For remixes, I’d say 2008 was a far cry from amazing. Sadly, I think the year suffered from what I’d call the ‘Ed Banger Syndrome’. Not to blame the French label for all ills in RemixLand, but it does seem that their glitch-tastic formula has been adopted as a template by nearly all who try [...]

Someone try to explain to me why this isn’t incredibly disturbing, and despite being for a charity, isn’t in awful, awful taste? They couldn’t promote this without trying to reanimate a dead man? Oh, I can hear you now – “But Sean, is it as bad as this?”. Maybe not, but it’s pretty damn close [...]

Have you seen this promo? I nearly die from laughter every time it cycles. Sadly, it also reminds me of how poorly written its source material has become.
I know a lot of people feel the turning point was the departure of Betty Schram’s Sharona character, but since I never liked her that wasn’t true [...]

 
I am not a fan of Xmas music. For one thing, it’s piped into every single store for at least 45 days straight. I worked at Starbucks about 10 years ago, and it was truly torturous (I’m referring to the music, but working there was pretty bad at times as well). In fact, after I [...]

Oh I like this, I really do! Gin Wigmore is a New Zealander with talent absolutely bubbling within, just waiting to be tapped and released. I can really see this girl becoming a huge act in the next year. As they say in the UK, she’s hotly tipped! Just you wait, 2009 will be the [...]

I didn’t think these need much commentary to accompany them. I’ve gone on and on about how I think music videos are a lost art, so suffice it to say these are the vids I thought were standouts. I really hate videos that just feature the band playing (might as well not even make a [...]

 
 
Metronomy are one of those bands that I feared I would tire of too easily, but so far the opposite is proving true! In fact, they very nearly creeped into my Top 10 of 2008, and are certainly in my Top 20. This is their new video for single ‘A Thing For Me’, and I [...]