Moby - Flower

A: Moby
S: Flower
C: B-Sides

You might know this song for two reasons: you're taste in movies might not be the best, or you are into crossfit. Or maybe you're a Moby fan - but that is such a strange thought, I can't get my mind round that one.

... bring Sally up, bring Sally down.

Pete Doherty - Salome

A: Pete Doherty
S: Salome
C: Grace/Wastelands

Oh, it's Salome, oh, it's Salome. I will dedicate this little gem to my dearest friend, Salome. Maybe it's time for me to get over Pete's tabloit news and start accepting him for the great musician he has always been.

... and from the flames, appears Salome.

Louisa Wendorff - Blank Space // Style (Taylor Swift Mash-Up)

A: Louisa Wendorff
S: Blank Space // Style (Taylor Swift Mash-Up)
C: Blank Space // Style

 They say it takes a bad song to make great cover version. Here to double prove this point it Louisa Wendorff, or Louisa. Check out her EP Arrow, which is pretty damn pretty in its own right.

...  I watch us go 'round and 'round each time.

I
Watch us go round and round each time

The Preatures - Somebodys Talking

A: The Preatures
S: Somebodys Talking
C: Blue Planet Eyes

As every end of year, I'm not going to do a Best Of list - you can do that yourself. But I'd like to point out that The Preatures are one of my most exciting band from the past twelve months. And that their album will be out soon.

...  don't understand, I'll wake up with somebody.

Stories - Brother Louie

A: Stories
S: Brother Louie
C: Brother Louie - Single

This song will probably be my Christmas song 2014. Having been stuck in my living room for three days ripping down wallpaper while watching, or let's say listening to Louie seasons one to three.

... ain't no diff'rence if you're black or white.

Lee Van Dowski - Likewise

A: Lee Van Dowski
S: Likewise
C: Likewise - Single

Here's the deal. Anything after Christmas is just foreplay for New Years Eve, or the first of January, if you live in Berlin. Here to prove that theory is Likewise, which can be considered as precum.

... love me good.

Belle & Sebastian - Are You Coming Over For Christmas?

A: Belle & Sebastian
S: Are You Coming Over For Christmas?
C: Are You Coming Over For Christmas? - Single

So this is Christmas. And what have you done. Anyway, I like positive things with a little dark twist to it, and this is fine tune will do just perfectly.

... there’s no mistletoe in my kitchen.

Is Tropical - Crawl

A: Is Tropical
S: Crawl
C: Black Anything

Your favourite London extravaganza is back with a new track and a new album - Black Anything. Why? "We wanted the music to be dark and almost have a club feel," Simon Milner, the guitarist of the band, says.

... one day, you'll be replaced.

Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes - Up Where We Belong

A: Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes
S: Up Where We Belong
C: The Best Of Joe Cocker

Take care up there.

... all we have is here and now.

Udo Jürgens - Ich weiß, was ich will

Udo Jürgens - Ich weiß, was ich will (1979) - MyVideo

A: Udo Jürgens
S: Ich weiß, was ich will

Merci Cheri, Adieu.


... dass jede Nacht für uns zum Karneval wird.

Indiana - Only The Lonely

A: Indiana
S: Only The Lonely
C: Only The Lonely - Single

Indiana’s new single Only The Lonely, a fluttering, sensitive track with a driving drumbeat that sounds like an early Ellie Goulding, will be released on January 11 and is taken from her forthcoming debut album, No Romeo.

... we are lost like a legion of souls.

Wildbirds & Peacedrums - Keep Some Hope

A: Wildbirds & Peacedrums
S: Keep Some Hope
C: Rhythm

Right then, I will keep this short as candy. Wildbirds & Peacedrums push all the right buttons, they sound familiar in an unfamiliar way, as if there was something missing that needn't be there in the first place.

... let me feel that I'm alive.

Future Islands - Seasons (Waiting On You)

A: Future Islands
S: Seasons (Waiting On You)
C: Singles

According to The Guardian, this is the song of the year. I've haven't heard it before that. So why Seasons? Because it lacks the protective sheen of recent pop hits, and gave us the soulful sound of a man laying himself on the line.

... I've grown tired of tryin' to change for you.

Mitsou - Bajba, Bajba Pélem

A: Mitsou
S: Bajba, Bajba Pélem
C: Bajba, Bajba Pélem

Beyonce is getting sued for sampling Hungarian artist Mitsou on her smash hit Drunk In Love. Mitsou claims she never agreed to lending her exotic vocals for the opening of the Queen Bey-Jay Z duet.

...

Mama Cass - Dream a Little Dream of Me

A: Mama Cass
S: Dream a Little Dream of Me
C: Beautiful Thing Soundtrack

It's time to put some retro into your mid week. Let Mama Cass do that job for you. A lady who, so tells us the urban legend, choked to death on a ham sandwich. Actually it was a heart attack caused by her diet.

... I'm longing to linger till dawn, dear.

Scott Matthew - Silent Nights

A: Scott Matthew
S: Silent Nights
C: Silent Nights - Single

There's nothing in sharing, no hope in me singing "silent night, holy night" when the nights are so silent, the nights are so silent. So this is Christmas, how pretty the lights are, how lonely the nights are.

