy" (YouTube)
JOHN GRANT - "GMF" (YouTube)
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That Ariana song exceeds it's brief to be a sexy dancefloor slinkover song, great stuff.
Ah turns out this is not the case - can't see why it wouldn't work from here. Quick test... Ordered list test: List item 1List item 2List item 3Unordered list test: List item 1List item 2List […]
Tough to choose between Peak Ariana, Peak Will Young & the beautiful John Grant one, but in this case my personal tiebreak rule of 'does it have Sinead O'Connor on backing harmonies'? decides it […]
Oh, I don’t suspect Will Young of anything, other than needing votes!
It’s today’s only Curated Group! This one comes from Al K (@housetoastonish on Twitter) and I believe it’s unthemed.
SUGABABES - "About You Now" (YouTube)
HALEY BONAR - "Kismet Kill" (YouTube)
DOOMTREE - "Team The Best Team" (YouTube)
BETH JEANS HOUGHTON - "Liliputt" (YouTube)
Doomtree my favourite by a long distance.
See my response to qosephine.
The two songs share a producer.. […]
Doomtree, I guess? Nothing inspiring in this one.
SPOON - "You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb" (YouTube)
DEERHUNTER - "Helicopter" (YouTube)
CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH - "Satan Said Dance" (YouTube)
THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS - "The Laws Have Changed" (YouTube)
I like this spoon track but prefer them in a slightly more downbeat mode. The other songs are new to me, quite like Satan Said Dance.
Now this? This is a damn good group. Three classics plus a vaguely acceptable Clap You Hands And Say "Annoying Band Name" filler track."The Laws Have Changed" might be the definitive New […]
That CYHSY album back to back with Flaming Lips' 'At War With The Mystics' made me really cautious about Dave Fridmann-produced albums. Just two of the most viscerally unpleasant-sounding albums I […]
I liked Spoon carrying on the long indie tradition of sounding a bit Phil Spector. Deerhunter sound better than I remember, a bit more listenable. I’m sure Satan is saying ‘yes, what do you want? […]
RENISS - "La Sauce" (YouTube)
BNEGAO & SELETORES DE FREQUENCIA - "Essa E Pra Tocar No Baile" (YouTube)
ALEJANDRO Y MARIA LAURA - "Aguita Del Equilibrio" (YouTube)
NINE - "BeyOnd" (YouTube)
"Agüita del Equilibrio" was such a surprising and lovely tune. Took me down a rabbit hole where I found out they released an album this year. I love it when this happens.
The same thinking guided my vote. The first three songs are all strong though.
No sure if I nominated Animal Chuki a couple of years ago. We've also had Dengue Dengue Dengue. Not sure who was first.
This was a good group of songs! I enjoyed the laid back flow from Nine. I think La Sauce was the best song here, and I hope it goes a long way in the poll
PENELOPE ISLES - "Chlorine" (YouTube)
THE MAUSKOVIC DANCE BAND - "The Opposite" (YouTube)
DUMMY - "Daffodils" (YouTube)
FREEZEPOP - "Duct Tape My Heart" (YouTube)
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Felt like MDB were streets ahead here - big apologies to its nominator but Freezepop’s twee romance is the track I’m currently least looking forward to hearing again in R1…
Already knew the MDB; it’s fine. We’ve had a Penelope Isles song before in a poll, right? I liked that one and this one’s good too. But it was hard to see past Freezepop here, and now of course I’m […]
Apologies to our NOMINATORS here cos I forgot to credit them in the post! Corrected now.