Sunday, January 16, 2011

WOLVODS on Last.fm

Well, my new EP, WOLVODS, is up for streaming and download on Last.fm now:

You can get it here - http://www.last.fm/music/Critical+Best/WOLVODS

(It's still on Bandcamp, too - http://criticalbest.bandcamp.com/album/wolvods)

It's been described as

"... the sound of abandoned machines - in the process of corroding and seizing-up, mourning the loss of their masters ... and their place in society.... Desperately sending clunky transmissions, trying to communicate their mute fate."

Enjoy!

Friday, January 07, 2011

Best music of 2010

2010 is over. We are well on our journey towards the glittering singularity of the future. There was some cracking stuff released last year, a selection of which. is layed out below. Not really in any order, though the first 4 or 5 are definitely in the right place...



Best of 2010

Umberto
- Prophecy Of The Black Widow
Crookers - Tons Of Friends
Autre Nu Veut - Autre Nu Veut
Ceephax Acid Crew - United Acid Emirates
Zola Jesus - Stridulum II
Altar Eagle - Mechanical Gardens
Fed. - Mashup Business
Afrirampo - We Are Uchu No Ko
Lindstrøm and Christabelle - Real Life Is No Cool
Mount Kimbie - Crooks & Lovers
Sylvain Chauveau - Singular Forms (Sometimes Repeated)
Lil B - Rain in England
Holy Fuck - Latin
Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma
Sun City Girls - Funeral mariachi
Mark Van Hoen - Where Is The Truth
Xiu Xiu - Dear God, I Hate Myself
Souvenir's Young America - The Name Of The Snake
Gill Scott-Heron - I'm New Here
Sam Spence - Sounds
Kid606 - Songs About Fucking Steve Albini
The Black Dog - Music For Real Airports
How to Dress Well - Love Remains
Balam Acab - See Birds

And according to Last.fm, my most played tracks last year were:

1. Crookers – Have Mercy ft. Carrie Wilds
2. Crookers – Embrace The Martian ft. KiD CuDi
3. Eraplee Noisewall Orchestra – Desperation Speaks
4. Xiu Xiu – Dear God, I Hate Myself
5. Sabrepulse – I Heart Voltage


Here's the links to previous years charts, if you wish to make me for previous musical indiscretions or whatnot:

2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003

Ciao, and Happy New Year