The buzz around Toy has been growing towards a crescendo ever since their first gig a year ago at a hipsterish London club night run by The Horrors . By the time they embarked upon an already-legendary weekly residency at hip Dalston boozer The Shacklewell Arms in January this year, it was louder than a squadron of biplanes overhead. Last year's double-A debut single, "Left Myself Behind/Clock Chimes" , established their signature sound of relentless motorik rhythms, distorted synthesisers and psychedelic guitars. Epic in sound and scope, the seven-and-a-half minute [...]

Grinderman - Grinderman 2 RMX By Tom Bolton It is entirely appropriate that the last recording from Nick Cave and his Bad Seed colleagues in their Grinderman alter egos should be a remix album, usually the final refuge of the artistically bankrupt. With typical ingenuity, Cave created Grinderman as a parody band that still manage to work in ways it has absolutely no right to. Not since Spinal Tap has rock been so deftly mocked. Cave, with in close cahoots with Martyn Casey, Jim Sclavunos and [...]

La cantidad de atención que no se le da a Grinderman se me hace de lo más interesante. Sí, es Nick Cave. Sí, Grinderman 2 salió hace ya 2 años. ¡Peeeeeeero! ¡¿Cómo es posible que nadie esté hablando del nuevo Grinderman 2 RMX ?! Mute lo colgó hace unos días en SoundCloud y creo que no he visto una nota al respecto, más que en Prefix. Por tiempo limitado podemos escuchar Grinderman 2 RMX antes de que salga a finales de este mes, y créanme que vale [...]

Albeit on permanent hiatus , Grinderman will soon releases a compilation featuring remixes and reworkings of tracks from their 2010 LP Grinderman 2 , as Pitchfork reports. The aptly titled Grinderman 2 RMX comprises both new and previously released contributions from Josh Homme, The National's Matt Berninger, UNKLE, A Place to Bury Strangers, and more. Below, you can a stream a new remix of "Bellringer Blues" by Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Nick Zinner. The tracklist is after that. Grinderman 2 RMX [...]

I waited till 2011 to finalize my albums list - all my lists - partially due to laziness, being busy, the holidays... but mainly because I'm not sure what the hurry is. I don't do this for the web traffic (clearly), so I gave myself a little more time to decide than usual. (And as long as this goes up before the Village Voice' s Pazz n' Jop, I don't feel delinquent.) So here's my list, the top five or so have been a lock for almost half a year, but the rest were in flux right till I [...]

Another year, another astonishing array of releases to get you through January to December. But where last year had some very clear cut winners across the board (from the likes of Arcade Fire, Kanye West and LCD Soundsystem), this year has not appeared so obvious. But, better late than never, Hotcakes brings you an eclectic list carefully decided by our five writers. Enjoy! 30. Givers - In Light 29. Balam Acab - Wander / Wonder 28. The Black Keys - El Camino 27. Gui Boratti - III [...]

Another year, another astonishing array of releases to get you through January to December. But where last year had some very clear cut winners across the board (from the likes of Arcade Fire, Kanye West and LCD Soundsystem), this year has not appeared so obvious. But, better late than never, Hotcakes brings you an eclectic list carefully decided by our five writers. Enjoy! 30. Givers - In Light 29. Balam Acab - Wander / Wonder 28. The Black Keys - El Camino 27. Gui Boratti - III [...]
HAPPY NEW YEAR! The 3rd go around for my massive year-end compilation. 53 songs! You're getting 3 more songs then last year! Bringing compilation awesomeness to a Whole. New. Level! Revel in it's greatness! AGDFA's 2011 Year-End Comp Mix. 01. The Black Keys - "Lonely Boy" 02. Dinosaur Pile-Up - "Mona Lisa" 03. Foo Fighters - "White Limo" 04. We Were Promised Jetpacks - [...]