... all the signs said you're the one.

Laura Doggett - Moonshine

A: Laura Doggett
S: Moonshine
C: Moonshine - Single

Ah well, life. I found a second grey hair on my head. Actually it's white and I was like 'bitch you can go back to where you came from'. Anyway, this is Laura Doggett, a girl who is far too beautiful for that kind of voice.

... I gotta dream big or I'll lose my sight.

Purity Ring - Push Pull

Purity Ring - push pull on MUZU.TV.

A: Purity Ring
S: Push Pull
C: Push Pull - Single

 The best track review I've read this year was last week for Push Pull. The writer stated that this is how 1989 sounds in Taylor Swift's ears, even if it's bluntly obvious that it doesn't. Truth well told, I'd say.

... you were young and you'd stare.

Lana Del Rey - Big Eyes

A: Lana Del Rey
S: Big Eyes
C: Big Eyes - Single

Ah, Laaannaaa. I admit that I'm not objective on this one, but I think everybody would agree that she has found her niche and is brilliant at it. And she has taken 'her thing' so much further than Video Games - who would have thought.

... I used to think that I could trust you.
I used to think that I could trust you
I used to think that I could trust you

RY X - Sweat

A: RY X
S: Sweat
C: Sweat - Single

There are certain emotions in you that not even those closest to you can understand, but you’ll find the right track, and it will understand you. Sweat is one of those. Because great things are simple more often than not.

... sweat my love down deep into your bones.

Nicki Minaj - All Things Go

A: Nicki Minaj
S: All Things Go
C: All Things Go - Single

This song, which premiered on SNL, is probably the most serious Nicki has ever been. She puts everything into the open from abortion to relationship issues. You walk away from this song knowing a lot more about the woman behind the wigs.

... life is a movie, but there will never be a sequel.

Sebastien Schuller - Black Light

A: Sebastien Schuller
S: Black Light
C: Heat Wave

The first Schuller track I wanted to post had no lyrics, this one I don't understand. The information I found about Sébastien is as sparse as his tracks are sublime: Schuller is a French singer and songwriter from Aubergenville.

...

Perfume Genius - Fool

A:  Perfume Genius
S: Fool
C: Too Bright

Here's the saddest thing in the world: a lost glove. I mean it's lost, which is sad, and it's alone, because you know there are two of them. And then it's winter, so everything together is just as sad as it gets.

... I made your dress.

Lana Del Rey - I Can Fly

A: Lana Del Rey
S: I Can Fly
C: I Can Fly - Single

She used to drive, now she flies. What better way to start this week than with the first of two tracks taken from the upcoming biopic film "Big Eyes". Directed by Tim Burton, this combo is a true match made in heaven.

... I wasn't crazy, I was divine.
I wasn't crazy, I was divine

Take That - These Days

A: Take That
S: These Days
C: III

Two down, three remaining. Gary, Howard and Mark, to be exact. I didn't even know they had an album coming out until right now so this fits this lazy Sunday evening like a jolly woolen glove.

... I can find a faith in years I've wasted.

Brainstorm - Hot For You

A:  Brainstorm
S: Hot For You
C: Hot For You - Single

So I've promised you a weekend full of disco and this is our next chapter. It's the first song I post directly from my new flat, too. There's nothing like an inauguration post to kick start the weekend!

... you electrify my heart and soul.

Don Armando's Second Avenue Rhumba Band - Deputy Of Love

A: Don Armandos
S: Deputy Of Love
C: Deputy Of Love - Single

Five days into December and I am already bored with Christmas songs. So I've decided to dedicate this weekend to all things disco, which is basically 365 days of Christmas, all year long.

... and they're clever as a fox.

Night Terrors Of 1927 Feat. Tegan and Sara - When You Were Mine

A: Night Terrors Of 1927 Feat. Tegan and Sara
S: When You Were Mine
C: When You Were Mine - Single

If this song was a picture on Instagram, I'd like to like it twice. Maybe even three times. On the note of wasted time, let me remind you that time you enjoy wasting is never wasted time.

... you were lost, I was blind.

The Killers & Jimmy Kimmel - Joel The Lump Of Cole

A: The Killers
S: Joel The Lump Of Cole
C: Joel The Lump Of Cole - Single

Christmas just got official, with the release of the 9th consecutive Christmas song by The Killers. Nothing puts me more into a festive mood than this little annual ritual and I love that they keep at it, even if they're not much of a band at the moment.

...  I know how to make your pain into a precious jewel.

Gwen Stefani – Baby Don’t Lie

A: Gwen Stefani
S: Baby Don’t Lie
C: Baby Don’t Lie - Single

If you thought La Stefani reached the peak of a mountain called campness with her video for What You Waiting For? aka Alice in Wonderland, you were wrong. This is her interpretation of the Wizard of Oz.

... now we're in the out.
I'mma need a love that's stronger
I'mma need a love that's stronger

Felice Brothers - Whiskey In My Whiskey

A: Felice Brothers
S: Whiskey In My Whiskey
C: Felice Brothers

There's no better way to start a new week than with some good old whiskey and a dash of heartbreak. Here you get both rolled into one song as honest as you get when you filled that shot glass for the third time.

... I put some heartbreak into my heart.