Playlist time for today’s matches, with more titans clashing in the headline group and no less than 3 Curated Groups too. One quirk of today is that a lot of tracks – 5 out of 20! – are only in the YT playlist.
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M83 - "Midnight City" (YouTube)
YEAH YEAH YEAHS - "Zero" (YouTube)
ROYKSOPP ft ROBYN - "The Girl And The Robot" (YouTube)
THE KNIFE - "Silent Shout" (YouTube)
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Semi-finalists in 4-letter-words (Aug/Sep 2021) and 2022 (Jan of this year). Only equal or better from C21 are: Wet Leg (2 RU, 1 QF) Outkast (1 RU, 1 SF) Beyonce (1 RU, 1 QF) MGMT (2 SF)
I just feel they've come so close to winning (getting in Polhalla) without getting there (unless they did win before I showed up)
Not sure I get the bridesmaids reference... they're one of only five acts I can find with two C21 songs in Pollhalla already*. None of their opponents here have even one. Though three of those […]
The YYYs being bridesmaids so many times makes me vote their way (to likely be bridesmaids again.) That M83 song has been used in too many commercials/interstitial bits of music in the US to hold […]
GLEE CAST - "Rumour Has It/Someone Like You" (YouTube)
CAM - "Diane" (YouTube)
THE ORGAN - "Brother" (YouTube)
SNOW PATROL - "How To Be Dead" (YouTube)
Me, a music expert: "Oh, this Someone Like You song's quite nice, I wonder who it's by."
I think I mentioned this in a previous poll, but there's an unrecognized but distinct Scottish Sound that forms a throughline in 21st century rock, encompassing the likes of Frightened Rabbit, The […]
Boy my relationship with Glee was a real rocky one but Amber Riley and Naya Rivera (RIP) could be relied on for strong performances long after the writing had completely fallen off a cliff (or maybe […]
If you needed any proof that "Rumor Has It" is Adele's all-time greatest banger, not even "Glee" could ruin it.
THE BOYBOY WEST COAST - "U Was At The Club (Bottoms Up)" (YouTube)
LIVING LEGENDS - "After Hours (Euro Extended Mix)" (YouTube)
TATA YOUNG - "Sexy, Naughty, Bitchy" (YouTube)
BULLION - "Blue Pedro" (YouTube)
I can… totally hear this! Wow.
This is precisely why I nominated this song.
YES I VOTED BULLION.
Bullion has a math rock vibe going on. I can specifically hear Battles covering this song.
ΣTELLA - "Up And Away" (YouTube)
BUFFALO DAUGHTER - "Cyclic" (YouTube)
MUSCLES - "Sweaty" (YouTube)
MARGARET BERGER - "Robot Song" (YouTube)
Nice to see 'Up And Away' with a fighting chance here. It's mostly about that chord change on the third bar of the chorus elevating it substantially, up and away from my usual dislike of such […]
I think the mid-'00s marked a quiet revolution where the base Oz music sound ceased to be pub rock and turned into big-tune indie dance: all emerging around this time were Cut Copy, The Presets, Van […]
shout-out to Muscles for being the only act I have ever personally seen graduate from teenage message board troll to charting / internationally touring musician under the same login name* ** *one […]
I would strongly campaign against Metal Mickey as it’s just trying to woo the robot vote without actually being about robots or by robots. I guess in reality the Drake AI thing would win World Cup […]
JOHNNY BOY - "You Are The Generation That Bought More Shoes And You Get What You Deserve" (YouTube)
GANG GANG DANCE - "Adult Goth" (YouTube)
THE JUAN MACLEAN - "The Sun Will Never Set On Our Love" (YouTube)
CORNERSHOP - "What Did The Hippie Have In His Bag?" (YouTube)
The extreme closeness of the 2nd places here reminds me I should put up a note on an admin post about the special rules for tie resolution rules this poll...!
Another great group, another 10 minute banger.
That's a hopeful sign in that it suggests music is actually moving and changing at least. I was similarly startled by the extreme tens-ness of the Charli/Tove/etc group. […]
I voted for Juan Maclean because I listened to that album a lot when it came out but I have to admit, both it and Gang Gang Dance sounded incredibly dated to me. I forget now where I first heard the […]