Following up on last year’s irresistibly charming “ All Yr Songs “, Toronto’s Diamond Rings offers up “Wait & See”. Instantly you will notice that the fluffy cheese that was so warmly welcomed with its predecessor is pretty much gone. It’s grounded, more serious, yet you can’t help but feel it’s still filled-up…read more
Had to be Hot Lava on the day the capital of Ireland was slain by several fluffy flakes and a dearth of gritters. Actually Hot Lava are pretty much essential any day of the year such is their cutesy ability to coin sonic gorgeousness. This tune is far less than 2 minutes long but when you are wedging 6 songs on a piece of 7” vinyl (split…read more
Artwork by Adam Sarpalius Here are Pretty Much Amazing’s Top 75 Songs of the Decade. Below you will find the entire list with three accompanying podcasts. For our reviews of the Top 25 songs, please follow this link . 75. UGK – Int’l Player’s Anthem (feat. OutKast) 74. Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out 73. Interpol – NYC 72. Band of Horses – The Funeral 71. Kid Cudi – Day…read more
No its not another of the seemingly endless artefacts culled from the Slowdive locker, ‘Forgotten’ is in fact something from 2010. It might not be precisely how the song will sound on Tears Run Rings soon to be released second album ‘Distance’ but it’s close. This is a demo and has the scratch marks to prove it but for those still…read more
Artwork by the talented and generous Adam Sarpalius . The final list is here. We have been working on this Absolute (sarcasm) Best Songs of 2009 list all year, updating it at the end of every quarter. I was only going to have PMA’s Top 50 of the year listen, but I couldn’t narrow it down beyond the top 75. This list will represent and acknowledge some of the artists I felt had…read more
Only the top 2 to go now. Before that, here’s a few others albums which I’ve thought were rather pretty this year. First up is the amazing Sparrow And The Workshop ! Be sure to check out their free gig at The Mill Glasgow later on this month! Next we have The Xcerts . “Nightschool” is one of the best songs I’ve heard all year…. as I told Mr. Toad ! To be honest I completely forgot …read more
“Young Forever” is Hov’s fourth single from his Blueprint 3 , following up the smash hit No. 1 single “Empire State of Mind”. Like its predecessor, “Young Forever” is led by an impeccable vocalist and one of Jay-Z’s most likable rhymes yet. With slo-mo rappers like Kid Cudi and Drake dropping singles like hot cakes, Jay-Z might just have another smash on his hands. [ via ] read more
Earlier this week, MGMT debuted the first single from their hotly anticipated Oracular Spectacular follow-up, Congratulations . It would not be an overstatement to say that “Flash Delirium” was welcomed by a flurry of mixed reactions by fans (personally, I thought it was great). Well, the album’s title track, “Congratulations” has leaked, and you can listen to…read more
Guess now that “Little Secrets” is a bona fide alternative radio hit, it needs an update in music video wares. Seriously, this trend where 2009’s greatest songs are seeing the music video treatment in 2010 is about as stupid as it sounds, though it does make me feel some kind of nostalgic, but it’s way too early for…read more
The Living Sisters are the triple threat of Eleni Mandell , Inara George (The Bird & The Bee) and Becky Stark of the LA band Lavender Diamond. Their debut album, Love to Live , will be out March 30 on Vanguard Records and it’s a collection of charming, cute and precious tunes that dip in to each of the singers’ roots – from indie…read more
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