Oh Nine Pt 2

Mashup of the Top 40 from Oh-Nine

Oh Nine

Phewf what a strong year for music. I think the bands and songs pretty much speak for themselves as to why they made the list of "21 songs that make us say Oh-oh-oh-oh...Nine."

Phoenix - 1901
Florence & the Machine - Dog Days are Over
Friendly Fires - Jump In the Pool
Passion Pit - Little Secret
Gossip - 4 Letter Words
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll
La Roux - Bulletproof
Glasvegas - Go Square Go
Muse - Uprising
Miike Snow - Animal
Kid Cudi Ft. Kanye Common & Gaga - Make Her Say
Kasabian - Vlad the Impaler
Girls - Hellhole Ratrace
Empire of the Sun - Walking on A Dream
Dead Weather - Treat Me Like Your Mother
K'Naan- Waving Flag
White Lies - Death
Daniel Merriweather - Red
The XX - Crystalised
Depeche Mode - Wrong
Lady Gaga - Bad Romance

Note- while writing this I kept wanting to add in KOL, but had to remind myself that album was 08. My the time fli-hies!

Two Door Cinema Club

They did Glastonbury 09 and need to be added to your indie music rotation on the stat. Full of upbeat electronic jams, this Northern Irish band has been named one of the bands BBC's Sounds of 2010 and have already collaborated with notable bands, such as Phoenix (listen to the 'Lasso' - collabo here) As if they needed more flare, they are signed to Kitsune, a boutique French electronic music label, that has hosted releases from all the big boys in the genre over the pond: Bloc Party, Cut Copy, Digitalism, Guns N Bombs, La Roux, Yelle, Klaxons, Simian Mobile Disco, to name a few.

Two Door Cinema Club already have over a million listeners online, so turn up your ears and watch for their full LP to be released in 20-10.



Two Door Cinema Club | I Can Talk

TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB | MySpace Music Videos

Killers

For the past four years, The Killers have released a festive song on Dec 1, World Aids Day, in support of (Red). This year, they feature Wild Light and Mairachi El Bronx (throw in a mariachi band any day, and I'm there) . Check out the video below and to make sure to continue to show your support and download their latest from iTunes here





In case you wanted to check out their other (Red) releases, you can here “A Great Big Sled”, “Don’t Shoot Me Santa” and “Joseph, Better You Than Me"

Christmas No 1

Who is going to take it this year? Christmas No 1 is faced with a very interesting competition: Rage Against the Machine vs. Joe Elderrry (the lastest XFactor winner aka the newest addition to the Simon Cowell empire) Most years, its a clear cut win in everyones eyes, but this year is particularly unique.

This unusual battle actually started on facebook, where a group was launched as a sort of rebellion to make RATM No1 as a contra to the XFactor-factory who have been dominating the charts the past 4 Christmas seasons, and the wave grew to the situation ( and almost 500K fans) which is going to be decided tonight.

So, back to my original questions: who is going to take it? I am sure most are secretly routing for Rage Against just because they are so untraditional to be crowned number 1 at this time of year and the they would represent not only the voice of an uprising, but the power of social media in our society today....but Joe does seems like the typical win and people like tradition, and Paul McCartney has publicly backed him. (This sounds like true political election with celebrity supporters...)

Thoughts?

Joe Mc Elderry The Climb (Official Single Edit) sound bite  Youtube: Top Favorites Today sound bites

Library Voices

These guys are anything but whispers. With a 10 person band, its almost always certain to be a on-the-edge-of-a-riot type party. Add in a balloon drop and copious amounts of streamers and you take it to a new level. 10 people also allow for an eclectic mix of instruments and sounds – 6 on vocals, then they have a mix of electrics (guitars, synths, keys) some strings (Cello) and, what band would be complete without a glockenspiel, organ and accordion, really?

Hailing from Regina, SK, the band is composed of Carl, Darcy, Michael, Michael, Karla, Eoin, Brett, Paul, Amanda and Brennan (sounds like I’m listing off the Brady bunch…) and has many a-catchy pop hooks. This clip is from the fundraiser these guys did after some d-bag broke into their van and stole $10,000 worth of equipment.

The plea:


The show:


Myspace: www.myspace.com/thelibraryvoices

Alicia Keys

Just when you thought you couldn’t love her any more….she kills it with the Colbert interview:



And just when you thought Jay-Z was cool….make sure to stay tuned until at least the 1:45 mark. Spin Moves. You’ll know what I’m talking about when you see it.

Bob Dylan

Festive, indeed.

Temper Trap

It's days like today that remind me how much summer and I get along. It also reminds me that the worst of the cold is yet to come (we've got another 15 degrees to drop, folks, and thats depressing) so, I was reading a recommendation from one of my friends from the 500 Days of Summer Soundtrack, and it couldnt be more suiting.

and on top of it all, they just announced they are touring with Florence. The warmth just keeps growing...

Play away, dear friends.

Take Away Shows

As a disclaimer - I was severely hung over when I wrote this post. Its quite obvious because my sentences don't seem to make much sense. I was going to edit it, but then got too lazy. Incomplete thoughts build character, right? eeeee

Take-away shows. What a clever concept. Clever, but unoriginal – in a good way. They were inspired by the earliest version of the music video: soundies which were 3 min long musical films produced in the 40s that were used in jukeboxes in clubs and restaurants. I love getting back to roots and originals. So, heres some modern day versions of those that Blogoteque does a fantastic job of creating. They break them out into Van session (Similar to the Black Cab Sessions) and City Sessions and do great blurbs about the band and to set up a bit of a story about the taping. The sessions are also all available for download from their site. Super sweet.
Here are some highlights of the ones I’ve checked out so far:

Pheonix in Paris

Phoenix - 1901 - A Take Away Show from La Blogotheque on Vimeo.

Sigur Ros

Sigur Ros - Við spilum endalaust - A Take Away Show from La Blogotheque on Vimeo.

Vampire Weekend

#80.1 - VAMPIRE WEEKEND - Mansard Roof
by lablogotheque

Beirut in Paris

#64.1 - Beirut - Nantes
by lablogotheque

Wakey Wakey

Beautiful. Beautiful. Beautiful.
Beautiful song. Beautiful keys. Beautifully shot - love the use of the pull focus. I think what I'm saying is this song is a beauty.



Check out their other myspace songs right hurr on the page:

Julian Casablanca

Strokes singer, Julian Casablanca, always thought he'd release a Christmas song, and like any good song, this one began with an inspiration. The inspiration just happened to be SNL...you will be hearing this one on your radios this season and I bet you'll appreciate it more once you've seen the original video.

The XX

Why am I sitting on my ass tonight and not out at the Phoenix at this concert? Ugh, long day. Instead, I will sit behind my computer, feet up and blasting the XX all whilst watching a satisfying game of Jeopardy. (what, so I am a senior citizen, what are you looking at?)

Local Natives

Remember the Local Natives - the guys that sang Ceclia outside using a tree as a drumset, that I posted as my "Thursday Morning pick me up" not too long ago?

Well, they are set to release their debut album, Gorilla Manor, over here in North America in February. You can check out 30 second clips of the tracks here, Although the :30s isnt enough to get you into it, at least you get a feel for the songs and what they're about.

TomToms

Those trusty TomToms know how to get you through, to and around a city. GPS is my BFF for ever and ever when I hop into a car, especially in a foreign city and I didnt think that there was much that could make it better....until now. You're probably like...what does this have to do with music, spit it out....

You know how you can change the voices? Well now, dear friends,there is a new voice in town.... no other than: Snoop Dogg. Your welcome for that tidbit.