Archives – Modern  
Older

Modern Qualifier 51 – 21st COVERS 20th
Read and comment
— 26 May 2023 Tom

The first of two groups based on themes voted for by participants, with tracks drawn from your suggestions. This one is 21st Century covers of 20th Century songs.

  1. A cover of The Smiths’ “There Is A Light That Never Goes Out”. Released as a single in 2000.
  2. A cover of Nirvana’s “In Bloom”. From the 2016 LP A Sailor’s Guide To Earth.
  3. A cover of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity”. Released as a single in 2019.
  4. A cover of DJ DMD’s “25 Lighters” from the 2012 LP La Futura.
101
Qualifier M51: 21st COVERS 20th

SCHNEIDER TM - "The Light 3000" (YouTube)

STURGILL SIMPSON - "In Bloom" (YouTube)

WE ARE KING - "Space Oddity" (YouTube)

ZZ TOP - "I Gotsta Get Paid" (YouTube)

(Link To Post)

The poll has expired!

Latest comments (of 15)

Jeff Worrell   14 months ago

The Sturgill cover is… a bit disturbing? I voted ZZ Top, the only other track I didn’t know before.

ajjr82   14 months ago

It's a fine cover, and obviously a fine original, but "Space Oddity" is absolutely on the list of songs I've reached my fill of over the course of my life.

wmterhaar   14 months ago

Party hiphop from the southeast does not travel well over the Atlantic Ocean, so you are certainly not in a minority here in not knowing who DJ DMB is. I even believe '25 Lighters' was mainly just a […]

wmterhaar   14 months ago

Gotsta nominate 'Gotsta Get Paid' again for 'Late Work'!

Modern Qualifier 52 – THE INTERNET
Read and comment
— 26 May 2023 Tom

This is the second of two groups on a theme picked by participants and with tracks drawn from your suggestions.

  1. From the soundtrack to the comedian’s 2021 film Inside.
  2. From the Houston rapper’s 2005 LP The People’s Champ.
  3. From the cyber-pop artist’s 2019 debut full LP Serotonin II.
  4. A 2017 standalone single from the UK dance-pop group.
97
Qualifier M52: AN INTERNET STORY

BO BURNHAM - "Welcome To The Internet" (YouTube)

PAUL WALL - "Internet Going Nutz" (YouTube)

YEULE - "Pixel Affection" (YouTube)

CLEAN BANDIT ft MARINA - "Disconnect" (YouTube)

(Link To Post)

The poll has expired!

Latest comments (of 12)

ajjr82   14 months ago

Paul Wall is such a charming time capsule of the Old Internet.

vinnycrackers   14 months ago

TIL the husband has never heard of Bo Burnham. It went from : Weird Al walked so this guy could run to This is a Wes Anderson movie as a song. To a full day of research. Thanks?

machotrouts   14 months ago

I assumed 'Welcome to the Internet' was about 20 years old until I got to the "boomer groomer zoomer" bit. It sounds like it was written to play over a Flash animation on Newgrounds. […]

koganbot   14 months ago

Voted for Burnham but kinda hoping it loses so I won't have to listen to it again. But he did hold the floor better than Marina Diamandis, my second choice - though I always like hearing Marina's […]

Modern Qualifier 53 – Made Out Of Babies, Hidden Masters, MICH, Trips And Falls
Read and comment
— 26 May 2023 Tom
  1. From the Brooklyn sludge rockers’ 2008 set The Ruiner. Nominated by Martijn tH.
  2. Taken from the Glaswegian psychedelicists’ 2013 LP Of This And Other Worlds. Also nominated by Martijn tH! (Sorry)
  3. From the Dutch band’s 2022 LP Nuts – nominated by Job De W.
  4. From the Montreal band’s 2012 LP He Was Such A Quiet Boy. Nominated by Matt.
80
Qualifier M53: BIGGER LINE TRAYDIPS PANTS

MADE OUT OF BABIES - "How To Get Bigger" (YouTube)

HIDDEN MASTERS - "Fall In Line" (YouTube)

MICH - "Traydips" (YouTube)

TRIPS AND FALLS - "And In Real Life He Wears Corduroy Pants" (YouTube)

(Link To Post)

The poll has expired!

Latest comments (of 9)

wmterhaar   14 months ago

It's one of those albums not a lot of people know about (it nothing being on Spotify doesn't help), but everybody who does, thinks highly of it.

