Vampire Weekend – Cousins
Just so we're clear, that's Vampire Weekend as our highest-scoring single so far this year. How's your humble pie tasting, haters? Mmm? MMMMM?…
Young Money ft. Lloyd – BedRock
OK, so the Best-Off has basically been a fucking disaster, but we’re not completely admitting defeat just yet. However, it’s nearly the end of January. And a lot of stuff has happened that we need to catch up on. For instance, this is top five in the US. Somehow…
The Singles Jukebox End-of-Year Best-Off 2009, Round 2: “Stillness Is the Move” vs. “Heads Will Roll”
Four skinny indie kids, four skinny indie kids… Iain Mew: Doing lots of ‘interesting’ things to not much effect vs. ...
The Singles Jukebox End-of-Year Best-Off 2009, Round 2: “9xs Outta 10” vs. “So Good”
Electrik Red’s “So Good” only managed to score 5.00 in the regular season, but it’s made the second round – ...
The Singles Jukebox End-of-Year Best-Off 2009, Round 2: “Lisztomania” vs. “Trap Goin’ Ham”
And if The Singles Jukebox End-of-Year Best-Off 2009 were televised, this would be the game that got fobbed off to ...
The Singles Jukebox End-of-Year Best-Off 2009, Round 2: “Zero” vs. “Fifteen”
If The Singles Jukebox End-of-Year Best-Off 2009 was televised, this would be the match that got moved to Sunday afternoon ...
The Singles Jukebox End-of-Year Best-Off 2009, Round 2: “House of Flying Daggers” vs. “The Girl and the Robot”
War? WAR! Andrew Casillas: Royksopp and Robyn have a robot, but Raekwon has daggers. Nay, FLYING daggers. In a house ...
The Singles Jukebox End-of-Year Best-Off 2009, Round 2: “Hey Playa! (Moroccan Blues)” vs. “Da Style Deh”
Our third match sees two of the least commercially successful songs still in the competition face off – then again, ...
The Singles Jukebox End-of-Year Best-Off 2009, Round 2: “Hyph Mngo” vs. “Loba”
Match #2 is a bit like Crowded House’s ”Distant Sun” — seven worlds collide, and all that. Except there’s only ...
The Singles Jukebox End-of-Year Best-Off 2009, Round 2: “You Belong With Me” vs. “Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)”
Right, y’know what? This has been delayed long enough now. Basically, we got snowed with blurbs for each of these ...