Wiley & Chew Fu – Take That
Three songs in, and it’s our first serious top 10 contender of the year…
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 ...