Steffen Rayburn-Maarup ?   14 months ago

[FYI, Tom, I still regularly (always?) have the option of voting again some time after my first vote. I haven't logged out at any point.]

Pop-o-matic   14 months ago

Easy vote and GB longlisting for Mich, but this is a great group!

Job   14 months ago

I can recommend the whole album! The album art is done by Piet Parra, who co-founded the band as a guitarist and songwriter. He never plays live with the band, only on the records. He's more famous […]

Modern Qualifier 54! – Bent Knee, Oceanic, Bettie Serveert, Ava Rook
Read and comment
— 26 May 2023 Tom
  1. From the Boston art-rockers’ 2019 LP You Know What They Mean. Nominated by stabilimentum.
  2. From the Dutch producer’s 2023 LP Choral Feeling. Not to be confused with the “Insanity” hitmakers! Nominated by Job De W.
  3. From the Dutch indie rockers’ 2003 LP Log 22. Nominated by Leo B.
  4. Solo cut from one half of Black Dresses from her 2023 EP Rookie’s Bustle. A Bracket Balancer.
83
Qualifier M54: HOLD SUNSHINE NOT FUTURE

BENT KNEE - "Hold Me In" (YouTube)

OCEANIC - "Sunshine, Dear" (YouTube)

BETTIE SERVEERT - "Not Coming Down" (YouTube)

ADA ROOK - "A Future" (YouTube)

(Link To Post)

The poll has expired!

Latest comments (of 9)

koganbot   13 months ago

She's yr typical savage snarling dream popper. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-LxaEiJcGk

Jeff Worrell   14 months ago

A nice group to end with. Bettie S playing things very safe, but the others have all got something. The grandiose Bent Knee song was the one I went back to - a few nods to 70s rock here, which is […]

Ed Still   14 months ago

The fourth of four great groups today. Oceanic, Bent Knee and Ada all hit me in different sensory zones, went for Ada in a photo-finish.

TheHarderLine   14 months ago

I was expecting to be the first to nominate Bettie Serveert! I don’t think we have polled them before. Thank you. I love them, both old and new albums. I saw them live in 2010 - one of the best […]

TODAY’S PLAYLISTS (Modern Day 11)
Read and comment
— 26 May 2023 Tom

It’s the closing day of Modern Qualifiers! What happens next? There’s a special post about that. Today we have two final dips into the Low Shazam Zone and also two special groups whose themes were voted on by YOU dear voters. The “21st Century covers of 20th Century songs” group and a group themed around THE INTERNET.

The YouTube playlist is here but won’t embed at the right point – I think cos it’s over 200 songs long now.

Modern Qualifier 46 – CURATED by Kat S!
Read and comment
— 25 May 2023 Tom

Our headliner is also today’s only CURATED GROUP by FT’s own Kat Stevens! I don’t know if there’s a theme or simply a unity of vibe, great stuff nonetheless.

  1. Single from the dream-poppers’ 2009 debut Eyelid Movies.
  2. Single from the Norwegian songwriter’s 2015 breakthrough Ten Love Songs.
  3. From the San Francisco based songwriter’s 2010 debut LP Ring.
  4. From the art-pop composer’s 2013 LP Loud City Song.
103
Qualifier M46: CURATED by Kat S!

PHANTOGRAM - "When I'm Small" (YouTube)

SUSANNE SUNDFOR - "Delirious" (YouTube)

GLASSER - "Mirrorage" (YouTube)

JULIA HOLTER - "Horns Surrounding Me" (YouTube)

(Link To Post)

The poll has expired!

Latest comments (of 16)

thee temple ov platonick youth   14 months ago

what a fantastic group, i played the hell out of the Glasser album when it came out but have to admit i'd completely forgotten about them! a genuinely agonizing choice, but made slightly less so […]

Jeff Worrell   14 months ago

Good group. Already knew/own Susanne. Holter is reliably interesting but Glasser is the more immediate song so gave it my vote.

komodomymanor   14 months ago

Really like this group, thanks Kat S. Julia Holter gets the vote but it's tight.

ajjr82   14 months ago

That Glasser album was one of my favourites of 2010. "Mirrorage" isn't a particular favourite of mine from it (I like both "Apply" and "Home" more), but I'm happy to throw her my support.

Older

The Discourse