The
Hotlist 
THE HOT AND NOT
LIST as of September 7th 2003
Le Mec:
Hotlist
- Been listening to a lot of electronica lately, ranging from Moby to Röyksopp. If
you're not already familiar with their albums, here's a short list of definite must-buys:
Moby: "18"
Röyksopp: "Melody A.M."
Erlend Øye (Oye): "Unrest"
Tosca: "Dehli9"
Slow Train: "Illegal Cargo"
(Danish funky chill-out duo)
Air: "Moon Safari" (an old classic
not to be forgotten)
If you're into the electronica genre and know of great albums similar to the ones
above, please let me know.
- In my quest for electronic pleasures, I also went and got Alice
Deejay's "Who Needs Guitars Anyway". This has to be the purest portion of
eurotrance around and an absolutely perfect album for late night driving.
- Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: "Take
Them On, On Your Own". Yep, the rumours are true. This is a very good album and will
appeal to everyone who was blown away the first time round. However, it does require some
patience since it lacks some of the instantly accommodating appeal of their debut.
- Beth Orton: "Daybreaker". This
album from last year is filled with slightly beat-driven British singer-songwriter and is
her best yet.
- The current hype around Danish sleaze rock duo The
Raveonettes is a good vehicle for other great Danish acts to get heard and
maybe their big break. Check out Mew, Carpark North and NU
for the more rocky stuff. Dance duo Junior Senior
may already be familiar to you with their "Move Your Feet". True, Sweden are
still miles ahead of Denmark, but we're starting to gnaw at their ankles...Check out more
great international Danish artists.
- Madonna kissing Britney Spears and Christina
Aguilera during their performance at the recent MTV Music Awards. I just
found it kinda cool for them to perform together, and even though it was clearly a
gimmick, it's incredible how little it takes to swoon and upset the media, especially the
American side.
- Fair cd prices and my shopping behaviour.
Have noticed that shopping my music on the Internet at almost half the price of what it
costs in local stores is boosting my taste for new music. So much, in fact, that in total
I'm buying more than twice the amount of cd's I would at normal price. Proof, I guess,
that lowering cd prices would NOT cause a drop in revenues for the record companies and
retailers. A large increase in sales volume and thereby revenues seems more likely. Now,
somebody hire me so that we can get those cd prices dropped!!
- This just in: Ha!! Well, it seems Universal
has decided to do just that in America. Apparently, they will be dropping cd prices by
30%. Well, Take a bow, Universal! Unfortunately, they have no plans for doing the same in
other parts of the world.
Notlist
- Having great trouble sitting through any award shows
lately, be it music or movies. The facade, fakeness and superficial nonsense just
refuses to sink in with me.
- The way Robbie Williams is openly mourning
not being able to crack America with his music. Well, by now it should be obvious that
it's just not gonna happen. And if you think more closely it probably shouldn't come as a
surprise. If you look at the key traits of his success elsewhere - his very frank and
sometimes twisted approach to everything, including his success and dealing with personal
depression - this behaviour may go down very well in Europe and other parts of the world.
However, somehow they are just not that appealing to the US audience where you either have
to be a complete wacko with tattoo everywhere or walk pretty clean path. What's even
worse, though, gradually changing his musical direction from the
tongue-in-cheek-couldn't-be-arsed attitudes to Elton John-ish stuff like "Something
Beautiful" may be moving him towards a more mainstream sound. But it's also making
him more dull and ordinary and may eventually estrange him from the audience (me included)
who finds him appealing because if his more twisted and half-arsed traits.
Hotlist main
menu
Back To Top
|
