Top tens
That time of year again, just read a bunch of them at Australia's Triple J, Bloc Party and Wolfmother very popular with their staff, no Shihad but Fat Freddys make it in. Always a good way to see if there's any albums that may have passed you by in the last 12 months. Smackie did a Top 5 dead people, can't wait to see that one.
Speaking of which, I grabbed a copy of the new album 'Hit the floor' from California funk outfit Breakstra (pictured above) on Friday, and it is so funky my ears hurt. Audio samples over here...
Band leader Miles Tackett started the band in 97, back when bands playing funk was uncool. Their previous release was the band playing classic breaks that had been sampled by hiphoppers. There's a bunch of press on them here, my fave is the article that suggests the black fella in the band pics, Mixmaster Wolf, is in fact an alias for Stone's Throw Records boss Peanutbutter Wolf (untrue).Trivia; Tackett's dad used to play guitar in Litttle Feat.
As one critic noted "sure, it's effectively a new album in a 30-year-old style, but when the grooves are this good and the horns are this hot, who cares? Good time gold dust".
ADDED copped this from Boingboing...
"Every year, Rex compiles a list of all the year-end lists published by media outlets and the like -- top albums of the year, biggest disasters, best products and so forth. He's begun in earnest to track the 2005 lists and there are some great ones there already; his list will surely grow in the weeks to come, too."
PEOPLE (6 lists)Link25 Britons Who Wield Influence In America from The Times of London (11/30)
The 10 Most Fascinating People from Barbara Walters (11/29)
Person of the Year Pre-Vote from Time (11/22)
The World's Billionaires from Forbes (11/20)
Man Of The Year from GQ (11/20)
Out 100 from Out (11/13)
My fave, this list of The Best 40 Bands in America Today , compiled from over 40 music/MP3 bloggers. There's Green Day and Kelly Clarkson, but doesn't include the White Stripes. Go figure.
For extra credit - The 33 Hottest Bands in Canada, and The UK's 47 Hottest Acts. Gotta love dem indie music bloggers...
And now, the news
Don't you love it how TV One's newsreaders have become the news? First it was all about Judy Bailey, then Susan Wood, and now the weekend papers report that Weddy Petrie and Simon Dallow have been tapped as the news anchors from next year. Petrie has signed on, but Dallow is holding out, as he wants to have editorial input into the news stories. Sure, he's had a bit of experience as an interviewer, but he trained as a lawyer, not a journalist, which is why news staff are a bit concerned.
And the funkiest year ever was...
"Warning. This post has a terribly high geek quotient. If plotting the frequencies of data about hip hop offends you in any way, please do not read on. OK. I warned you. Now I will tell you what the funkiest year ever was..." more at Library of Vinyl Experience. Try taking a guess before you read it. The joys of Excel. Also has a plenty of other great posts worth reading.
Righto, get to it.
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