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Modern Qualifier 27 – CURATED by Al K
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— 18 May 2023 Tom

It’s today’s only Curated Group! This one comes from Al K (@housetoastonish on Twitter) and I believe it’s unthemed.

  1. A UK No.1 and the biggest hit of the “Amelle era”. From 2007’s Change.
  2. From the singer-songwriter’s 2016 Impossible Dream LP.
  3. From the Twin Cities hip-hop collective’s 2011 LP No Kings.
  4. A 2011 single with her band the Hooves Of Destinty.
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wmterhaar   19 months ago

Doomtree my favourite by a long distance.

koganbot   19 months ago

See my response to qosephine.

koganbot   19 months ago

The two songs share a producer.. […]

Hunter Felt   19 months ago

Doomtree, I guess? Nothing inspiring in this one.

Modern Qualifier 28 – Spoon, Deerhunter, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, New Pronographers
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— 18 May 2023 Tom
  1. From the Pitchfork favourites’ 2007 LP Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga. It’s a Bracket Balancer.
  2. From the Pitchfork favourites’ 2010 LP Halcyon Digest. Nominated by Ian Y.
  3. From the Pitchfork favourites’ 2007 LP Some Loud Thunder. Nominated by Aidan B.
  4. From the Pitchfork favourites’ 2003 LP Electric Version. Nominated by Josh B.
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SmoothBrain   19 months ago

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.

Hunter Felt   19 months ago

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 […]

ajjr82   19 months ago

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 […]

j_e_l   19 months ago

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? […]

Modern Qualifier 29 – Reniss, BNegão, Alejandro y Maria Laura, Nine
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— 18 May 2023 Tom
  1. Hit song from the Cameroonian artist’s 2016 LP Tendon. Nominated by Joseph K.
  2. A cut from the Rio funksters’ 2013 set Sintoniza La. Nominated by magnets321.
  3. From the married Peruvian folk duo’s 2017 LP La Casa No Existe. Nominated by Garry McK.
  4. From 2023, and the series of solo singles by OnlyOneOf members. Nominated by Isabel E.
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stabilimentum   19 months ago

"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.

Jeff Worrell   19 months ago

The same thinking guided my vote. The first three songs are all strong though.

Garry   19 months ago

No sure if I nominated Animal Chuki a couple of years ago. We've also had Dengue Dengue Dengue. Not sure who was first.

j_e_l   19 months ago

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

Modern Qualifier 30 – Penelope Isles, Mauskovic Dance Band, Dummy, Freezepop
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— 18 May 2023 Tom
  1. Opening track from the Brighton indiepoppers’ 2019 Until The Tide Creeps In. Nominated by Aidan B.
  2. This one’s from the Amsterdam producer’s 2018 Down In The Basement EP. Nominated by TremendaoNeil.
  3. From this LA band’s 2021 debut LP Mandatory Enjoyment. Nominated by ladyelevator.
  4. Going all the way back to 2004’s Fancy Ultra-Fresh collection of indie synthpop. Nominated by Julia H.
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j_e_l   19 months ago

Test - comments format

Tom   19 months ago

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…

Jeff Worrell   19 months ago

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 […]

Tom   19 months ago

Apologies to our NOMINATORS here cos I forgot to credit them in the post! Corrected now.

Modern Playlists Day 6 + Covers Crowdsourcing
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— 18 May 2023 Tom

Welcome back! This post is doing DOUBLE DUTY as a standard playlist post but also as a crowdsourcing exercise for one of the Day 11 groups next week, a themed group on “21st Century Covers of 20th Century Songs”.

There are two criteria here. One is that it’s a genuinely transformative cover, not just an ‘interpolation’ or some John Lewis piano shit. So like “Comfortably Numb” by Scissor Sisters. The other is that it’s something we haven’t polled before. So NOT like “Comfortably Numb” by Scissor Sisters.

Suggestions in comments please! Now onto the playlists:

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stabilimentum   19 months ago

Paul Banks - I'm a Fool to Want You Molotov - Amateur (cover of Rock Me Amadeus)

Steve Mannion   19 months ago

The Residents - Paint It, Black (2000) Tiga - Burning Down The House (2004) Gonzales, Feist & Dani - (Like A) Boomerang (2005) Gnarls Barkley - Gone Daddy Gone (2006) Feist - Sealion ) […]

somejerkoff   19 months ago

The first one that comes to mind is Hot Chip’s “Dancing in the Dark.” Other ones I’m a big fan of: Titus Andronicus, “A Pair of Brown Eyes” Spoon, “Held” (or keeping with Britt Daniel in a band […]

I miss the bees   19 months ago

(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction - Cat Power Miss You - The Concretes Space Oddity - We are KING Baby’s on Fire - Superpitcher I Started Something I Couldn’t Finish - Bow Wow Wow Panic - Tiffany […]

Modern Qualifier 21 – BASS PLAYERS LIP FOLKS
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— 16 May 2023 Tom

A beast of a headliner drawn from YOUR Bracket Balancer votes.

  1. A 2011 single from the Deluxe version of Pink Friday.
  2. Willie Hutch-sampling 2007 single from the Underground Kings LP.
  3. Her 2007 debut single, later found on VYP (Voice Of The Young People).
  4. A single from 2002’s Under Construction.
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Latest comments (of 19)

Arron Wright   19 months ago

Very disappointing result for that reason.

Jeff Worrell   19 months ago

Four great songs. I didn’t remember Lip Gloss banging quite so fiercely as this, so that’s my vote. We should have Sausage in a poll someday.

Just Rewarding   19 months ago

Recently obsessed with Gossip Folks, thankful that it introduced me to Double Dutch Bus, 40 years late, so weird and perfect and of its moment and silly, it feels a parody. https://www.youtube.com […]

SmoothBrain   19 months ago

I seem to remember Lip Gloss popping up on heaps of mashups I listened to at the time, at least in my circles these were better known that the original. Hearing it now I can't believe how committed […]

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