The
Hotlist 
THE HOT AND
NOT LIST as of October 15th 2000
Le Mec:
Hotlist
- Placebo:
"Black Market Music". The neurotic Brits are back with more edgy tunes
about misfits and not finding ease in this world. The album more or less builds on the
style from their last, brilliant album "Without You I'm Nothing" and must be
counted on in the race for a spot on the top 10 list for this year.
- Cuban
music. Seems like the world has finally discovered the obvious qualities
in the Cuban music tradition. It's really brilliant. But I mean the real Cuban music and
not just the so-called Latin Fever going round at the moment. It's best when it's played
by fat old grey man with big cigars hanging out their mouths...!
- It's the season
for new releases and the next eight months we can expect a continuous flow
of new albums. But first we have to survive the ever-returning hell of Christmas
compilations...
- The Eagles
have had all their albums remastered. This happens to a lot of the old artist at the
moment but in this case it has really improved the sound quality on the old classic albums
a lot. So if you're an Eagles fan there's no way around the new releases...
- Pet Shop
Boys B-sides. They have always maintained an impressingly high standard on
their B-sides and as one of the few artists they are still keeping up the good work after
14 years. That's simply amazing...!
Notlist
- I'm utterly and completely bored
with new releases in the so-called mainstream rock
genre! Now, Danish band Big Fat Snake have
released yet another album filled with utter boredom and I fail to understand how they
manage to sell the amount of albums they do in Denmark. Fellow Danes, we need to turn up
our quality standards!! Anyway, it's albums like these that make it hard to believe that
traditional rock music really has a future. There's absolutely no progress in the
genre and when the current generation of music buyers has gone and the electronic
generation takes over....well, it could be a bloodbath rock-wise...
- CD prices
seem to be going up. This is beyond my comprehension. In a time where cd
sales and the normal distribution of music are threatened by the Internet and other
electronic media, prices should be going down in order to attract more buyers to the real
thing. It seems like a risky strategy and, to me, the record companies appear like
elephats jumping on thin ice...
- Kasper
Winding releasing a double best of album. A double what!!!? There's no way
he's done enough good material to require two cd's...!
- The phenomenon
of the single seems to have almost died. There was a time when it was a
big event every time a band released a new single and that single would be the center of
attention until the next one arrived. Not anymore. Today, singles are merely used to keep
the attention on an album...and with the threat of the Internet single sales are bound to
decline. Soon, we will only discover new singles via the radio or club since they will be
the only ones buying them...Everyone else will go straight to the album...
- The online music store Boxman is in serious financial trouble like many others
like it. I mean, at what point didn't they get the message? If you're going to survive
selling music via the Internet it has to be cheaper and still with an excellent service
level. Otherwise, people just stay away. Boxman has failed in both disciplines and will
need new thinking if they're going to survive.
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