
Photo: Ian Arnold
In one neat entry we combine the picks of KASMS and Penelope Edmund for their top artists of 2009.
According to this, Sweden’s The Knife will post new material to Soundcloud "in the coming days," so keep an eye out for that. The new material may or may not be from their new collaboration with Mt. Sims and Planningtorock, the "Darwin-inspired electro-opera" Tomorrow, In a Year (preview that here). ****** elsewhere: Another ‘heavy pop’ demo from secretive Manchester band WU LYF: still…
Fever Ray
Our top records of 2009 countdown continues, with our favourite singles, albums and downloads of the year. We’re now at numbers 60-41.
The second single off of Fever Ray’s endlessly relistenable self titled album finds itself a new home in video form. "When I Grow Up" may not have all the mystery as it’s older video sibling, but it’s still pretty fucking weird. Some young freak folk conjures the water spirits with a creepy dance and, obviously, there’s some gross perv who’s hypnotized by her ways. But lets be honest here. If I saw that girl wearing those, uh, "clothes" and grooving on the diving board to my backyard pool, I’d find it pretty hard not to stare.
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