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Tending to one’s miniature versions of themselves eats up a lot of time. I have, however, managed to scrape together a little something for my peeps.
Viper Pilot – Hits From the Billabong
I shall leave it as an exercise for you to dismantle and uncover the ingredients used in this heady, smokey, beat-filled little gem.
Er. I appear to kind of be busy.
Not so busy that I can’t throw a bad-ass space battleship at you, though.
My normal course of action around this time of year is to wait until the Hottest 100 results are in, then bitch about how the mostly-twentysomethings who no doubt comprise the bulk of vote don’t have my musical tastes.
To do something just that tiny bit different, I’m going to see how well I’ve got my ear to the ground. Let’s see if I can read the zeitgeist and pick the top ten, rather than my top ten. Here we go:
Phoenix – Lisztomania
Vampire Weekend – Cousins
Mumford & Sons – Little Lion Man
Hilltop Hoods – Chase That Feeling
Art vs Science – Parlez-Vous Francais
Passion Pit – Sleepyhead
Muse – Uprising
Dizzee Rascal – Dirtee Cash
Eskiimo Joe – Inshalla
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Heads Will Roll
Okay, I promise no more ‘world’s largest music poll’ ramblings once I’ve had a chance to bitch about this year’s results. After that, we’re back to the usual programming for another eleven months. Hey – eleven is a number! I’m going to tell you all sorts of wonderful things about numbers once I’m done obsessing about the Hottest 100.
I have discovered something so all-mighty and powerful that it defies, nay consumes, the boundaries of what can be embedded in this simple pneumatic blogification system.
MC Lars – Download This Song
I’ve got something more substantial in the pipe, but I’ve had a research fail, so you’ll have to settle for a music video for now.
I’ve been to see MC Lars in concert, so he’s still scoring coin off me even if I have downloaded this song for free (which I haven’t). The system works!
How could a film that falls halfway between The Watchmen and The Tick possibly be anything other than retardedly awesome? I don’t know. I just don’t know.
(Longer & more trailers for Kick Ass here.)
Greetings, troops. This briefing will consist of a tight-beam encryption packet from field agent Atomique. In it, she details her top ten for the 2009 Hottest 100.
Of interest is the significant correlation between her choices and mine. Without conferring ahead of time, we’ve ended up with half of our choices matching. Upon seeing this, I did comment to her how pleased I was that she never plays Whitney Houston in our orbital habitat. “In fact,” I said, quite matter-of-factly, “I can’t imagine how anyone manages to live with someone who plays Whitney Houston.”
Without any further ado, Atomique selects:
Art vs Science – Parlex-Vous Francais?
Datarock – Give it Up
The Eels – Fresh Blood
Deep Sea Arcade – Don’t Be Sorry
Tame Impala – Remember Me
Future Of The Left – Arming Eritrea
Infusion – 2 Player Game
Tiga – Beep Beep Beep
Kasabian – Fire
Peter, Bjorn and John – It Don’t Move Me
I have no idea how on earth it’s already time for voting for another year of everyone’s favourite tracks, but here we are.
Once again I’m participating in the world’s largest music poll and bragging about my choices via this blog (see my selections for 2007 and 2008).
In no particular order, here are Viper Pilot’s top ten tracks for 2009, now enhanced with the power of YouTube!
Art vs Science – Parlex-Vous Francais?
Datarock – Give it Up
The Eels – Fresh Blood
Julian Casablancas – 11th Dimension
Tame Impala – Remember Me
NASA – Gifted
Bloody Beetroots – Awesome
The Editors – Papillon
Chromeo – Night by Night
Peter, Bjorn and John – It Don’t Move Me
Tomorrow: Atomique’s picks!
At GMT +10 (72 minutes from when this was posted), LCD Soundsystem and Soulwax will be on radio station Triple J doing a special three-hour set of the best records in their collections. They’ve never done anything like this before; this will kick out an asston of awesomeness.
If you’re stuck at home with nothing else to do this Friday evening (now, for some people) or early Thursday morning (also now, for some of the other people) catch it live on regular old wireless or streaming radio – you ought to be able to catch it via download later on, too.
Triple J – Radio Soulwax: http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/funktrust/
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