Foster The People won our hearts and ears, emerging as the new MGMT in '10 with their Torches debut. The album is full of all-killer-no-filler indie/pop material, including Don't Stop (Color On The Walls) which received the remix treatment from Neon Gold 's own St. Lucia . Listen + download below. via RollingStone DOWNLOAD Don't Stop (St. Lucia Remix) [...]
“Overplayed songs” and “songs that are crimes against humanity” aren't necessari ly the same thing. When you listen to the radio as much as I do, one thing that’s inevitable every year is your radio taking a few songs that you love, exposing them to room temperature too long, and making them stale. Take Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep,” which earned honest consideration for my forthcoming list of Most Overplayed Songs of 2011 before falling just short. It’s a great song. Adele’s a fantastic vocalist. “Rolling in the Deep” was 2011’s deserved flagship song, and Billboard’s #1 single of the year… [...]
Here is my list of the songs I liked best in 2011, which will be the last one we offer here. I only adhered to three rules with this list, really: 1. The song had to be officially released in 2011, 2. I could only select one song for any artist, and 3. The list [...]
I'd like to thank everyone of the 18 people who contributed to this feature over the past few weeks. It's been a blast and I don't know about you but I've certainly found out about some great acts that I'd missed this year thanks to these knowledgeable people and their lists. So a big thanks out out to the following: Simon from Sonic Emporium Becki B from OhDearyMe.com Isaac Ashe from [...]
What one word could you use to sum up 2011 in pop? According to DJ Earworm, that word is "boom," spoken in songs such as Nicki Minaj's "Super Bass" and Katy Perry's "Firework," and evoked in spirit in Britney Spears' cheerfully apocalyptic "Till The World Ends," amongst others. And as he does every year, the mashup maestro has taken those songs and many others that made a splash this past year to make a mega-video stuffed with Bruno Mars, Rihanna, Adele, LMFAO, J-Lo, Foster the People, Lady Gaga, and Maroon 5, plus [...]
Lana Mir is a singer and songwriter. She's been featured a few times on Vainzine. If you'd like to see those features and listen to her amazing cover of the Stone Roses 'I Wanna Be Adored' Click Here . Here's her views on her favourite 5 albums of 2011; It wasn't an easy choice to name top 5 albums. More like top 25. Here they are: Little Dragon - Ritual Union I like the vibe of the album and singer's voice. [...]
The Indiecision ’11 is a recap of the year gone by in Indian indie and a recognition of the work of its artists and those involved with the creation and promotion of the music. The Best Album International is the best debut album released by an international artist in 2011. Torches Foster The People Here are three poppers (Foster, Pontius and Fink) that brought a whole new dimension to indie dance pop. The 2011 summer was a [...]
The Indiecision ’11 is a recap of the year gone by in Indian indie and a recognition of the work of its artists and those involved with the creation and promotion of the music. The Best Song International is the best song released by an international artist from a debut album released in 2011. '2122 Azealia Banks Here is a grimey dance tune that takes ‘grime’ to heart. Azealia Banks is a pied-piper, charming you with her [...]
Para ter ceteza de que não estamos deixando nada para trás, convidamos alguns artistas para compartilhar suas faixas preferidas desse ano. Confira abaixo a lista feita pelos nossos amigos do Killer On The Dancefloor. Segundo eles, essas são as melhores de 2011: TOP 15 SONGS New Navy - Zimbabwe Toro y Moi - Still Sound Database - New Disco Justice - Helix Crookers - [...]
While there were an insane number of great albums released this year, much of the excitement and buzz of new music and artists came instead from EPs. Often released as a precursor to an LP, the extended play (or EP) prepares fans for what they may find on a full length. For many of the releases in 2011, though, the EP was able to stand alone as a full musical composition. With the rise of Foster The People , Gary Clark Jr. , Alabama Shakes , Reptar , and followup releases from Surfer [...]
Dear Foster the People: I hate you.
Sure, there have been a boatload of decent singles that made an impact both on the charts and in pop culture in 2011. But there were also plenty of outstanding tracks tucked away on your favorite pop artists' albums that never got their day in the sun. Sometimes it may seem like a no-brainer when choosing which track from an LP deserves an official single release — and sometimes artists and labels get it way wrong and overlook some of their best material. We've rounded up what we consider to be 10 [...]
NO.8 FOSTER THE PEOPLE - TORCHES BUY | LOOK | METACRITIC For better or worse there weren't many cross-over indie anthems in 2011. You know, the Mr. Brightside , Sex On Fire , radio-playlist-hogging and festival-singalong super song. Foster The People's Pumped Up Kicks was one of them. That's not to say Torches , the album that housed it, was a one song show. The biggest strength of this debut album is that it's biggest hit isn't even one of the [...]
Com Truise and Treasure Fingers each take a shot at remixing Foster The People tracks. Stream the two below.
Los Angeles Progressive House Wunderkind David Dann is going ham in the studio these days. Coming off of a successful college tour punctuated by an epic back2back set with Hardwell, Dann is on the precipice of releasing an incredible debut LP, Wristbands & Alcohol, which I had the pleasure of previewing. Let me tell you... It's Fuego. David Dann's 2 Most Recent Remixes 1) Miss You (David Dann Remix) -Foster The People [...]
The main 2012 Grammy nominees were announced this evening on The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!!—Countdown To Music’s Biggest Night telecast. And it's a big ole pop fest for this year's crop of nominees, with Adele, Lady Gaga, Rihanna and Bruno Mars all vying for Album Of The Year. (Oh, and the Foo Fighters, for the rock crowd, of course.) Jump below for the full list of nominees for the 54th Annual Grammy Awards, and let us know which nominations surprised you the most. This was a good year for Kanye's My [...]
Tonight's Grammy Nominations Concert Live!! special will not only boast performances by Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Nicki Minaj Sugarland, and Jason Aldean, it will also, naturally, reveal who's up for the big categories at the 54th Grammys, which will be broadcast live by CBS on February 12. Now is probably a good time to mention that patience has never been one of our virtues — hence the fact that we ran our itchy fingers across our Crystal Ball Of Pop and then typed out our predictions for the Grammy Album, Record and Song Of The [...]
Since January, our ears have been privy to the latest LPs from several big-name pop stars, promising debuts from up-and-coming artists and noteworthy releases from overseas. Of course, there was also one juggernaut from a power-house Brit vocalist that shattered all expectations. Naturally, over the months, many of these have sound-tracked the daily duties we here at the Idolator office go about each and every week. And so, like at the end of 2010 , each of the three editors recently took it upon themselves to strap on their pumped up kicks and sift through the records [...]
Lollapalooza Chile 2011 The Chicago-based Lollapalooza festival will again bring its South American edition to O'Higgins Park in Santiago, Chile on March 31-April 1 2012 and, for the first time, to the Jockey Club in Sao Paulo, Brazil on April 7-8 2012. The lineups were announced yesterday and include world renowned acts like the Foo Fighters, Arctic Monkeys, MGMT, Skrillex, TV on the Radio, and Foster the People, as well as local artists. For the full lineups for both festivals, see the links below. Santiago, Chile Lineup - March 31 - [...]
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Talking Heads interpretando Psycho Killer con Arthur Rusell en el cello
