world music

Best of 2009 selected by yours truly. Including Real Estate, In the Country, Bill Callahan, Ducktails, Steve Lehman, Celer, Ahleuchatistas, King Midas Sound, Om, Black Cobra, Vijay Iyer Trio etc.

Making a best of list has been considerably harder for 2009. Here are our mentions in random order. Fedayi Pacha, Bibio, Wye Oak, Liechtenstein, BLK JKS, Crystal Antlers, Proudpilot, Yagya, The XX, OPN..

Finally we dug deep in our mailbox to reveal the cream of the crop we got sent in the last months, prepare for the nujazz, electronica, indie and world music attack in 2009.
+ Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, + Xylos, + The Whitest Boy Alive
+ The Jazzinvaders, + Laura Vane & The Vipertones
+ The Bran Flakes, + Mascot Fight

Here’s our metalist of the most interesting best of lists from around the net, featuring (Thank God) more than the run-of-the-mill bands that you can find everywhere. Selected lists from Tiny Mix Tapes, Destination Out, Boomkat, Headphone Commute, The Decibel Tolls, The Wire, Rateyourmusic etc.

* Les Savy Fav – Let’s stay Friends (Frenchkiss) : So I submitted to indie hypster art rock shit with the Brooklyn indierockers Les Savy Fav. Their uptempo indie stomp is catchy as well, filling in the shoes of last years Bloc Party for me.
* Pjusk – Sart (12K): Barren drony soundscapes from Norway by the duo of Jostein Dahl Gjelsvik and Rune Sagevik.

Haven’t been checking thru what the other mp3blogs have been up to for a long while, today I tried to check back using hype machine but i could only stroll through 3 days or so because there was too much stuff!! Anyways, here’s a quality selection from today’s session and some more stuff I previously labeled as `feature` :

While I listen to a lot of mood setting ambient & experimental stuff, I’m primarily a song guy. Whenever even a tiny bit of chorus or riff occupies my mind, I can’t stop repeat-listening the song. However it takes around 4-5 listens to memorize every aspect of the song, so the passion dies probably within a week but there’s always a new challenger that runs in my head.

* 4 Arab Strap tracks ripped from vinyl by The Vinyl Villain
* DMX Krew, Porn Sword Tobacco on my recent fave Little White Earbuds
* 2 tracks from Pole’s new release Steingarten on Sonorama