A year end albums list is kind of a strange thing, especially when it's one person compiling it. Since this blog is a committe of one, it can become quite capricious. In all likelyhood I wrote about some records this past year that I was overtly enthusiastic about at the time. Now the end of the year rolls around and some of those records are not on the list. "What gives?" you might ask. It's hard to remember which label flew me to Tahiti and which one comp'd my CMJ this year, so I may have forgotten to include a [...]
It was an OK year. Nothing more, nothing less. Timber Timbre and their album "Creep On Creepin' On" was without a doubt, the album I've listened to and seen performed live the most all year. Taylor Kirk's dark, swampy sound speaks to me. As for the rest of my top 5, these albums will be listened by yours truly for years [...]

Estamos a cuatro días de que termine el año por lo que ya nos queda poco tiempo para presentarles nuestras listas con lo mejor de este 2011. Y los pasados 365 nos trajeron muchas sorpresas, ya sea en la forma de solistas y grupos nuevos quienes tomaron por asalto las listas con sus propuestas, o algunos consagrados quienes sorprendieron a propios y extraños con la evolución en su sonido. De eso vamos a hablar hoy en este recuento, que no tiene números porque en este caso no es exactamente una carrera. ¿Comenzamos? James Blake - James Blake [...]

Estamos a cuatro días de que termine el año por lo que ya nos queda poco tiempo para presentarles nuestras listas con lo mejor de este 2011. Y los pasados 365 nos trajeron muchas sorpresas, ya sea en la forma de solistas y grupos nuevos quienes tomaron por asalto las listas con sus propuestas, o algunos consagrados quienes sorprendieron a propios y extraños con la evolución en su sonido. De eso vamos a hablar hoy en este recuento, que no tiene números porque en este caso no es exactamente una carrera. ¿Comenzamos? James Blake - James Blake [...]
The year is coming to a close, and in less than a week 2011 will be no more than a memory. As we set our resolutions and prepare for the next chapter in our lives, many of us will be reflecting on the past year and the events that defined it - both for ourselves and society. For Earmilk , every year is defined by the music it brings to the table. We live and breath music over here, celebrating it to the highest extent as well as scrutinizing it to the finest detail. The beautiful thing about music [...]
The year is coming to a close, and in less than a week 2011 will be no more than a memory. As we set our resolutions and prepare for the next chapter in our lives, many of us will be reflecting on the past year and the events that defined it - both for ourselves [...]

Como siempre no es tarea fácil escoger lo mejor del año según nuestros colaboradores. Este año no fue la excepción. Pero aquí por fin está nuestro recuento 2011, con los álbumes más destacados del año de acuerdo al criterio de nuestro equipo. Desde hace varias temporadas que la elección de los mejores discos del año para el staff de Super 45 no resultaba tan consensuada. Por supuesto que siempre estaban los matices respecto a si cierto disco era o no un bluff, o si la animadversión contra los personajes era suficiente como para hundir sus respectivas [...]

Este año repetimos el ejercicio de fusionar los gustos del equipo WCBH, para confeccionar una lista resumen de los discos 2011 que más nos gustaron. Este año también , Francisco se esmeró en hacer un collage con las portadas para que fuese más entretenido el asunto. Los títulos de la izquierda corresponden a la lista de Francisco y los de la derecha a quien les escribe. Número UNO. Foster The People - Torches [...]
Cat's Eyes - "The Best Person I Know" Directed by Ollie Murray. Spotlight Kid - "Forget Yourself In Me" Directed by Martin Shearman-Brettle. Mint Julep - "Aviary" Directed by A Nice Idea Every Day. Eisley - "The Valley" Directed by Cory Sheldon. Wye Oak - "Holy Holy" Directed by Jeremy Johnstone. Ty Segall - "Where Your Head Goes" Directed by Brian Lee Hughes. Bookmark [...]
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Daaamn, estamos a solo dos dias de conocer quien esta en la primera posicion de este conteo de 150 canciones de 2011 y dejenme asegurarles algo: ninguno de ustedes se imagina que track esta encabezando esta lista... A menos que hayan puesto demasiada atencion a cada uno de los posts que puse este año pero como seguramente esto no ocurrio, esperenlo!. Por ahora, creo que esta llegando el momento de ir soltando esos tracks que se iran quedando grabados en su memoria o capas, que muchos de ellos ya estan dentro de sus respetadas y admiradas colecciones musicales asi que [...]
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