Best of 2012, my favourite songs. Episode 2. : from number 11 to number 1. Precision : only one song for each band/artist. 10. SKATAN – Control My previous post about Skatan. Download Skatan - Control There is no ... Continue reading
Dec 16, 2012, 9:30pm
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Original Image by Sharon Drummond It’s that time of the year again, when I look back and reflect on all the great music that I listened to in the year gone by. I’m starting with the list of my favourite songs from 2012 and will follow it up with the list of my favourite 2012 albums next week. The bands and female artists to watch in 2013 lists should be out in the 1 st week of the New Year. [...]
Have you ever loved a song so much that you just wanted it to play forever? The clever types that took part in Music Hack Day last weekend have cracked it. With The Infinite Jukebox , you can create a never-ending and ever changing version of any song. The app works by sending your uploaded track over to The Echo Nest , where it is decomposed into individual beats. Each beat is then analyzed and matched to other similar sounding beats in the song. This information is used to create [...]
Anyone who's anyone has seen The Wire by now. And if you haven't - shame on you. One character from the show who lingers in my memory to this day is Omar . Played by Michael K. Williams , Omar was the show's renowned gay stick-up man who lived by a strict moral code - a kind of perfect anti-hero. Anyway, a little bit of extra insight into the character was revealed today, when Williams revealed the playlist he put together [...]
2011 was a quiet year here, but that's not because I didn't have any songs to love, or didn't listen to any new music, or because I don't love you. It's just that I've been busy working on all that other stuff that has nothing to do with love and songs, and also, all that other stuff that does. This is the sixth year I've done this list, and it's a little sparser. But the songs that made it here are worth your precious ear-time, every one of them. And if you feel there's one I missed, or you know [...]
the BEYONCE has unleashed her favourite mp3s of 011 ! this year the she-popper seems to have loved loved loved choons from her ex-band-mate, her husband, her husband's bff, an artist her husband manages, an ex-boyfriend of an artist who her husband manages, an artist her husband has signed, four artists her husband has collaborated with (separately), an artist who has freestyled over her husband's beats, and the ADELE. if you dunno all who i'm talking about, here's a list of the BEYONCE 's favourite songs of 011 .. [...]
#30 "The Copper Top" by Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat , from Everything's Getting Older #29 "Surfer's Hymn" by Panda Bear , from Tomboy #28 "Queen Of Hearts" by Fucked Up , from David Comes To Life #27 "V.E.N.O.M" by Pulled Apart By Horses , from Tough Love — [...]
Donovan Woods is one of my favourite musicians in all of the Great White North (Canada for you foreigners). He actually has been for a few years now. So when he offered to guest post his list of the 10 tracks that really did something for him this year, it was exciting and I was very interested into what make Woods tick. Well I have to say I was surprised on a few of them but then sat back and thought to myself that while I might still be "Mr. Slowcoustic" that isn't my only side, hell, I'm [...]
Okay, angry mob of the Toad readership, do your very worst. Today, as promised, is the day we vote on our five favourite songs of the year so there will be no foolish questions as per usual, but what there will be is the chance for you to write down your favourite songs, in no particular order, and I will count them up and find out which songs the readers of Toad have enjoyed the most this year. There aren't any real rules, although the song should have been released in 2011. And also, just to help me [...]
I found this page, Ten Best Indie Songs Under Two Minutes via a friend ‘s Facebook page and its started me thinking. What are my favourite songs that clock in at under two minutes. I found myself drifting back through my record collection looking for songs that I love that a short. The vast number although very brief clocked in at over two minutes. Below is my list of ten songs that last under two minutes. I have gone on the length of the official released studio versions of the songs. [...]
Sep 27, 2011, 2:40am NOMP
Wilco have just released their latest album The Whole Love and I’ve picked my two favourite songs from it to share with you guys (best way to spend 20 minutes today, trust me). I have a feeling that these two songs are the ones from the album that will be liked/lauded universally. The first song is the album opened Art Of Almost which is a slow burning, twisting and turning monster with a distinct [...]
Sep 27, 2011, 2:40am NOMP
Wilco have just released their latest album The Whole Love and I’ve picked my two favourite songs from it to share with you guys (best way to spend 20 minutes today, trust me). I have a feeling that these two songs are the ones from the album that will be liked/lauded universally. The first song is the album opened Art Of Almost which is a slow burning, twisting and turning monster with a distinct [...]
Sep 23, 2011, 2:47am NOMP
Friday Favourite Five is back after a gap and this week features British pop singer-songwriter Lily Rose Beatrice Cooper better known as Lily Allen . Lily rose to prominence in the latter half of the noughties on the back of two cool (albeit very different) albums; Alright, Still (2006) and It’s [...]
I hate picking favourites, don't you? When I was eight and had a book in which I was supposed to write my favourite things, I decided my favourite colour (singular) was 'pink and purple and silver and gold and green'. Selecting a favourite is tough, and as we get older and are presented with the many choices the world has to offer, it only gets more difficult. This is particularly true where music is involved; sure, we'll shed the bad taste from our younger years (goodbye, Another Level!), but we hang on to the good stuff and add [...]
My last post of 2010 reflected on what a strange year it had been with a lot of personal tragedy mixed in with some of the most amazing experiences I've ever had in my life, including DJing again after many many years absence, befriending members of Butcher Boy and getting a wholly unexpected 'thank you' within the booklet that came with the Orange Juice boxset I put up mp3s of five songs that I had particularly enjoyed [...]
Song writing is an evolutionary process. On countless occasions have human beings began brilliant anthems only to later banish their work to wooden drawers, never to lay eyes on it again. Here you can witness exactly how that writing process occurs, by way of a few polished (and not so polished) home demos. It's always fascinating to hear the transformation, after essentially rendering the creative procedure in reverse. You really do need nothing more than a few chords, some words and a voice with which to sing a tune. Your band and producer can add the glitter and [...]
Photo by me ... Cliche as it may be, it's hard not to assign some songs to seasons. Summer is here and I've got a hankerin' to make a wicked Summer mixtape.... so tell me, what are you favourite songs of Summer? New & old! Here's something to get you in the mood, Jason Lytle's "Brand New Sun"... Jason Lytle - Brand New Sun by paperbacks5 Cheers, Aaron
Jun 10, 2011, 2:42am NOMP
FF5 is back after a gap of a couple of weeks and given the brilliant weather this morning in Delhi I am in the mood for some Korn. Korn have been around since 1993, releasing nine studio albums and countless hit singles over their long career. Check out some of my favourite songs by this nu metal band starting with Word Up! , a cover of Cameos’ 1986 hit. [...]
May 20, 2011, 2:08am NOMP
I seem to be listening to a lot of music by male singer songwriters lately what with The Mountain Goats , Iron & Wine and William Fitzsimmons . Got another one for you today One of the best things about this break that I am on has been my discovering the music of Damien Rice , boy does he appeal to the [...]
May 6, 2011, 1:31am NOMP
This weeks’ FFF features Californian alternative rock group Toad The Wet Sprocket who reached their hey day in the early 1990’s with their albums Fear (1991) and Dulcinea (1994). Check out a playlist of their best songs including Walk on The Ocean , All I Want from Fear and Nanci , Fall Down & [...]
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