It's hard to believe another year in pop music has is almost over — and what a wild and crazy one 2012 turned out to be! From surprising new couples, reconciliations and engagements (ahem, Chavril ), to K-pop dance crazes and viral music videos (thanks, Carly Rae Jepsen ), bizarre new haircuts to bittersweet farewells, Grammy sweeps and ghost sex ; we can only wonder how 2013 will top the last 12 months. To bid a fond adieu [...]
After sorting through the best songs and albums of 2012 (and figuring out who to watch in 2013), take an extended trip down memory lane and enjoy a recap of 2012 in pictures.
iSH has released the official music video for "End of the Story." "End of the Story," which samples Gotye's song of the same title, is part of iSH's "THR3MIX" remix series. In his own words, the song is about "coming to terms with failure, mastering defeat, and laying to rest the insecurities that keep us from reaching our potential."
Is it five years now? IDK, but here we go again. DJ Earworm dropped his latest and greatest load aka "United States of Pop 2012 (Shine Brighter)" edition, on everyones face this AM. I lurve it, minus the terrible Bruno Mars song. He makes my skin crawl. The rest is delicious. Check out the video below to accompany the mega-mash-up and click HERE to get a direct MP3 from his Sound Cloud page. [...]
Top 25 tracks of 2012 Well, it's December, it's a week until Christmas, it's midweek and I'm drinking. That can mean only one thing, I've read Trotter's Top 10 for this year and felt compelled to pen a response. Yes, it's time to pore over the musical detritus of 2012 and pick out the wheat from the chaff... Or, to let my inner geek put things into lists... Here, we look at the top 25 tracks from 2012 that do not feature on any of my top 10 albums of [...]
45. The Killers - Runaways The Killers returned with one of their biggest, most ballsiest anthems yet. 44. The Wanted - Chasing The Sun Sure, it sounded pretty much like their last single, but why change a winning formula? [...]
Bat For Lashes, AKA Natasha Khan, decided to isolate herself from the external pressures of those who expected a new hit in the vein of 20092s 'Two Suns'. The Brighton artist composed and recorded her new album 'The Haunted Man' in the Umbria countryside and this decision appears to have benefited her work. The Brighton [...]
DJ Earworm is back with this year's United State Of Pop mash-up, and we're still picking up pieces of our brain after hearing how he paired up Taylor Swift 's "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" with two late entrants into the 2012 canon, Ke$ha ("Die Young") and Bruno Mars ("Locked Out Of Heaven"). After that, we hear snippets of Carly Rae Jepsen , Rihanna , [...]
The Golden Ponys’ lets-go-round-the-merry-go-rou nd mix of Passion Pits’ ‘Carried Away’ is most definitely bouncy. Brooklyn’s double act of up & coming flavour packs more memorable energy into their stride, than a little puppy who’s running towards their next meal. Even though each and every one of their mixes are exciting, TGPs’ memorable moments are ‘Juicy Bass Head,’ ‘Somebody That I Used To Know,’ ‘Dreamers’ and their über-fabulous ‘What I Want.’ The dancefloor has just gotten a little bigger... PASSION PIT - Carried Away (The Golden Pony Remix) [...]
Gotye’s unique and distinctive vocals continue upon these exceptional reworks from George “Hardcore” Lenton and “emotional but charged” Yeasayer. Who said that Gotye doesn’t care? GOTYE - Eyes Wide Open (Yeasayer Remix) GOTYE - Eyes Wide Open (George Lenton Remix) BONUS! GOTYE - Eyes Wide Open (Tanlines Remix) GOTYE - Eyes Wide Open (Cornelius Remix)
Filed under: News Larry Busacca, Getty Images NEW YORK (AP) - It's another year and another Adele domination on the music charts: The British singer is Billboard's top artist of 2012. Billboard said Friday that Adele is the year's biggest artist and her diamond "21" album, released in February 2011, is this year's top album. Adele earned both prizes last year. The year's top three songs are Gotye 's "Somebody [...]
It's not often you get a soundcloud submission which ends up being something that Gotye himself commented on , but when you're Australian duo Colour Bomb , and you're making songs like "On The Run", below (which sounds like the best Gotye song Wally De Backer never wrote), well, maybe it's to be expected. "On The Run" is unstoppable: Colour Bomb - On The Run The Gotye similarity is obvious, and stunning, but there's also a Grizzly Bear vibe in the distorted [...]
As the name suggest Hit Songs Deconstructed is a website dedicated to analysing the structure and composition of hit songs. The insight from this analysis is used to help mentor new song-writing talent. Mark caught up with Founder and Editor-In-Chief David Penn to find out more. From all of your research what is the most common technical similarity in a hit record? A short, effective intro that instantly hooks the listener into the song, a first chorus that hits early, infectious and simplistic melodies, fluctuations in MTI levels (momentum, tension, [...]
It's been nearly two years since Adele released her sophomore LP 21 , but for the second straight year it was the top-selling album on iTunes. Taylor Swift 's Red came in second, followed by Mumford & Sons ' Babel . One Direction 's Up All Night and fun. 's Some Nights rounded out the top five. No surprises there. As for iTunes' most-downloaded songs list, it's familiar fare, [...]
Riding on the wings of success, just claiming, for the second year in a row, Best Male Artist Award, is touring Australia. Check out the audio/visual experience of Wally Debacker aka " Gotye " on his recent Australian national tour above
Gotye se posicionó como el artista más popular en Spotify en 2012 con 'Somebody That I Used To Know' su único hit encabezando la lista de las canciónes más escuchadas en el Reino Unido y el resto del mundo.
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Gotye, Grizzly Bear, PJ Wolf Song: Colour Bomb - On the Run [download here ] What's so good? Melbourne [...]
Watch Kimbra perform a track from her debut LP, Vows. She won the ARIA for Best Female Artist for 2012, right next to her mate GOTYE, who won the Best Male award.
gotye - dig your own hole still riding that old school peter gabriel sound to the hearts of everyone. 'dig your own hole' is actually a b-side cut that never made the album, but is pretty darn tasty if you ask me (especially with the awesome animated video by saiman chow ). http://feeds.feedburner.com/Wo ngiesMusicWorld
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